Repco, A massive ripoff

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Bit of a rant here but how has this place not gone out of business? i'll admit i buy most my stuff online because the prices beat the death out of nearly every shop you can find except for a very small percent of cases, and you usually get a bigger selection of better parts. But repco seem to be the worst of all of them, not only are they way over priced but most parts they sell are non genuine Chinese garbage. Just today i needed a coil pack for an AU falcon for a family members car, online i could get a Australian made bosch unit, probably what ford used from factory for $79 delivered. Repco wanted $180 for a fuelmisser unit and $340 for whatever the other brand they had that i have never heard of. $340 for a coil pack for an au falcon???, you'd think the car was a euro. Another example i needed some idler pulleys, once again repco wanted $160 for their own branded Taiwanese pulleys. Online i had a set of gates pulleys delivered for $30 2 days later from across the other side of the country. This is pretty much a constant trend with repco and it doesn't matter what make of car either. It gets worse soon as you want something for a car thats a little less common than a falcon, commodore, magna etc, then you're lucky if they even stock the part, walk in there needing something for like a modern jeep and they will scratch their heads. On the times i need parts that day and can't wait for postage any of the other big names in the business usually have what i need and it will be maybe 10-15% more then online and of a respectable brand. Apologies if this thread is against forums rules, everytime i have to deal with repco i leave feeling annoyed. Then the next issue is half the workshops around the place are tied to repco and as a result customers get ripped on prices everywhere, repco trade prices still aren't as good as retail price everywhere else. The only good thing about them is in my case they are the closest automotive store in my area and atleast the staff at the store near me are nice and try to help you. I exclude basic things like oil, coolant, brakes etc in these prices, This is focused on the part devision, suspension, engine parts etc. Your bread and butter materials are the same between stores and seem to always be on sale anyway.