i saw this and it boils my piss, theres people trying to restore cars to keep them going and because of the sense of satisfaction and fun and then theres ' RS Parts' places like this charging this for two pipes...all it does is to inflate prices for parts making it harder for everyone.(in my opionion) rant over .
Can anyone justify this to me?..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-ESCORT-RS...item2ea28102e8

cheRS

 

reminds me of the guy selling ford badges for Ł40 a while back

 

lol yeh theres a few hum-dingers on flea bay at the moment, fair enough some parts are more desirable or rarer than others but when people try to cash in and extort money out of genuine RS fans it pisses me off.

 

wtf Ł120 for that

 

yeh... beats working for a living,..just sell pipes for RST's lol

 

The seller is ALEX-CABRIO...............I think he,s a memeber on here?

 

2 sold so far

 

ave a word

 

they cost quite a bit more than Ł120 to buy from ford so stop moaning about it

 

maybe but my point is that theres certain parts that seem to be way over priced for what they actually are/do. if you're happy paying 120 quid for two pipes then thats cool for you!lol

 

hahaha, some people, il think you will find alex cabrio is very much an rs fan. so what if thats the price of those pipes, do you know how much they cost from ford? or even if they are still available???

if you dont like the price dont buy the item, its as simple as that

 

So this thread is moaning that someone is selling some genuine new ford parts, at a reduced price, to acheive two aims:
1) make himself a small amount of profit (alex runs on tiny margins normally)
2) help another RST stay on the road, something he is very passionate about


I really dont understand what you think he should be doing instead?

Not selling them?
Selling them at a loss rather than a moderate profit?
Selling them at ford retail price?


What would you prefer him to do?

 

Yeah the seller of those parts is obviously big on keeping RS's going has he is always sourcing and selling parts. I have bought no end of item from him whilst restoring my rs as ford no longer supplied them.

 

Keeping RST's going is Alex's massive passion, the small amount of profit he does make from selling the parts invariably gets spent on his own RSTs!

Top lad putting a lot of effort in to what he is doing and all driven by his love of RST's

 

Well im glad to see he does. Time is our worst enemy. There is to many people that dont bother and just give up on them. If everyone had that attitude, they would all soon be gone. So good on him.

 

[quote=fatty;4504405]i saw this and it boils my piss, theres people trying to restore cars to keep them going and because of the sense of satisfaction and fun and then theres ' RS Parts' places like this charging this for two pipes...all it does is to inflate prices for parts making it harder for everyone.(in my opionion) rant over .
Can anyone justify this to me?..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-ESCORT-RS...item2ea28102e8




instead of going on about the prices why don’t you phone ford customer services and ask them why its so dear to buy. Your find it would be the same price at fords.i am not here to rip anyone of. if people want to pay them prices then so be it. you really don’t have a clue how ford pricing works do u. i sold an s1 header tank 5 years ago for 420 pounds y did some want to pay that much because they wanted to. i have helped over 1000 people if not more over the yearsthanks for the input chip

 

as its already been said,you have no idea
try finding a set of these pipes,they havnt been availabe from ford for years and when you could get them they were about Ł80 each
so Ł120 for a brand new set is a bargain for something so rare
its people like you that boil my piss

 

Yes a genuine RS Fan trying to make a living by selling parts cheaper than you can get at a Ford Dealer. Is there anything else you want justified about it.

If you can get them for less Please tell all the people on here & they will note it down.

I suspect that you aint got a clue how much rare parts are for these cars, they sound cheap to me & anyone else who has a clue.

 

Talk about a backfire!

 

Looks like fatty has been OWNED good and proper! Anyway why would you want to buy those pipes for? You don't need to run water through your turbo on an RST

 

OK , that was a bit of over response there... guess i was 'OWNED' but the point remains the same... its not a personal attack on anyone selling parts, good luck to him/them i PERSONALLY just wouldnt pay that , even from Ford direct etc.

Think theres too many people jumping down my throat for the sake of it.PAy whatever you want for parts, couldnt care less , but if everyone pays top dollar for everything surely the prices will just get a bit out of control.

sorry if ive 'offended' anyone, wasnt intended as a personal dig on the guy!

now get back too your cars

 

Parts like the wee turbo oil return are something like Ł40/Ł50 from ford. I remember my parts man actually apoligising to me, he felt bad that Ford were charging that much for a few inches of pipework lol

 

lol thankyou , thats all i was trying to say.

the fact that FORD charge 1000000 pounds for something doesnt make it WORTH that ,.or does it?

i work in the marine diesel industry and the parts are insanely priced , tiny orings etc.so it 'boils my piss ' in general.

if people are comfortable paying it then good luck to them.

i can fully appreciate the amount of care and effort that goes into the cars, and 'genuine' is always nice, but for me personally theres a limit.

 

hah what a funny thread that thurned out to be

 

lol very true,

touched a nerve there by the sounds of things. leads to think if i made replica pipes people would happily pay 100 pounds for them because that'd be a 'bargain',,,lol

theres and idea.,..

 

i must say fords do take the piss with there priceing not only on rs on a ka the power stering rack is 900 pounds i used to sell lots of mk4 escort head lights at 35 pounds each which was a good price to pay but only last year fords but up the price to 100 pounds they have shot them selfs in the foot big time as i will never sell one again at that price. and the rs 7 spokes i used to sell lots of them fords yet again but the price up and i dont sell any at all. so in all fords realy dont help the selfs at all. back in the 80s fords used to put there prices up 3 times a year. now it goes up every day.the oil return for s2 it used to be 10 pounds which was a good price to pay then it went to 30 pounds then 40 then 55 pounds on which iut is now a joke if you ask me fords realy dont care at all imo.

 

To buy a 10 grand car in bits from your dealer would be at least a quarter of a million quid.

Parts are over priced without a doubt, that much im sure we all agree on.

 

Try working in the dental equipment industry, then you'll know expensive! Ł4 for a teeny tiny o ring lol. Or Ł130 000ish for an X ray

 

FAIL

 

thats cheap jennings ford in stockton on tees have these pipes and want Ł150 each plus vat, what would u pay.

bought loads of bits off alex like the efi throttle cable and he is a lot cheaper than ford is, ford want Ł47 plus vat for the cable

 

Hes a cheeky fooker askin 120 for them pipes! you can buy the unions for next to fuk all and brase/weld some pipe on yourself job done for next to fuk all!

 

so what am i going to do ask less and sell them at a lose you mug

 

you can kind of see where (fatty) is coming from but without people like alex cabrio,you will not get those hard to get new old stock dealer parts,hard to get parts come with a price tag most times,infact i think i sourced my brand new diamond cut 7 center caps from alex,

 

Buy the bits & make them up & sell them for a tenner on here matey or perhaps shut up cos you aint got a clue about what it actually costs to bring a part to the market .

 

doesn't alex work at a ford dealer?

steve

 

Fatty, welcome to the world of rs/cossie tax. now get over yourself and take it like a man or make parts cheaper instead!!!

 

a limit ??
personally there is no limit to me on making my bike nice.
yeah so i don't have a car yet as i am not old enough to drive etc..
but once i do have the money and i am old enough etc there will be no limit..
i have spent over Ł1000 on my 'scooter' to make it the best and nicest there is.. and it is still not fully done and proberly never will be, and i no Ł1000 odd is nothing in the car world, but for a scooter its not bad personally, i would say there is no limit on making your bike / car or what ever you have the best...

 

If he does he must be passing on his discount to everyone, he`s cheaper than ford so fair play to the man

 

some parts are some parts are not if people dont like what i sell then go to fords your self and only get told it no longer sold from some old man that dont have a clue on rs parts lol

 

there expensive but if thats what they costs its what they cost, if u need them u gotta pay it