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[SteveM3]

Quote: Originally Posted by C.Noble (original)

incidently, I have been told by a parts supplier to a dealer, when I asked why some parts are so damned expensive when the cost to make them are so low, the reply was "some of the prices are artificially high as they have been off set against the loss made on 'goodwill' warranties!"

Rant over.

Good rant. On the last point people don't understand how the world works these days. Manufacturing costs are very low, nothing else is. So the part is cheap to make but you need admin of the factory, wages, admin of transporting parts, technical departments to answer questions and redesign when needed, wages of head office, computers to track all of this, a legal department etc etc. I doubt if manufacturing costs are a tenth of the price of parts. Oh and by the way I saw what my company was charging another company for my time on a contract once.... if I got all of it I could have retired after a couple of years .