How the parts business works....

ragged · 2012-12-09T04:34:22+00:00

Sending automotive parts internationally requires additional effort to fill out additional forms that require tariff codes to identify items. Depending on the country you send it to, what the item is, where it came from, what it's made out of, what it's value is, not to forget whether it is legal or not, makes it hard and too much effort to ship internationally for some business's. That is why there are additional fees associated with such purchases. Time is money! Some sellers are set up for this business and do it very well. When you have a country (USA) of 250 odd million people, you have to think to yourself, is it worth my while spending all the time and effort to send items to an island (Aust) of just 22 million? So for all that effort I may only increase my sales by 10%. These are commercial operations that are profit based in order to remain open. Therefore the Aussie retailers to be competitive they have to buy and ship in bulk. That generally means paying for a container load of items you think your customers are going to buy. You then pay for the freight, the customs and duty as well as the GST. Oh, and all the fees for port charges, storage and road transport. You have to pay for all of this upfront. You either need to have a lot of money in the bank, or a really good bank manager who will lend you the money, who of course wants your house as a guarantee that you know what your doing and will be able to sell all the items you have just purchased, to pay off your debt. In the meantime your paying interest on the money you just borrowed, rent to store the items, insurance in case someone wants it all without paying for it, or the whole lot goes up in smoke. Now, if you know a lot about VW's and can select the right parts every time you get on an international site, shop around for the best deal, can get free shipping in the USA to a mate, who can then forward it to you really cheap through US postal, that will take you about 3-4 weeks for it to be delivered from the USA. If you Don't know your way around your hobby, Don't want to buy the wrong parts, Don't have a trustworthy mate in the USA, Don't want to wait four weeks for delivery the options are: 1. Ask somebody on the forum who knows how it all works and ask them to organise it for you, but ask if he/she is going to charge you for their time 2. Spend the time to research all you can on the best way to ship the correct parts to your door. 3. Get in your car, go and see your local VW parts seller. 4. (there is always another way) I guess you now know why there are less and less local VW part sellers that you can go to buy your parts from. Every time you go and pick the brains of these people and don't buy something from them, don't be surprised if they don't give you much of their time. They have bills to pay! PS Share the love...

nedsbug Casual Dubber

20 posts · joined Sep 2012 · 15 Dec 2012, 10:25 am

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HappyDaze wrote:Hope your shed doesn't fall down......when those 'cheap' purlin bolts let go, nedsbug.😢

It wont fall down
Itll be here long after im dead
Its over engineered and over built,not like many brand name sheds that are on the thin line of structually safe and strong
You could sit a car on any part of the roof and it wont fall thru,unlike some shed places around,you cant walk on the roof

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 15 Dec 2012, 12:06 pm

#935704

The bottom line is making money
Most fat cats dont care for workers its making money
Whats the first thing a new boss or when a company take over happens
They trim off the fat,be that a non productive worker,vehicles that sit there chewing company funds, and basically down scale the overheads

Well thats generally the idea of running a business....to make money!
If you owned your own business, why would you want "non productive workers" ?
Why would you want vehicles sitting around chewing company funds?

Sounds like the fat cat has it right 😎

donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 15 Dec 2012, 1:28 pm

#935718

Fat cats employ those who for whatever reason don't want to own / run their own business, and having been a business owner myself I can think of a few reasons why you wouldnt want to. I've never heard of anyone being employed by a poor man.

I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!

nedsbug Casual Dubber

20 posts · joined Sep 2012 · 16 Dec 2012, 2:04 pm

#935834

Craig Torrens wrote:
The bottom line is making money
Most fat cats dont care for workers its making money
Whats the first thing a new boss or when a company take over happens
They trim off the fat,be that a non productive worker,vehicles that sit there chewing company funds, and basically down scale the overheads

Well thats generally the idea of running a business....to make money!
If you owned your own business, why would you want "non productive workers" ?
Why would you want vehicles sitting around chewing company funds?

Sounds like the fat cat has it right 😎

There are many businesses that dont have 100 % productive workers,there are many businesses that have,lease more cars than they really need
My old place of employment had more office staff than workers on the floor, every salesperson had his own comppany car,and most of the sales team didnt venture beyong the car park
Theres two failry major examples of trimming the fat
When they got taken over, they sacked over 50 % of office staff (top heavy busineeses dont work) and got rid of all non on the road sales teams cars,and offered a car allownce instead

You could have 2 people who work like trojans,but 1 decides his 6 days a year sickies that dont roll over he uses every year,yet the other doesnt
The one who doesnt use up his entitled sickies could be seen as a more productive worker,his job could be seen as more secure

HappyDaze Superannuated

2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 · 16 Dec 2012, 3:28 pm

#935843

Any business, big or small, needs PROFIT to survive 👍. That is achieved by having more money coming in, than going out......it's that simple!

Nothing to do with the TURNOVER.........It's the LEFTOVER that is important.

I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!

cb john Wolfsburg Wizard

470 posts · joined Jun 2007 · 16 Dec 2012, 3:45 pm

#935847

Greg, spot on...😀

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 16 Dec 2012, 5:54 pm

#935859

cb john wrote:Greg, spot on...😀

x2

And here is another angle on what is required to make sure there are some LEFTOVERS.

from Marty Staggs on FB

“A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so.”

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cb john Wolfsburg Wizard

470 posts · joined Jun 2007 · 16 Dec 2012, 5:59 pm

#935861

matberry wrote:
cb john wrote:Greg, spot on...😀
x2

And here is another angle on what is required to make the LEFTOVERS a little larger.

from Marty Staggs on FB

“A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so.”

😂 X 2 😂

vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk

2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 · 16 Dec 2012, 7:00 pm

#935877

A lot of businesses in Australia have forgotten exactly that, the internet presents very good buying oportunities for a astute person looking to make there money go further, A lot of Australian business site are apalling, do not even list the goods they are trying to sell individually, only a over view, this is a waste of my time when i am trying to get what i need, check out the new CB performance web site to see how to sell parts on line.