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PartsHeaven Gone Now Where to Shop? |
mmascari |
Dec 3 2021, 11:08 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 321 Joined: 1-September 14 From: Concord, CA Member No.: 17,850 Region Association: None |
I live in the SF Bay Area and used to go to Parts Heaven for 914/911 used parts. Now that they are gone where is the best place to buy used parts? Where did all their inventory go?
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mepstein |
Dec 4 2021, 12:57 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,272 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
We moved two 25’ Penske trucks full of Porsche parts from Huston to PA in May. Packing the parts, loading the parts, driving x-country, unloading and storing. Costly and time consuming. No way to make it work financially with 914 parts, even if they were free.
Plane flights Truck rental Forklift rental Purchase 160 plastic bins Purchase $2k lumber to make wood crates Hotels in Huston and trip back Food and transportation Probably $15 + in expenses. Attached image(s) |
Unobtanium-inc |
Dec 4 2021, 01:16 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,210 Joined: 29-November 06 From: New York Member No.: 7,276 Region Association: None |
We moved two 25’ Penske trucks full of Porsche parts from Huston to PA in May. Packing the parts, loading the parts, driving x-country, unloading and storing. Costly and time consuming. No way to make it work financially with 914 parts, even if they were free. Plane flights Truck rental Forklift rental Purchase 160 plastic bins Purchase $2k lumber to make wood crates Hotels in Huston and trip back Food and transportation Probably $10k + in expenses. Yeah, people don't get it, until they do it. People also don't understand how to price stashes until you explain the math to someone. I was recently at a shop outside of Chicago and a guy had a small warehouse of 356 and 911 parts. I asked how much he wanted and he said, "there is at least six digits of parts here." Meaning $100,000. I said ok, let's do the math. In order for me to pay you $100,000 there has to be at least $150,000 in parts for me to buy it, box it, ship it, sort it, and then sell it. And in order to get to $150,000 I picked up a Zenith carb and said "this is worth about $100." He agreed. I said I have to reach into this stash and grab a part worth $100, and then do it again 1500 times. Lift your arm in the air 1500 times, it's really really hard to do. The guy didn't understand the math, so I left. |
mepstein |
Dec 4 2021, 02:41 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,272 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
We moved two 25’ Penske trucks full of Porsche parts from Huston to PA in May. Packing the parts, loading the parts, driving x-country, unloading and storing. Costly and time consuming. No way to make it work financially with 914 parts, even if they were free. Plane flights Truck rental Forklift rental Purchase 160 plastic bins Purchase $2k lumber to make wood crates Hotels in Huston and trip back Food and transportation Probably $10k + in expenses. Yeah, people don't get it, until they do it. People also don't understand how to price stashes until you explain the math to someone. I was recently at a shop outside of Chicago and a guy had a small warehouse of 356 and 911 parts. I asked how much he wanted and he said, "there is at least six digits of parts here." Meaning $100,000. I said ok, let's do the math. In order for me to pay you $100,000 there has to be at least $150,000 in parts for me to buy it, box it, ship it, sort it, and then sell it. And in order to get to $150,000 I picked up a Zenith carb and said "this is worth about $100." He agreed. I said I have to reach into this stash and grab a part worth $100, and then do it again 1500 times. Lift your arm in the air 1500 times, it's really really hard to do. The guy didn't understand the math, so I left. Even once it’s at home and in storage, it took days for someone to look up each part, price it, then enter in a spread sheet. Then we still have to list it, sell it, package and ship. It’s also a lot of money to tie up in parts. It doesn’t all sell overnight. We look for a 1/3 ratio to make it worthwhile. Attached image(s) |
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