<VV> CORVAIR VENDOR PARTS PRICING think on it please

[Mike Clark]

Here's a different spin on the subject.

I was talking with a vendor for another type car and he said, some parts are 
priced high so that people don't hoard them.  If something is cheep then 
people buy a lot of them, and then they are all sold out and the person that 
really needs something can't get it.  It keeps people from enjoying their 
cars and keeps cars off the road, all the while good parts are gathering 
dust or deteriorating and not doing anybody any good.

Example.  The transmission for this particular car now costs in excess of 
$7000.  Twenty years ago it was under 1000.  As the cars got older and the 
transmissions needed repair, people bought an extra trans (or two) just to 
have on hand because at the time there was no one who could rebuild them. 
Today a rebuilt trans is about half of a new one.  This vendor flies to 
Germany and scrounges for transmissions and other parts, ships them to his 
shop, and pays taxes on them until someone buys them.  If someone absolutely 
has to have a new trans they'll have to ante up for it but they'll have it 
and their car will remain operable.

Sure, some people that hoard parts are opportunists and when someone really 
needs something, they will have to seek out whoever has it and then the 
seller will want a premium for it.  How is this different than a vendor 
charging a lot for a part?  The difference is if the private person puts the 
screws to someone then that money stays in his pocket.  If Clark or 
Underground or in this case my friend Gordon who gets $7000 for a 
transmission charges a lot then the money goes into development of new 
parts, which benefits the cause and everyone in it.


Mike Clark
Stockbridge, Georgia





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> I know a  few people say Clark's is over priced, but this is their 
> business
> and he of  all people would know what Corvair items sell for.
>
>
> and then we all  think nothing of approaching  them for handouts when we
> have an event  going on....think on that one (you understand it better if 
> you
> have ever been  in business for yourself).
> i am thankful they are still with us and able to take on projects to
> reproduce parts we need.
> happy holidays , and dont forget to thank ALLof yer  Corvair vendors  !

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