NAPA parts seem high priced

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

That cheap ours are 31.99 at Napa here

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!

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.

The napa here used to be great many many years ago, Now days they have gone to the dogs! They don't know a starter from a generator and the creeps that work the place are so drugged up that they cant find the parts room. I quit going there a long time ago. also the machine shop they have here screws up heads and blocks! ----Different locations----different service----different prices. thanks; ac fleet

IMHO NAPA has knowledgeable people and they have what I need so that's where I go . I do buy oil and washer solvent etc at W Mart . I once carried a alt off my old Chevy to O'Reilly and set it on the counter . Kid asked if I needed a new starter . Kinda sad .

Edited by ACinSC - 14 Mar 2019 at 1:42pm

Like a box of chocolate, ya never know whats ya gonna gets.

I have been driving newer trucks for years so I haven’t bought auto parts for some time. However I recently bought an 03 diesel and the alternator went out. My trusted mechanic told me to go to NAPA. Said it would be more expensive but would last longer.

I’m also working on an old Steiger. None of the lights and guages worked so I decided to replace all the bulbs in the dash. O Reilly’s had packs is 2 for $5. I bought what they had and headed to NAPA. They had a box of 10 for $10 like every store used to carry. Went back to o Reilly’s and got my money back.

Not here. Quality is great on NAPA parts and 90 % of the time parts are cheaper that O'Reilly's and American parts. I never buy rebuilt electrical from any place except NAPA. Their quality is far better than others.

In a pinch last fall, I tried to get an engine oil filter for the F2 (433) combine at O'Reiley's for $11-Baldwin if I recall. They were out of that part # so I went to a Napa store and got their GOLD filter for $18  . Figured it might have been cheaper than driving the 18 miles one way to the Agco dealer but am still kicking my own ass for doing the deal especially after reading this topic. Live and learn I suppose

The fact they can sell their filters for half price shows just how much of a markup they have on filters and probably other parts as well.

i use a napa dealer, store that will do every thing possible to get what you need even if they have to go find you out in a field somewere and afterhours , and will get you parts even if its oem dealer parts so if i get dinged on a few few items i am still getting the best deal,  service and knowlage is a big thing for me

WOW***50% mark-up? Wish I could do that on the farm. I will agree NAPA seems to have good stuff most of the time but unless you are "Somebody" that matters to them you are going to get "Hose Banged".