$47 to ship a cam & crank sensor?! f*** you subaruparts

biggreen96 · Post by **biggreen96** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:31 am

It's bad enough that combined they cost 395.02, they are magnets wrapped in plastic with wires attached for christs sake. But almost 50 bucks to ship? eat a dick subaruparts.com.

uggg and the blackbart automart is closed for a while too... good thing I work 2 blocks from home.

So I may want to be purchasing a cam or crank or both used and in working order soon, depends on when I what I find out tomorrow. I hope its just the wiring.

Hocrest · Post by **Hocrest** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:43 pm

That's why I use Liberty Subaru in New Jersey. Their prices have always been within a few cents of Subaruparts, sometime higer, but usually lower. The best part is that they CHARGE THE ACTUAL SHIPPING COST

They once even upgraded to UPS Red Saturday delivery and charged me the UPS ground rate, when there was a delay between the DC and their shop.

888-782-9493
http://www.libertysubaru.com/en_US/

Their website isn't as good as the others, but the parts guys are real good and helpful, even with parts for my SVX and Brat.

You need to ask for the Subaru-SVX.net pricing.

internetautomart · Post by **internetautomart** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:48 pm

biggreen96 wrote:It's bad enough that combined they cost 395.02, they are magnets wrapped in plastic with wires attached for christs sake. But almost 50 bucks to ship? eat a dick subaruparts.com.

uggg and the blackbart automart is closed for a while too... good thing I work 2 blocks from home.

So I may want to be purchasing a cam or crank or both used and in working order soon, depends on when I what I find out tomorrow. I hope its just the wiring.

if you give me part #s I'll see what I can do.

Lurch · Post by **Lurch** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:42 pm

I noticed the same thing with that company. I order two small parts (purge value and knock senser) and it was $20 to ship. I was surprised they charged $8 for the ks and $12 for the purge. The overall price was cheap enough I went through with the order. I have a feeling that it is a limitation with their website's ability to calculate shipping on the fly so they error on the high (high) side. It should have been only $10 max for both those small parts.

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:55 pm

That's weird. I've only ordered larger packages and the shipping was cheaper than that. I'd definitely just get some used sensors somewhere.

internetautomart · Post by **internetautomart** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:57 pm

Lurch wrote:I noticed the same thing with that company. I order two small parts (purge value and knock senser) and it was $20 to ship. I was surprised they charged $8 for the ks and $12 for the purge. The overall price was cheap enough I went through with the order. I have a feeling that it is a limitation with their website's ability to calculate shipping on the fly so they error on the high (high) side. It should have been only $10 max for both those small parts.

shipping calculators usually have a handling charge built in and the basic UPS shipping charge is about $10 even if it's across the street. so $20 if it's cross country makes sense to me

jamal · Post by **jamal** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:25 pm

have you checked with subiegal?

biggreen96 · Post by **biggreen96** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:11 pm

well 400 bucks is almost half my monthly income, so I need to find some used ones if mine turn out to be bad. I don't think they could both die at the exact same moment.

mike270 · Post by **mike270** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:21 am

Last time I was there, the shipping was simply 12% of the total cost of the order. So their online system doesn't care what you order, only the amount.

biggreen96 · Post by **biggreen96** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:17 am

well that system can lick 12% of my balls.

ciper · Post by **ciper** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:56 am

1stsubaruparts has better customer service, usually cheaper and shipped faster than subaruparts in my experience.

internetautomart · Post by **internetautomart** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:03 am

all this talk of ridiculous prices made me look at one suppliers catalog, and laugh. they've got a bunch of bits priced out under a buck. like the front bumper chrome strip, the hood latch assembly, and some other crapola. I'm fighting myself not to buy it all as spares

skid542 · Post by **skid542** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:32 am

*Sorry to hijack*
Wait a minute, you can get the front bumper crome strip for less than a $1.00 or do you mean a big BUCK as in $100?

If you can get if for less than $1.00 and are willing to help a man out, shoot me a PM

.

And yeah man, screw that 12% shipping. That's pretty messed up business ethics.

biggreen96 · Post by **biggreen96** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:20 am

well I took the sensors out and wiped the grime off them and the car started right up. I can put that purchase off for a while, whew.

dzx · Post by **dzx** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:35 am

Sometimes the screw holding them can get loose and they get too far from the wheel to read it.

Fkyx · Post by **Fkyx** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:38 am

skid542 wrote:If you can get if for less than $1.00 and are willing to help a man out, shoot me a PM .

Seriously... I need a front and rear strip. lol

Dewey 8d · Post by **Dewey 8d** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:43 am

biggreen96 wrote:well that system can lick 12% of my balls.

ROFL That comment + the thread title has me laughing my ass off, just wanted to thank you!

greg donovan · Post by **greg donovan** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:52 am

what year car is this in?

my cam and crank sensors were covered under a recall on my 95 legacy.

biggreen96 · Post by **biggreen96** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:00 am

93 touring wagon.
I can't believe a simple wipe down fixed the issue.

internetautomart · Post by **internetautomart** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:52 am

skid542 wrote:*Sorry to hijack*
Wait a minute, you can get the front bumper crome strip for less than a $1.00 or do you mean a big BUCK as in $100?

If you can get if for less than $1.00 and are willing to help a man out, shoot me a PM .

And yeah man, screw that 12% shipping. That's pretty messed up business ethics.

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