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Some of NAPA's prices are crazy high. I sell Cub Scout cubmobile wheel kits. I get 32 dollars per kit plus shipping. That is four wheels with eight bearings, four 3/8" lag bolts for axles, eight stainless steel washers, eight hubcaps, and eight spoke covers to make up the kit.
We install the precision bearings when running the tires on the wheels. The operator missed installing a bearing on one wheel that a customer needed in two days. I had him give me the phone number of his Local NAPA store and told him that I would pay for one for him to pick up. NAPA's price for one bearing the same number I buy for a whole 33.46 for one. I pay around .60 per bearing. They are packed ten bearings in a tube. That store only had three when he checked. I have no idea how they could come up with a price lie that. I ran out of stainless steel washers and the hard ware store had two in a pack for slightly over a dollar. It was cheaper to pay to have them shipped over night.
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NAPA, the parts fit and work correctly.
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We all get sticker shock. I remember having to replace the starter and alternator on my car years ago. Alternator $25.00 and starter $30.00. Now for the car I drive they’re about $200.00 each. Then when you pop the hood it takes half the day just to find what you’re trying to fix,LOL!
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Originally posted by Gary Burnett Gary Burnett wrote:

Claims of one part being superior to another are true sometimes not true in other cases just the same part at a higher price.Starter for a John Deere 445 mower was $350 at the JD place for a 'rebuilt' one.Price off ebay for a new one  was $55 free shipping,both
guaranteed for 1 year.Lay them side by side and they are identical in every way,plus the so called rebuilt starter from Deere 



Just repaired a friend's Craftsman snowblower starter.
craftsman $181
 Ebay $50
same starter, Tecumseh motor  
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That's walk in customer retail,NAPA and other parts stores have different prices for different people and businesses.When I worked at the concrete plant we usually received a price that was 40% off list price,small shops like service stations got 25%. You need to make friends with someone at at the NAPA store.All parts suppliers usually work the same way.Claims of one part being superior to another are true sometimes not true in other cases just the same part at a higher price.Starter for a John Deere 445 mower was $350 at the JD place for a 'rebuilt' one.Price off ebay for a new one  was $55 free shipping,both
guaranteed for 1 year.Lay them side by side and they are identical in every way,plus the so called rebuilt starter from Deere had no signs of ever being used.Lots of scams in parts going around these days in my opinion.
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make sure they have the brass in the cap 
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That cheap ours are 31.99 at Napa here
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Seems to me that NAPA is no different than any other parts place, whether it be Carquest, O'Reilly, or agco, JD, or Case IH. The prices on some of the parts are less expensive than you'd expect, some are right in line with what you'd expect, and then there are prices on some parts that are so high that it puts you in shock. Darrel
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they're about 1/3 to 1/2 what local NAPA and TSC want !! I was told each NAPA can set THEIR own prices so I ONLY use them is dire emergencies.

as for the cap, I do recall using a high voltage spray to waterproof the cap on a car 3-4 decades ago, and my 77 Landcrusier had a rubber booty on the cap.
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It really depends on the mfr. of the product. Napa uses the Echlin line of ignition parts, and they're pretty good. The prices you have listed are in line with the product. Some folks may be able to get those particular items cheaper, but how good is the product? If you know what I mean. There's a lot of Chinese crap out there flooding the market, so its a "get what you pay for" kinda thing. We've been a Standard Motor Products dealer since 1970 and our prices are a tick more than you paid, but again its the quality of the product in my opinion. Those parts should last you quite a while so I think you did good....  Thumbs Up
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RR145 Distributor Cap $16.45 and RR 301 Distributor Rotor $15.99.  These are for a WD45.  Maybe these are in line and I'm just out of touch.  Checking on your thoughts.  Thanks
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