I have been thier customer for a while since they're the closest place in my areas...(I used to live in Long Beach, Costa Mesa, and now I am in Dana Point).....I haven't been there for a while because I found some better deals at other places like the Nismo Shop in West Covina, Ctune in City of Industry, and Optionimports.....
Last week, I decided to stoped-by for some parts for my S14 SR......I know that this place doesn't have better price than others....but it is the closest.....
I bought a front and rear main seals...Valve Cover Gasket, Spark plug well Gaskets, and a set of spark plugs at Frsport......I asked them to do price match...Yes, I did the price match.....and charge me 7.75% California sale's tax....which I think it's okay for me...since they at least did price matching for me...so at least the prices weren't that bad compared to the places I usually go...
Today, I wanted to buy a Blitz Blow off Valve kits with intake pipe from them again....The price listed on thier website is $249.00.....However, I asked them to do the price matching with mynismo.com which only sell the same kits for 235.00.....The guy said..."Yes, we could price match it"......What happened was the guy told me that the price listed (249.00) is the price with taxes....so that means 249.00 is an out the door price.....
My understanding told me that 249.00 is an out the door price which I asked him many many times and he insisted that 249.00 is an out the door price if
I pay him in cash..... However, if I pay with my Debit card, the price will be $249.00+ 7.75% CA tax....which the guy used the word $249+credit card fees........I asked him that how much everything comes out if i pay with my card....and he told me that it's $249+fees=$266.xx
I tried to explain to him how the system works and stuffs but he told me that this is the best he could do.....
Is it called price match?.....He said YES...He wanted to do price match.........Mynismo.com sells it for 235.00.....Frsports,....if I pay cash, $249....with card $266......
What the different of paying cash or card?.....Why paying in cash or paying with card doesn't come up at the same price?.....
I don't know what other places do....but from my experieces, if someone pays me cash, I would leave out the tax for him, but if that person uses his card, I have to charge him tax.....
What Frport was gonna do to me was that....he was gonna charge me tax if I pay him in cash....and he was gonna DOUBLE CHARGE me tax if I pay with my card.....
I think I have to report IRS about this......