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Old 03-20-2015, 05:23 PM   #15
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Your Dealer

I took a quote from online parts warehouse, took it to my local dealer. They matched it, no shipping charge, called me and I picked up a day later.
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Old 03-20-2015, 08:02 PM   #16
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Your Dealer

I took a quote from online parts warehouse, took it to my local dealer. They matched it, no shipping charge, called me and I picked up a day later.
+1. If you know the parts folks, they'll match Internet prices!

It's worked well for me. I'm up there almost every week and I take a printout with me...

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Old 03-21-2015, 10:41 PM   #17
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I like dealing with Patrick at
www.cultragfactoryparts.com
Their site is quick and easy to navigate

I can usually get OEM parts at half the cost that local dealers charge.
AND
That's even after adding up the Canadian dollar exchange rate, shipping ,brokerage fees and taxes.

What sold me was recieving a part that had "Made in Canada" embossed on it and
after adding all of the costs to get it; it was half the cost that a local dealer charges.

What gives? Talk about gouging dealers!

One last point to make.
Patrickt is handle one this site; been a member for quite a while, and very likely a Camaro nut like most of us here.
He's found me some very hard to locate parts; and he's a very good partsman.
So why not send him your business if your costs aren't any higher.
Just mt two cents worth.
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Old 03-22-2015, 09:08 AM   #18
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As the title says....

What is the cheapest GM parts wholesaler?

I have been using GMPartsDirect

Is there a cheaper legit source?
In my experience they usually have the cheapest item price but their shipping is usually at least double everyone else.

I've ordered a few thing from Patrick at GMpartshouse as he usually has the cheapest cost to the door. My new favorite is Ebay. A lot of dealers now use Ebay for their parts departments and if I know the part number I can get the part from a dealer on ebay cheaper then I can anywhere else.
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Old 03-22-2015, 10:02 AM   #19
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Old 03-22-2015, 10:15 AM   #20
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Kevin at Parts Taxi.....
At one time maybe, those guys have been MIA for quite a while. And apparently have pissed off a lot of people on the Corvette forums.
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Old 03-22-2015, 12:30 PM   #21
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Your Dealer

I took a quote from online parts warehouse, took it to my local dealer. They matched it, no shipping charge, called me and I picked up a day later.
When I was contemplating buying a LS7 engine, dealer was the cheapest.
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Old 03-22-2015, 12:42 PM   #22
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As the title says....

What is the cheapest GM parts wholesaler?

I have been using GMPartsDirect

Is there a cheaper legit source?
I don't think there is one cheapest place. I google the part numbers and find a myriad of prices. Sometimes GMpartsdirect.com is cheapest. Sometimes it's Amazon.com. Sometimes it's another site.
GM's pricing used to be that jobber(the price dealers paid) was 50% of retail and wholesale was 75% of retail. GMpartsdirect.com(Flow Chevrolet) priced their parts at jobber and made their profit by marking up their shipping/handling. I don't know if this all holds true now, but I think it's still pretty close.
Most dealers will give you wholesale, if you ask for it, but they won't match GMpartsdirect's prices, unless you add GMpartsdirect's shipping/handling.
GMPartsHouse.com(http://www.cultragfactoryparts.com/) will match GMpartsdirect's prices to your door and I'm sure many others will also.
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Old 03-22-2015, 12:50 PM   #23
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i've used both gm parts direct and cheapest gm parts. great service, low prices and zero complaints.
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