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Old Mar 3, 2002 | 12:02 AM
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Is this a good price?

OEM cd changer for $550 installed.
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Old Mar 3, 2002 | 12:27 AM
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Considering that $550 is $55 more than MBUSA allegedly charges the dealers for the changer it is a good price. My stealer demands $1200.
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Old Mar 3, 2002 | 01:00 AM
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Allegedly is clearly the right word. Even if Autoclass is importing changers from Germany, how can they sell them for less than $100 less than the dealer pays?
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Old Mar 3, 2002 | 01:05 AM
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What Autoclass is paying whoever they are buying from has absolutely nothing to do with what MBUSA charges their dealers.
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Hmmm, can you explain that? I would think that all the resellers are buying changers from MB? I would think that MB has pretty strong contractual language with the CD changer producer (Alpine?) on how these could be sold.

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Hmmm, can you explain that? I would think that all the resellers are buying changers from MB? I would think that MB has pretty strong contractual language with the CD changer producer (Alpine?) on how these could be sold.

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Highly doubtful. MB likely just leveraged Alpine Technology. I have no doubt some weasel attorney (I absolutely hate all f****** lawyers) tried to leverage some contract with Alpine but seeing as how Alpine already has an extremely strong brand recognition the marketing points were needed more by the C Class than Alpine.
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