That'll be $86

[redhat]

Yesterday I was driving around to various AAP stores collecting the discounted GTX HM 10W-40.

While I was at one store, waiting for the fella behind the counter to get my online order, I overheard this guy selling this young girl wiper blades for her Honda Civic. Thinking to myself, "probably $40-50 for blades, poor girl paying that much". I overhear the total, $86 and change. Wooooffff!!!

It ain't my place to get involved, but man it makes you feel bad. This poor girl paid almost 8x over for what a set could be had for. Granted there is a cost to "right-now" and the convenience of having the guy at the counter throw them on. But wow!

I throw a few sets on every larger RockAuto order I do @ $5.10 a blade for Trico Ice. That has become my favorite year-round wiper as of late.

Highway robbery.

 

[skyactiv]

And they're probably made in some low wage country where the factory workers making them can't even afford to buy a car.

 

[Passport1]

Here 4Horses

 

[DemoFly]

You should have saved that damsel in distress

 

[bdcardinal]

The Mazda OE blades aren't cheap. They offer inserts, but we don't stock them since they are such slow moving items. The new Lincoln Aviators have serviceable inserts which is no common with Ford. The complete blades are about $77ea.

 

[Dave Hess]

Yesterday I was driving around to various AAP stores collecting the discounted GTX HM 10W-40.

While I was at one store, waiting for the fella behind the counter to get my online order, I overheard this guy selling this young girl wiper blades for her Honda Civic. Thinking to myself, "probably $40-50 for blades, poor girl paying that much". I overhear the total, $86 and change. Wooooffff!!!

It ain't my place to get involved, but man it makes you feel bad. This poor girl paid almost 8x over for what a set could be had for. Granted there is a cost to "right-now" and the convenience of having the guy at the counter throw them on. But wow!

I throw a few sets on every larger RockAuto order I do @ $5.10 a blade for Trico Ice. That has become my favorite year-round wiper as of late.

Highway robbery.

Why so expensive ?

 

[bullwinkle]

I’ll never complain about the price of my Bosch Icons again!

 

[dubber09]

I’ll never complain about the price of my Bosch Icons again!

Esp considering they last longer than others....

 

[ARCOgraphite]

I just purchase the rubber strip inserts when I had the nissan rogue at nissan parts for 6 bucks a set. Didnt like junk aftermarket universal wiper blades and flaky bulk attachments, prefer the factory wands.

And it gets the noggin slush moving trying to figure out how to put these things in!

 

[fantastic]

It's good to hear folks changing their blades even at this high cost. Cheap vision.

 

[Shel_B]

Just as a point of reference, Goodyear blades for my Camry can be $49.00 each:

Amazon.com

 

[bdcardinal]

Why so expensive ?

When I have to look up wiper blades for competitive make vehicles at work, some of the options are this expensive. The person in OPs post probably bought the most expensive ones for their vehicle because "they're obviously better."

 

[simple_gifts]

and the convenience of having the guy at the counter throw them on. But wow!

Probably worth it to her since is probably unaware of how to do it herself.

People pay others for many "knowledge" jobs, priming a furnace, recovering data from a HD etc.

To those to know how to do it, clearly a "ripoff"; to others who don't; not.

 

[Pew]

Top of the line Rain-X or Bosch wipers +tax will cost that much.

 

[camrydriver111]

I just purchase the rubber strip inserts when I had the nissan rogue at nissan parts for 6 bucks a set. Didnt like junk aftermarket universal wiper blades and flaky bulk attachments, prefer the factory wands.

And it gets the noggin slush moving trying to figure out how to put these things in!

My Honda has the same system. I thought it was genius not to waste plastic by replacing the whole assembly.

The only problem is they start skipping on the windshield and streaking after only 6 months.

 

[Owen Lucas]

Honda wiper blade inserts are $4-5 each if you still have the original wiper. They work great too!

 

[99Saturn]

Crazy. This is part of the reason I have had a few AAP gift cards sitting in my pocket for some time…

 

[2010Civic]

Honda wiper blade inserts are $4-5 each if you still have the original wiper. They work great too!

+1!

You can buy a whole new Honda wiper for around $30/piece if you no longer have them.

 

[cptbarkey]

Walmart for a non highway robbery price. Its almost an annual thing down here in Texas, wipers roast.

 

[Kestas]

I remember 35 years ago I could buy refill blades for 50 cents each!