Parts price differences from Amazon, Ebay seller, vs. Toyota dealerships

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Figured I'd help others, and generate a discussion. Read to the bottom for discounted OEM parts!

The project is 3 timing belt and related items replacement.

Amazon parts kit has "unmarked" parts that claim to be high quality or OEM. At around $175, the price is right, but I'm cautious. And it's only part of the job I want to do, so I'd having to shop for more parts anyway.

A Ebay seller (who others seem to have used with success) link is here:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/190581992975

His parts list includes Aisin, Bando, NSK, Koyo, and Mitsoboshi. Assuming this is not knock off fake parts, it all seems OEM or high quality.

His part kit for this job is under $300. But not as thorough as I'd like.

But I've been burned once on Amazon and a couple times elsewhere with counterfeit or even nonexistent items and it seems a growing scam. So I am very leery especially with parts that involve big labor that go inside an expensive engine that would be very expensive to replace or fix, and also quite inconvenient.

I took his part numbers and ran them over at Toyota Parts and picked at random store. At full price the same parts and numbers came to over twice this amount. Almost $800. And I could not determine exact or correct fit for part number for the water pump and water pump seal. A bit frustrating. So a real dilemma.

Then, by luck, I checked a different store and found some stores are discounted greatly. I went thru every online Toyota parts store and found the ones in Washington and California are deeply discounted parts.

"Family" is the code, good until midnight 5/25/2020.
Matera and Salinas California are currently discounted 31% and offer free shipping.
Roseville offers 30% discount and free shipping.
Tustin offers 29% discount and free shipping.

Other stores offer smaller discounts. Happy hunting.

I went with OEM b/c after the discounts the difference isn't much and I'd far rather have assured OEM parts.

 

I went thru the same process when I did mine. I settled on Toyota of cool Springs. I knew guys were having great success with the Aisin kit, but for my piece of mind I went OEM. Toyota of Cool Springs has some great online prices.

 

Cool springs is the overall best pricing and most trustworthy parts wholesaler out there.

 

Sale appears to have been extended.