38racing wrote:Ke4avb
You might be surprised at how cheap rockauto shipping is. I can pay less than $20 cdn for shipping and the brokerage and duties and have stuff from California or Texas. Lot is from long island ny. I can ship a parcel next door in Canada for that.
Point actually is, in landed cost.. 10 plugs , pay $10 shipping, your landed cost , if the plug is $1.56 each , will be $2.56 per plug.. Too pricey for stocking to re-sell.. if Rock Auto sold other small engine stuff (or other parts to add to the order) that could justify a fatter markup (A $30 cost part that retails at $55, bump it another 10 bucks to $65 which covers the $10 shipping, then it would be worth it to buy plugs there too at the same time)
I may just forget about trying to get them online from anything other than the "major" seller like the big chain stores like what Brian mentioned. While I do try to get them at the best price I can, I do not go through that many of them- unlike you professional techs who use alot of them, I am just a garage hack with a relatively limited need....