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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 06:37 AM
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how come in their status they said "MSRP starts at $750" however they are selling for over $1000

http://www.ptuning.com/html/Item-Des...l&ModelDesc=tC
Old Jul 11, 2010 | 06:52 AM
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No thats the standard price for Scion tC Basics. They probably meant that the Basics in general for other cars start at 750 but for the tC, its a bit more expensive.
Old Jul 11, 2010 | 11:43 AM
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With the capitalized "B" in Basic it implies the Tein Basic coilovers, unfortunately this pricing doesn't apply to the tC. No vender is really supposed to offer those for less than like $1000 anyways, and that's their entry coilover setup. For that price there are coilovers that offer much more than just height adjustment. I'd look at Function Form. You get pillow ball upper mounts for the front, damper adjustment, and independent height adjustment to keep full shock travel.
Old Jul 11, 2010 | 12:41 PM
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call them and give them a link where it is sold cheap and they will price match...
Old Jul 11, 2010 | 08:00 PM
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no they won't price match
Old Jul 11, 2010 | 09:14 PM
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Yes they will. ^^^
Old Jul 11, 2010 | 09:16 PM
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They will price match any idenical part.

The msrp is $1062. So you save $50 ish tgen you also get a 5% discount most the time.
Old Jul 11, 2010 | 09:49 PM
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http://www.advancespeedshop.com/tein...s2-p-3104.html

they'll price match this?
Old Jul 11, 2010 | 09:49 PM
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http://www.raceinspired.com/p-2522-t...iliateid=10065
Old Jul 11, 2010 | 11:16 PM
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you can always try.....

are you a ptuning customer?
if your a ptuning customer then i could understand asking them to price match.. but if your not.... why not just buy off that web site..
just sayn...
but anything is worth a try.....
Old Jul 12, 2010 | 04:26 PM
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Tein has a MAP policy, which controls the minimum advertised pricing we as direct Tein dealers sell. So, you can always tell the retail direct dealers such as ourselves with all of our pricing points being VERY close to one another. If someone is really higher or lower, then changes are they are not dealing direct.

http://www.dezod.com/pd_tein_basic_c...r_kitscion.cfm

Note, Tein also changed their pricing as of Jun 1. So, we have the most up to date pricing available from them and others may not.

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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 07:31 PM
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oh thats a great price
Old Jul 12, 2010 | 08:22 PM
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Ptuning is a lil over priced in my book not bad guys, they are helpful and all but a lil over priced.
Old Jul 13, 2010 | 01:20 AM
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i like to deal with a store rather than online sometimes, more guaranteed service, it has happened to me before that they shipped the wrong product, or charges a ridiculous amount of fee for shipping and handling
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