carparts4less

Post Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:34 pm

Can't guarantee this will happen for you, but it's just happened for one of my customers, so worth a try.
He went onto their website last night, placed a few items in his 'basket', then did no more.
This afternoon he received an email, saying something along the lines of "we noticed you've been browsing on our site and selected a few items. If you wish to proceed with this order, we'll offer you an exclusive 7.5% discount".

Post Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:39 pm

got to be worth a try at least.

their prices are nearly as good as GSF lol.

Post Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:45 pm

Nice.. sometimes it pays to take your time..

Post Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:49 pm

I guess you've got to be logged in for this to occur?

I've bought a lot of stuff from there, but they're beginning to try my patience now. Customer service has been horrendous in my experience, especially with the amount of wrong stuff I've been sent.

It's got to the point where I just go to my local ECP (3 miles away) just to avoid the hassle.

Also, this week I've found using the midmonth30 code on the ECP site pretty much matches CP4S prices.

Post Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:59 pm

capnmchl wrote:I guess you've got to be logged in for this to occur?

I've bought a lot of stuff from there, but they're beginning to try my patience now. Customer service has been horrendous in my experience, especially with the amount of wrong stuff I've been sent.

Not my experience at all. Up to now, all orders have been perfect, and, short of flying them direct to me by helicopter, couldn't have been delivered more quickly. I've had less than perfect experiences from ECP in the past, though.

It's got to the point where I just go to my local ECP (3 miles away) just to avoid the hassle.

Also, this week I've found using the midmonth30 code on the ECP site pretty much matches CP4S prices.

It's not surprising that the best prices offered by ECP match carparts4less, since they're the same company, but prices on the later site are always discounted
ECP discount codes usually only cover a limited range of parts though, vary wildly, and are only applicable for limited periods.

Post Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:08 pm

Don't get me wrong, carparts4less send it out fast. Next day most of the time. But I recently ordered 4 bearings, 2 front, 2 rear. The fronts were a completely different stock number, and one of the rear ones genuinely looked like it had been fitted to a car at some point.

And it just took ages to get through to customer service to get a return number. Like, 3 days. It got picked up the day after I got a return code, but it just seemed to take forever to get through to them.

I'll still use CP4L, because the price makes up for the customer service, but I'll only use it for stuff I know is going to be right, no choice parts. Still doesn't stop the picker being blind though.

I do understand about the ECP codes though. You've just got to be savvy.

Post Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:52 pm

Whilst I agree with the sentiment about trying to save money if you buy from ECP via Matt he will get you decent prices and more importantly will make sure the stuff is right BEFORE it goes out of the door.

I know that CP4L is the thorn in his side - it would be a real shame after having finally got a dedicated contact at ECP who can get us proper discounts, knows his stuff and actually cares about getting it right to get stitched up by a subsiduary of his own company.

Personally I'd rather pay a bit more to make sure the stuff is right than scrabble around to save a few quid and then have to feck around when the stuff turns up and its wrong.

Post Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:26 pm

^i agree with rob. We shouldn't be so greedy and remember that it's good to pay for a trusted service and to be dealing with decent people.

Post Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:47 pm

ECP also do it I think, noticed some other places as well. Can be annoying getting the emails if you were just checking a price and forgot to clear your basket :p