In case you do not follow each and every one of my super-awesome and wonderful threads, an AutoZone employee recently told me about this. Presumably they match other websites as long as they offer the same warranty.
This is the starter that AutoZone had for my car:
https://www.autozone.com/batteries-s...11072_188166_0
It is now $4 cheaper and unavailable.
I must have gotten the last one!
At the time it was $149.99.
RockAuto has this
remanufactured starter for $73.79:
Shipping is $11.99. I didn't check his math. I think he price-matched including tax--and then charged me tax again.
So, I could have saved over sixty dollars instead of over fifty.
This is the distributor that I bought off of Amazon:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It was $173.25 shipped. It has a lifetime warranty, so AutoZone should match it. Here is what they have in-stock, but not in Show Low, on a corner in Winslow, Arizona:
https://www.autozone.com/external-en...72_613569_4618
$269.99. The sales tax would be 9.1%! $24.57 for a total of $294.56.
I would call and verify they would price match before trying to save over $120.
RockAuto has the same one for $159.78 shipped:
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo...1355554&jsn=11
As long as you make sure they don't look at you and charge you [tax] twice in America you can save another $13.47, $134.78.
However, since you only need to match warranties, you could use
this one and save another $10.
Two months ago I replaced the valve cover gasket and tube seals for $27.99, spark plugs for $11.16, and, well, I didn't pay the $68.99 AutoZone is charging for spark plug wires, I bought them for significantly less from O'Reilly's, which does not show it at all.
That stuff totals $108.14. RockAuto charges $70.75 with shipping for the exact same stuff, but $56.58 for the cheapest parts with the same warranty ($34.61 parts and $21.97 shipping from three different warehouses!)
Unfortunately, my car has broken down five times in the last three months and I spent at least $375 in parts, I tried to get a good deal, but apparently I left about $35 on the table.
When possible I try to buy genuine Honda parts, but when you buy from a parts store, which do you prefer? Can you find out whether or not they price match websites?