The last time I ordered there is now officially the last time.
I will admit that I have only spent $1500 at Jegs compared to $8000 at Summit these past 3 years. The main reason is because Summit will ship overseas to me using USPS, which is cheap, while Jegs will not use USPS, thereby adding a considerable amount to each order. On those times where the wife travels back to Portland for business, I have stuff sent to her hotel and she mules everything back to me.
Well, I just installed a new RPM Air Gap and it is very tall. My current air filter and base do not clear the hood. I borrowed a K&N 1 1/4 inch drop air filter and found it fits perfectly. I tried to order just the drop base from Summit but they are out of stock. I tried jegs. They gave me so much crap about sending $40 worth of parts to my wife in Portland I could not believe it. I explained that this has never been an issue before and that I have a history with Jegs blah blah blah. They wouldn't do it. So I called Summit back and placed an order for the whole kit and kaboodle - the XStream assembly for $131. Why not? I figure I will just sell the old one. And Summit had my wife's hotel info already on file and asked if this was where I wanted the shipment to go. Way to go Jegs. I spend no less than $2k on parts each year and you ain't getting any more of that.
The same is true for specialized mustang vendors. I purchased a TCP R&P plus another $1k in parts from one mustang vendor last year and the lady who took my order gave me the third degree about sending the parts to an address other than my billing address. I explained that my car was being built by a shop and I wanted the parts to go directly there. Nope, she wouldn't have it. In order for her to sell to me, I had to add the builder as one of my billing addresses with my credit card for her to do it. Yesterday, I just ordered a complete Mach 1 interior kit from LMM for $974. No problem with shipping the kit where I want it to go. I could have gone back to my credit card and added this new address as an alternate billing address for the old vendor but I did not feel like it. Rather than give the money to the old vendor, whose owner may or may not post on this site from time to time, I figured screw it. It was much easier to purchase from a willing seller than from somebody who makes me jump through hoops to give them money.
there. done ranting. thanks for listening.
I will admit that I have only spent $1500 at Jegs compared to $8000 at Summit these past 3 years. The main reason is because Summit will ship overseas to me using USPS, which is cheap, while Jegs will not use USPS, thereby adding a considerable amount to each order. On those times where the wife travels back to Portland for business, I have stuff sent to her hotel and she mules everything back to me.
Well, I just installed a new RPM Air Gap and it is very tall. My current air filter and base do not clear the hood. I borrowed a K&N 1 1/4 inch drop air filter and found it fits perfectly. I tried to order just the drop base from Summit but they are out of stock. I tried jegs. They gave me so much crap about sending $40 worth of parts to my wife in Portland I could not believe it. I explained that this has never been an issue before and that I have a history with Jegs blah blah blah. They wouldn't do it. So I called Summit back and placed an order for the whole kit and kaboodle - the XStream assembly for $131. Why not? I figure I will just sell the old one. And Summit had my wife's hotel info already on file and asked if this was where I wanted the shipment to go. Way to go Jegs. I spend no less than $2k on parts each year and you ain't getting any more of that.
The same is true for specialized mustang vendors. I purchased a TCP R&P plus another $1k in parts from one mustang vendor last year and the lady who took my order gave me the third degree about sending the parts to an address other than my billing address. I explained that my car was being built by a shop and I wanted the parts to go directly there. Nope, she wouldn't have it. In order for her to sell to me, I had to add the builder as one of my billing addresses with my credit card for her to do it. Yesterday, I just ordered a complete Mach 1 interior kit from LMM for $974. No problem with shipping the kit where I want it to go. I could have gone back to my credit card and added this new address as an alternate billing address for the old vendor but I did not feel like it. Rather than give the money to the old vendor, whose owner may or may not post on this site from time to time, I figured screw it. It was much easier to purchase from a willing seller than from somebody who makes me jump through hoops to give them money.
there. done ranting. thanks for listening.