Stillen Rear Strut Brace GB CANCELLED by vendor!!! WTF.
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01-20-2006, 10:41 AM
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01-20-2006, 11:20 AM
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01-20-2006, 12:36 PM
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01-20-2006, 12:53 PM
It was basically saving shipping and a few bucks.
The vendor (IspecialistChad) was doing a purchase of several units directly from Stillen...most likely at a bulk discount, and then he was passing on the savings to others but not making any money. Then Stillen finds out what he is doing (through this board maybe?) and denies him the purchase.
Gimme a break. The guy is buying a group of items for a few dollars cheaper than I can get it for. Was it really a big deal? So if he (as a dealer) was going to install the product on 8 different cars on the lot would it be any different? Could I go buy 8 bars if I wanted to?
The vendor (IspecialistChad) was doing a purchase of several units directly from Stillen...most likely at a bulk discount, and then he was passing on the savings to others but not making any money. Then Stillen finds out what he is doing (through this board maybe?) and denies him the purchase.
Gimme a break. The guy is buying a group of items for a few dollars cheaper than I can get it for. Was it really a big deal? So if he (as a dealer) was going to install the product on 8 different cars on the lot would it be any different? Could I go buy 8 bars if I wanted to?
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Originally Posted by 1BADV6
It was basically saving shipping and a few bucks.
The vendor (IspecialistChad) was doing a purchase of several units directly from Stillen...most likely at a bulk discount, and then he was passing on the savings to others but not making any money. Then Stillen finds out what he is doing (through this board maybe?) and denies him the purchase.
Gimme a break. The guy is buying a group of items for a few dollars cheaper than I can get it for. Was it really a big deal? So if he (as a dealer) was going to install the product on 8 different cars on the lot would it be any different? Could I go buy 8 bars if I wanted to?
The vendor (IspecialistChad) was doing a purchase of several units directly from Stillen...most likely at a bulk discount, and then he was passing on the savings to others but not making any money. Then Stillen finds out what he is doing (through this board maybe?) and denies him the purchase.
Gimme a break. The guy is buying a group of items for a few dollars cheaper than I can get it for. Was it really a big deal? So if he (as a dealer) was going to install the product on 8 different cars on the lot would it be any different? Could I go buy 8 bars if I wanted to?
Exactly!!!
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Originally Posted by GT-Ron
but is a refusal of a $50 (or so) discount really enough to make you go from wanting the product to not wanting it? If you consider it the best option then the going retail price is fair.
I will most likely NOT buy these now, and I think my decision on intake just got easier (planning on ordering something this week) because this will most likely remove Stillen from my choices. Not because they are a little bit more expensive without the GB, but because of basic customer service and business practices. I like Stillen and their products, but they made a bold and rather negative statement with how they handled this. Instead of applauding the distributor and contact here for setting this up and earning them new business, they cut them off, pissed off several new customers, just to make a few extra dollars. Bad math no matter how you look at it, and a really sh!tty business decision.
#25
01-20-2006, 03:56 PM
Originally Posted by UFGatorG35
YES. I have considered getting these as well, but it was far from the top of my list of desired mods. When I saw the GB I almost jumped in on it, the whole idea of offering a group rate/discount is to get people who are hesitant to buy on impulse. Any nitwit can tell you its better to make a little less money per unit and sell a few more than the other way around.
I will most likely NOT buy these now, and I think my decision on intake just got easier (planning on ordering something this week) because this will most likely remove Stillen from my choices. Not because they are a little bit more expensive without the GB, but because of basic customer service and business practices. I like Stillen and their products, but they made a bold and rather negative statement with how they handled this. Instead of applauding the distributor and contact here for setting this up and earning them new business, they cut them off, pissed off several new customers, just to make a few extra dollars. Bad math no matter how you look at it, and a really sh!tty business decision.
I will most likely NOT buy these now, and I think my decision on intake just got easier (planning on ordering something this week) because this will most likely remove Stillen from my choices. Not because they are a little bit more expensive without the GB, but because of basic customer service and business practices. I like Stillen and their products, but they made a bold and rather negative statement with how they handled this. Instead of applauding the distributor and contact here for setting this up and earning them new business, they cut them off, pissed off several new customers, just to make a few extra dollars. Bad math no matter how you look at it, and a really sh!tty business decision.
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01-20-2006, 04:31 PM
#27
01-20-2006, 04:33 PM
Originally Posted by madchef
Wait...I don't understand how this hurts Stillen. Isn't selling X number of strut braces better than selling 0???? The middleman still buys them at the same price right? So whats the difference to Stillen?
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01-20-2006, 04:53 PM