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Anybody know how MercedesPartsPeople.com can sell "OEM" parts for so cheap?

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Old 09-08-2008, 04:06 AM
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Anybody know how MercedesPartsPeople.com can sell "OEM" parts for so cheap?

Anybody know how MercedesPartsPeople.com can sell "OEM" parts for so cheap?

Anybody have any experience? If so, did what was shipped look OEM or was it actually certifiably OEM?

It just seems kinda wierd that they would be able to sell OEM parts for less than all the dealers I have called....

For example, they are selling the All Weather Floormats for $88.40.

http://mercedespartspeople.com/Searc...ion+Floor+Mats

All the dealers I have called sell these for $115-120

Anybody know how MercedesPartsPeople.com can sell "OEM" parts for so cheap?

I already have these floor mats and got them at the dealer with an employee I knows discount, but that only know the price down to $89.76, which is still more expensive than Mercedes Parts People's price...

What do you guys think, are they legit?

I really want to order an OEM sunshade...
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Because they mark it up 25% instead of the 50% the stealers do.
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Because they mark it up 25% instead of the 50% the stealers do.
how are they authorized to sell OEM though?

like... where do they get their "OEM parts" from... wholesale Mercedes corporate?

Anybody have any experience with them?
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I'm not sure about this particular vendor, but many online sites are merely "front ends" for a couple of drop ship super warehousing parts distributors. If you check the logo at the bottom of the page, you can see that they belong to Trademotion.

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Some sites are also very large dealerships.

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