Boy, I must be getting SCREWED by fed sig. The only way I can match that price for a REAL Federal Signal Viper is to do the VIPER LC (which I think has been discontinued) in a single head version... And we have master pricing with them.. But seriously list price on the viper LC dual head is 219 (1 year warranty) and 410.50 for the Viper s2 (5 year warranty). I don't think anyone is getting greater than 60% off, especially this guy, so how the hell can he sell them for this! Besides, that, to pay for labor to order, inventory, software, electricity, etc... we have to have profit in parts... Wait... I should hire this guy, he likes to work for free!!
It also pisses me off because this will only hurt Fed sigs name. It is one thing to sell Chinese knockoffs as Chinese knockoffs. It's another to sell it as a top brand when it is really not. The customer wont be the wiser (most of them) but they most likely will not get full life out of the product and think it is a fed sig problem. If this guy was in my area, I would make it a point to show he is selling products that are not genuine. I would bet all of our local departments would be quite interested to hear that...
Finally, I know he charges 15 hour, and apparently no parts profit or misc parts charge... SO, he steals wire? We buy consumables by the pallet to help keep costs low, and probably have over 200k feet of wire sitting on hand at all times. When we wire a vehicle, our consumables cost still goes past $15 hour... Of course if we didn't use fuse holders, and breakers, and fuses, and loom, and tape, and connectors, and heat shrink, and drill bits, and tools, and wire ties, and p-clamps, and bolts, and nylocks, and spacers, and custom brackets, and paint, and seat covers, and welding gas, and welding wire, and lighting in the shop, and paper towels, and Windex, and armor all, and run an air compressor, and put in fuse blocks, and use relays, and and and, We might be able to work for $15 hour too...especially if I can employ him for free! :dielaugh: ...
