mail order parts

Anyone having good luck with mail order Honda parts? I ordered four
oil filters and a bulb from Majestic Honda for a total of $20.82.
Then they charged me $4.95 for handling and $8.22 for freight. I
thought this was pretty outrageous! I called Hparts recently and they
didn't answer the phone.

 

Go to http://www.hondacuraworld.com/ Tim is very helpful. Tell him Ric
(cardingtr) from www.Acuramdx.org referred you. They have a very reasonable
prcing and almost free shipping.

 

www.cheapesthondaparts.com is also a good place with which I have done
business. Majestic Honda, on the other hand, rarely answered back to my
inquiries, wasn't the best price, and didn't leave me with the greatest
impression.

 

I called the parts department at my local Honda dealer and they are
willing to match any price I find on the internet.. Call or e-mail the
parts manager at your dealer, they still make a good profit at internet
prices. I pay the tax but save on the shipping.. I use the following
internet sites for pricing information. Almost everything is negotiable
these days..

http://www.handa-accessories.com/
http://www.cheaphondaparts.com/
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/
http://www.fairhondapartsforyou.com/

 

I've had excellent success with www.handaaccessories.com which is Carmichael
Honda in Sacramento, Ca.

 

Two years ago I ordered a timing belt and balance belt for my Honda from
Majestic. It took me several months to get around to changing the belts
myself. When I finally got everything apart I found they sent me the wrong
size belts so I had to immediately go to the local Honda dealer and pay full
price since my car was apart and I needed it the next day for work.

I think that their shipping charge on top of freight is ridiculous and don't
plan on buying from them again.

 

Here's my overall good experience with Majestic:

I ordered $101 of parts from it. Handling was $4.95, like others said. Shipping
was $7.95. They do ship UPS 3-day.

Even with the roughly extra 13% for S/H, the overall price was much less than I
could get from the dealer. The parts arrived about when I expected. (Of course,
shipping does not depend on mere dollar cost. It will vary depending on package
size.)

I might have been able to do better with another online parts company. But I
think only a little better. Plus, having the drawings at the Majestic site has
been invaluable to me over the last couple of years. So I'm happy paying maybe a
little more than other online parts sites to ensure Majestic stays in business.

I've emailed two different parts questions to Majestic in the last year. Its
people got back to me by email within 24 hours with the correct answer.

I made one other order but then a few days later I decided I didn't need the
parts afterall. A holiday had intervened since I'd made the order, and the
particular parts weren't in stock, anyway, so I called Majestic and asked if the
parts had been shipped yet. They had not. I asked if I could cancel the order,
and Majestic had absolutely no objection with my doing so.

I think the key with Majestic is to only order large quantities at a time.

Thanks to others for sharing their experiences. It will make me a little more
cautious with Majestic, but I would not rule it out in the future.

Ed, did you request any unusual shipping? I'm in the West. Majestic is in Rhode
Island, I believe. But I do figure your package was a little larger in physical
size to mine, thus the freight charge was a little larger.

 

Majestic is about two miles from where I used to live. The are in West
Warwick and I lived in Coventry to the west.

My experience with Majestic is satisfactory customer service but rather
pricey for parts. It pays to shop around judiciously.

JT

 

I used to buy from hparts, but I lost contact. Since then, I buy from
www.fairhondapartsforyou.com and the shipping charges are 3.95 for every
order, no handling fee, and they have very good prices. I am very happy with
their service.

 

www.slhonda.com for Honda Parts
http://www.acuraparts247.com for Acura parts

 

I didn't request any special shipping. Thanks for your reply. I'm
going to try one of the other sites posted here next time.

 

I have been ordering parts through Majestic Honda for the past 5-6
years, and always had good experience with them (yes, that 4.95
handling charge is a pain, but their online schematics for parts has
been an absolute necessity for me too). Recently they have started
shipping stuff via 2-day FEDEX and charging it to customer. (You can
call them, and let them know that UPS ground is fine-which will save a
bundle on shipping). The first time I got slapped with this 2-day
FEDEX charge, I complained via e-mail, and they immediately offered to
refund the difference betwwen the FEDEX charge and the cost I would
have incurred had they shipped it via UPS ground. Also, one of the
parts they sent was wrong (their mistake), and they immediately
FEDEXED the correct part at cost to them. So, overall, I have had good
service from them.
Ed, perhaps you can e-mail them, you might get a quicker response....

 

Charles Tague, Thank you! The slhonda site has very clear parts
diagrams! My next stop for Honda parts shopping..........
Best regards!

 

Even nicer, you can click on the numbers in the schematics and it goes to
that part.
My ONLY quip with San Leanardo, slow shipping due to UPS. UPS like to use
trucks from Oakland CA to terminal in ILL. Last time I ordered the 3 day
selecet shipping, they forget to send it and OVERNIGHTED it at no cost to
me.

 

I for one often want the full list of parts displayed along with the drawing.
Majestic does this (though it takes a little longer).

I have San Leandro's site bookmarked, but when I need a drawing for a repair, I
find myself preferring the Majestic site by far.

Good to know.

IIRC, slhonda's prices tend to be a bit lower than Majestic's.

 

Click on top of parts list "view parts" and you get the same diagrams as
Majestic. Click on a number in the picture aka "5" and it opens directly to
it.

 

The drawings of the parts are identical, of course. But like I said (or tried to
say), the part names do not appear in the same window. One has to exit the
drawing window and wait while the next window loads to get to the part name and
price. And then only one part name and price may be viewed. If you want to
return to the drawing, you get to click and wait again.

Often I have several parts whose shape I know but whose name I do not know. If I
want to price several parts on the same drawing. This means going back and forth
between several windows. PITA compared to Majestic.