I gotta ask .....
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I gotta ask .....
Gas cap covers, why are they so expensive??? There is nothing to them, NOTHING?
If the answer is because that is the price people are willing to pay...gotta be some people with a HECK of alot more money than me to burn on something so trival.
With spring finally approaching, I was surfing the net and hoping to find a couple new accesories to spruce up the old H3 now that it is due to get its annual detailing after a long winter...$130-200 for that? LOL , you gotta be nuts to pay that. If folks are selling a bunch at those prices and raking in the cash on them, God Bless them if they can keep a market for them at that price, that is government contract pricing and we all know where paying that will eventually get ya...LOL
Just a vent...last couple years of this robust economy must of made me a cheapskate.
If the answer is because that is the price people are willing to pay...gotta be some people with a HECK of alot more money than me to burn on something so trival.
With spring finally approaching, I was surfing the net and hoping to find a couple new accesories to spruce up the old H3 now that it is due to get its annual detailing after a long winter...$130-200 for that? LOL , you gotta be nuts to pay that. If folks are selling a bunch at those prices and raking in the cash on them, God Bless them if they can keep a market for them at that price, that is government contract pricing and we all know where paying that will eventually get ya...LOL
Just a vent...last couple years of this robust economy must of made me a cheapskate.
Last edited by H3inPA; Mar 29, 2011 at 01:58 PM.
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I'll wait thanks...
My guess is there are ALOT more gas caps on the market than there are Hummers to put them on. I don't mind wiping the dust off one when I buy it.
not that important to me...just was VERY surprised at the retail on those.
not that important to me...just was VERY surprised at the retail on those.
Last edited by H3inPA; Mar 29, 2011 at 02:33 PM.
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Gas cap covers, why are they so expensive??? There is nothing to them, NOTHING?
If the answer is because that is the price people are willing to pay...gotta be some people with a HECK of alot more money than me to burn on something so trival.
With spring finally approaching, I was surfing the net and hoping to find a couple new accesories to spruce up the old H3 now that it is due to get its annual detailing after a long winter...$130-200 for that? LOL , you gotta be nuts to pay that. If folks are selling a bunch at those prices and raking in the cash on them, God Bless them if they can keep a market for them at that price, that is government contract pricing and we all know where paying that will eventually get ya...LOL
Just a vent...last couple years of this robust economy must of made me a cheapskate.
If the answer is because that is the price people are willing to pay...gotta be some people with a HECK of alot more money than me to burn on something so trival.
With spring finally approaching, I was surfing the net and hoping to find a couple new accesories to spruce up the old H3 now that it is due to get its annual detailing after a long winter...$130-200 for that? LOL , you gotta be nuts to pay that. If folks are selling a bunch at those prices and raking in the cash on them, God Bless them if they can keep a market for them at that price, that is government contract pricing and we all know where paying that will eventually get ya...LOL
Just a vent...last couple years of this robust economy must of made me a cheapskate.
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You ain't seen noth'in!! You know the little plastic, hinge type clip that retains the jack storage door, and rear storage doors?......don't ever break or lose one!! $74 each!!!
Edit: That's actually the dealership price....you can get them 'dirt cheap' on GMPartsdirect for only $45??!!
Edit: That's actually the dealership price....you can get them 'dirt cheap' on GMPartsdirect for only $45??!!
Last edited by Broken Halo; Mar 29, 2011 at 02:49 PM.
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You ain't seen noth'in!! You know the little plastic, hinge type clip that retains the jack storage door, and rear storage doors?......don't ever break or lose one!! $74 each!!!'
yeah right!!!,,,my black drywall screws match that plastic just right!
oh btw when u machine that gas cover to fit the curve of the fender, and u see the strange,unsemitrical screw/hdwe pattern,u will know that it actually took some enginnering to make that simple looking thing. i wanted one so i closed my eyes and gave them my cc number,such is life...
You ain't seen noth'in!! You know the little plastic, hinge type clip that retains the jack storage door, and rear storage doors?......don't ever break or lose one!! $74 each!!!
' yeah right!!!,,,my black drywall screws match that plastic just right!
oh btw when u machine that gas cover to fit the curve of the fender, and u see the strange,unsemitrical screw/hdwe pattern,u will know that it actually took some enginnering to make that simple looking thing. i wanted one so i closed my eyes and gave them my cc number,such is life...
Last edited by drtom; Mar 29, 2011 at 02:55 PM.
I wouldn't mind having a locking black cover on mine but I am not willing to give $175+ for it either. So no, you are not. I have prototyped and built several custom parts for my different car hobbies over the years. Yeah, people will tell you how much it cost to engineer something and get it to market. This is true. I've just never tried to make the entire nut back on each one I sell. I rather try to make it back a little at a time on each one. But, as you say, if people are buying them at that price, God bless them.