Originally Posted by flyin-lowe

I worked retail in college (different animal) but for the most part, the larger the item the less markup there was. Large appliances might only make 5-10% and smaller nuts bolts, screws, etc would be 500-600% sometimes more.

The only thing I know about car dealers is from having a Chrysler green slip. Last car I bought I asked the salesman if the price was actually below dealer invoice like they claim. He assured me it was and stated that they get a refund check back from Chrysler for each one they well with an employee discount. So the company loses some of their profits and the dealer gets their profits back from Chrysler. Not sure if the others are that way or not.

Originally Posted by old polaris tech

Basically how it works for most. We got an "allowance" or kick back as people referred to them from Polaris on the number of units sold each year along with a small percentage of the price we paid for dealer sold Polaris accessory items. The actually money isn't in the individual machines by themselves but a combination of different things. Some dealers wouldn't be able to survive without them by just relying on sales and service only. Plus this is where the money comes from for a lot of employees "Christmas or year end bonuses" Yes the "larger" items have less percentage of profit compared to the "nuts and bolts" parts and accessories.

Originally Posted by wedgeracer

forget dealers in voice, think dealers cost, there is a huge profit over that !