Spares Costs
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Spares Costs
Recently we purchased carbon brushes for prop de-ice slip rings
at £48.50 each plus Vat.
Each brush weighs 4 grams.
4 grams of gold will cost you £32
4 gram of platinum will cost you £52
So each brush is worth more than its weight in gold.
We often are asked why is aircraft maintenence so expensive,
and this sort of pricing is my justification.
at £48.50 each plus Vat.
Each brush weighs 4 grams.
4 grams of gold will cost you £32
4 gram of platinum will cost you £52
So each brush is worth more than its weight in gold.
We often are asked why is aircraft maintenence so expensive,
and this sort of pricing is my justification.
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It sure does seem pricey, when you look at it that way. Was that the actual list price, or did you have to buy from a vendor? (Who bought from another vendor, etc)
When I was working for a spares broker we would often come up against a minimum order fee (Usually $50-100) so if we were just buying one bolt, or a handful of washers, we would increase the order quantity to take in the minimum fee, and we would then have a few spare ones for stock.
Another thing you could try, assuming that this is a US-built aircraft, is to call a few aftermarket suppliers (not the main distributors or manufacturers) in America, and see if anyone's got some surplus stock for sale - if they have, let's say, 25 of them that they want to shift, offer them 30% of new list price each for the whole lot - they might grumble and want to negotiate, but you could still go up to maybe 45-50%, then have the lot and use them on your customer's aircraft, and charge him list price less 15% - he'll be happy, and so will you!
In these troubled times, many suppliers are falling over each other to get a sale - if you've got the cash to spare, make the most of the low prices on surplus gear. Trade-a-plane magazine is a good place to start.
When I was working for a spares broker we would often come up against a minimum order fee (Usually $50-100) so if we were just buying one bolt, or a handful of washers, we would increase the order quantity to take in the minimum fee, and we would then have a few spare ones for stock.
Another thing you could try, assuming that this is a US-built aircraft, is to call a few aftermarket suppliers (not the main distributors or manufacturers) in America, and see if anyone's got some surplus stock for sale - if they have, let's say, 25 of them that they want to shift, offer them 30% of new list price each for the whole lot - they might grumble and want to negotiate, but you could still go up to maybe 45-50%, then have the lot and use them on your customer's aircraft, and charge him list price less 15% - he'll be happy, and so will you!
In these troubled times, many suppliers are falling over each other to get a sale - if you've got the cash to spare, make the most of the low prices on surplus gear. Trade-a-plane magazine is a good place to start.
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N,t
I did search the internet and could obtain them slightly cheaper,
but longer delivery.
All the parts for anything to do with Goodrich de-ice systems are always expensive but this seemed a bit over the top for a carbon brush 0.75 x 0.75 x 0.125 inches.
It wound me up a bit so I did the comparison as above.
Regards
I did search the internet and could obtain them slightly cheaper,
but longer delivery.
All the parts for anything to do with Goodrich de-ice systems are always expensive but this seemed a bit over the top for a carbon brush 0.75 x 0.75 x 0.125 inches.
It wound me up a bit so I did the comparison as above.
Regards
