Were you able to use Paypal and get the shipping covered for a completely free experience?20,000 mile service on the 1993 240 sedan:
Mann Air Filter, NGK Spark Plugs, Bosch Cap and Rotor, Mann W917 oil filter, MB 5W40 oil, LM 85W90 GL-5 gear oil, LM 1800 ATF for AT and PS.
All parts and fluids credited to my American Express card.
If I recall right he drives them to the store right down the road from him.
You didn’t have to pay for the shipping on the new items either or is that included in the PayPal deal?
FCP typically has free shipping on their orders.
The easiest!
One more time, the procedure is:
Because it's simple - lowering prices by not offering lifetime replacement will not yield the same profits as the life replacement "gimmick". It's genius really. I think what folks miss is that the lifetime replacement IS for consumables and is different than the warranty they offer on their parts...that's the whole point, it's not a "fine print" issue that folks are "getting away with"...they literally tell you how to do it and expect you will do just that...return brake pads etc.
I get all that, I just think it's a bad idea.
FCP recycles everything they get back including oil, rotors, etc. so there's that if the enviro bit is a hang up for you.
You gotta break eggs to make omelets. It's a neat marketing gimmick. I pretty much buy all my stuff from them now, not only because they're close to me and I get it in 2-3 days, but anywhere else, it'd be at least 4-5 days like rockauto. Rockauto still has their place because sometimes their parts are much cheaper than FCPeuro like Bilstein parts, Bilstein already has a lifetime warranty so I just have to ship it back to rockauto vs FCPeuro. Basically the cost of marketing gets rolled into the warranty and their parts are just a few dollars more than most places so that's the price you're paying for the extra warranty. They also do seem to know what parts are better, I hear lots of times that the parts for a particular application are actually the OEM makers of the part. The shipping it back part is the same as applying for rebates, I'm sure a certain number of people who would qualify simply don't ship it back so requiring the parts to be shipped back is another way to cut down on warranty claims.
As much as you want. No limits.
This. Like you, did my Bilsteins from RA b/c the extra warranty isn't that important and I saved over $100 over FCP. Same with my larger OE turbo I run, got from a different vendor to save some money...if it goes I'll be upgrading to something bigger anyway!
The only carbon negative portion of this scheme involves the shipping of the product back for a refund and possibly an increase in the rate of consumption (i.e. more frequent oil changes).
