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Post by juanrodriquez623 on May 6, 2018 19:57:34 GMT -5
Verify, Verify, Verify!
Call the dealership to confirm your specific part number before you complete any purchase. If you don't confirm the part number, any grief that ensues is of your own making.
You'll learn that some parts are unique to certain engine and transmission combinations. And the list of potentially affected parts is long, from computers, modules, and sensors, to more basic items like alternators and starters.
Haggle, But Be Polite
It's common courtesy for most junkyards to match a lower price for a part at another retailer in the same geographical region. There are two important caveats to this, however.
First, you have to compare apples with apples. Don't expect a junkyard to price-match their 20,000-mile engine with one nearby that has 200,000 miles on it.
Second, when you haggle, make sure you say you did your homework on Car-Part.com, and be honest with the guy on the other line. He has the same information as you do, and if you jerk him around, he'll know and he may return the favor, so to speak.
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