The reason I axe is that I was unable to talk my dealer into parting with the all-weather floor mats for the same price as one of this website's supporters. I'd prefer to keep my money local, but they wouldn't budge on the price. I hate to be chintzy about it, but it's a gift from my parents for Xmas, so why make them pay more?

In any case, I think the dealer was being a little silly. Presumably they don't get the parts/accessories from Mazda for any less than a mail-order house does, the mail-order house obviously isn't taking a loss on them, so basically they just didn't want to make LESS money than they already were.

For the record, the list price is either $60 or $70, depending upon who you believe, and the mail-order vendor charged $56 with free shipping (and no sales tax, which I would've paid locally if they'd played ball)... So basically the savings is almost $20 from the $75 I would've paid at the dealer. I actually don't know what the dealer was charging since I went straight for the throat, but I'm assuming $70 since they said they "couldn't get near" the price I wanted to pay, and $60 is already pretty "near" to $56.

Any clues as to a general percentage of list that dealers typically pay for OEM parts and/or accessories? I thought it was about half, maybe 60%. Edmunds says that the dealer cost on these mats is $48 as an option on a new car (retail $60), so that looks to be closer to 80% if those numbers are correct... And may be correct only for new-car sales.

 

not sure if you realize that the hour you spent making this thread is an extra hour you could have worked at your whatever job to earn the extra 10 dollars for the floor mats your complaining about... besides, parent's paying for your floor mats? How old are you?

 

Target, Walmart, and Kragen has all weather mat sets for like $25. You just have to cut them to fit the "foot-warmer" on the shotgun side. They have outlines to trim so its not homemade looking. Get those, and switch to the carpet mats in the Spring/Summer time.

 

I didn't know there's an age limit for getting a Christmas present from your parents????

 

Ya, I'm 30 and santa still visists me. =)

 

Yeah bro, but there IS a difference between your parents getting you a present and you walking them to a dealership to buy your floor mats! My parents get me things like dvd movie sets, wallets, socks, and the occasional humorous boxers. To say, "let's go the Mazda so you can pay for my floor mats" is quite another story...

I know a guy who's 31 and his mom still puts toothpaste on his toothbrush for him at night! Yes, she comes over his house EVERY night to do it, too. He's got 3 kids and a wife...