Any that are near you - so you don't need to pay carriage! Brake parts and track rod ends etc are often best bought at your local Autoparts place - wear a grubby boiler suit/dirty hands and ask for a discount..... Some places offer free carriage if you buy above a certain level. Bull Motif/MOSS/DSN all have good reputation.
It doesn't work anyway - the people on the desk arn't daft! If you buy a lot you get discount... if you don't they just tell you that you are getting one!
I still get staff prices at the motor factor where I used to work (I left 4 years ago) and I know the discount codes so I know im still getting them.
Minor Specialists tend to be cheaper than the factors now in my experience
i bought almost everthing from esm and had no problems, orders over 60 quid and placed on internet had free carriage and arrived the following day every time!
bmcecosse wrote: - wear a grubby boiler suit/dirty hands and ask for a discount.....
Not recommended for female Minor owners though. Something slightly more 'tailored' than a boiler suit is advisable. Doesn't necessarily get you a discount but you tend to get to the front of the queue
bmcecosse wrote: - wear a grubby boiler suit/dirty hands and ask for a discount.....
Not recommended for female Minor owners though. Something slightly more 'tailored' than a boiler suit is advisable. Doesn't necessarily get you a discount but you tend to get to the front of the queue
I think you will find, the counter staff are quite often women now ;) I have been to 5 motor factors recently, there were women on the counter at 3 of them...
Are you sure you mean 'on' the counter??
I've not come across that at a car parts place, but it does happen at Jumping Jacks...
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