I've never purchased from that vender, But
I have heard some good & some bad about every vender that deals with Mopar stuff too,
usually always price related too...
I imagine being a business owner doing especially "lessor purchased" Reproduction parts,
no doubt is probably hard & a tough business, kind of a double edged sward...
There's not millions of these cars out there, there never was, like GM & Ford
You have to have a big enough market & interest, at your price point/demographics,
just to be "at all profitable" or get stuck with the parts
You need to advertise to sell, very little advertisements I've seen...
Probably need to sell for enough $$$ to make a profit {or why do it ?}...
You need to probably make a run of 50-100 of each "single items"
to be anywhere near cost effective {not sure if it would even be cost effective then}
or you will probably lose $$$ on the parts...
IMHFO no-one's in business to lose money,
But at-least we have far more stuff for Mopars now than ever before...
I'm pretty sure, the labor costs is probably the worst factor, especially anything with Chrome on it...
I've always spent what ever I needed to, to get what I wanted/needed, It's part of the hobby,
no-one likes to spend more than they have too, no-one likes to be gouged either...
But if you need it & it cost more, you can't find any, anywhere else,
what are you going to do ? {your stuck}...
Supply & demand issues, drives prices too...
Less demand higher $$$ costs on both ends buyer & sellers/manufacturers costs...
Sorry don't take this the wrong way, BUT
I actually don't think he's too far off about allot of Mopar guys being cheap,
{these aren't a dime a dozen GM's or Fords, parts available everwhere},
way too many times, I've personally experience allot Mopar people trying to
"lowball me constantly, on everything Mopar parts related"...
When the stuff was listed way cheap already, make no sense to me...
It's a bad perception mostly {Maybe ?}
Or the other side is,
some people think their old rusted & worn out, especially rarer stuff
& especially Mopar parts, are worth their weight in gold too...
These types of people, add to the problems/perceptions...
People gouging other people in the same end of the Mopar collector car hobby,
that's really sad...
How many times have you heard that complaint, just here on FBBO ??
These parts are NOT being mass produced, or very rarely even made,
or are some cheap Chinese Re-Pop crap, like the millions of GM/Ford stuff is &/or
are far more expensive to make, because of it's/their rarity,
especially if not in larger batch/run #'s,
like most all the GM & Ford reproduction stuff is, because it's much more popular,
hence way cheaper to make & sell, it's just a #'s game...
Or because unfortunately, a certain select era is more popular, than another,
that makes the parts, more available...
Hey Mopar is my 1st love too, I've spent far more on Mopar cars
than any other brand, I could/have build at-least 2 to 1 {cost related}
if it was the other brands, it's par for the course...
I do feel for empathetic those commenting here,
that can't find what they need for their cars, at a reasonable price too...
It's the nature of the beast, some/most don't support the companies,
especially after all the complaints, about there's no Mopar parts,
but then when they do finally make the parts, people complain about the costs...
IMO some justified, some just being cheap, want their cake & eat it too...LOL
Sorry fellow FBBO members,
I'm not trying to ruffle any feathers, not meant to offend anyone,
especially the original poster Ghostrider 67, I feel for you guy...
My $0.02 cents, my take on the supply & demand issue
Have a nice day everyone,
lets keep supporting them companies, that help to support us....
