Luis de Prat

I recently joined the Porsche Club, here in Spain and my membership card came in the mail yesterday.

After years of paying US$40 for PCA membership and getting a 10% discount on dealer prices that were already too high anyway, the €160 dues for the Spanish club seemed pretty steep, but dealer parts are more competitive here, so I thought I'd at least get the typical 10% discount.

I needed to change out the emissions canister inside the fender of my 944S2, and today the dealer parts counter called telling me they had received it. When I went to pick it up and flashed my new membership card. They made a copy of it and gave me a 20% discount!

Is this standard in European Porsche Clubs, or is Spain particularly generous with Porsche enthusiasts? The parts manager explained that there was a 10% discount given by the dealer, and another 10% that they got back internally from the Porsche Club. It really boils down to 4% off list price, because there's 16% VAT tax, but I'll take 4% off and no tax any day over list price plus tax!

At a 20% discount, I think I'll be buying even more parts at the dealer now. <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" />

Sami951

We have the 10% discount for club members too... but for some reason, the last time I bought something from the dealer, I got 15% off. They must like me

Phil Harrison

My dealer here on Long Island NY gives 10%

Luis de Prat

Sami, I got 20% off. Not the typical 10%. 15% is nice, but 20% is better! BTW, what's the VAT tax in Finland? In Spain it's 16%

Sami951

Luis, trust me, I got that from the first post already, no need to keep rubbing it to my face <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

VAT is 22% in Finland. 2-0 for Spain... but hey, given the fact that we've got the worst wages compared to any European country, it's only right we compensate with the higher tax <img border="0" alt="[ouch]" title="" src="graemlins/c.gif" />

sybelix

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Sami951:
<strong>Luis, trust me, I got that from the first post already, no need to keep rubbing it to my face <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica"><img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" />

Luis de Prat

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Sami951:
<strong>We have the 10% discount for club members too... </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Then it's like with PCA. I thought the European clubs might have a different arrangement with the dealers. That's why I insisted on the difference, not to rub it in your face <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> .

Can you at least avoid the tax by ordering parts through the mail from aftermarket suppliers?

Sami951

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Luis de Prat:
<strong>Can you at least avoid the tax by ordering parts through the mail from aftermarket suppliers?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">No

There's always going to be some taxes; if you order stuff from the US (or some other non-EU country), it's customs + VAT on top of that.

Within EU you pay the VAT into the country where you buy the stuff from, naturally. So it's possible to save a few %, but probably not worth the hassle...

triscadek

Some of this may be the dealerability to set prices (and discounts?) my dealer wants $139 for a rear wheel bearing while Sunset Porsche is only $55.