Direct orders from Mopar coming (clarified)

Beginning next month, consumers may log on to the Mopar eStore at www.mopar.com and purchase any of the more than 100,000 parts and accessories available for a variety of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Plymouth vehicles.  Mopar will ship parts anywhere in the U.S., including Alaska and Hawaii.

One of our readers wrote: “It looks similar to MOPAR’S Dealer 2 Dealer referral system.  D2D, as we call it is used by MOPAR to fill orders of backordered parts by purchasing  them from dealers that have paid for the D2D service. It is also a good way to utilize  obsolete inventory that otherwise might have been thrown away and written off.

“The system will work like this: The customer looks up and orders part from MOPAR website, MOPAR in turn  finds a dealer with stock of that given part number. The dealer then sells the part to MOPAR and ships it to the customer, MOPAR pays for freight too. With the D2D program MOPAR reimburses the dealer for the cost of the part, if the part number is obsolete or discontinued, if the part is on backorder, (MOPAR is out of stock) they will reimburse the supplying dealership 110%, or cost + 10% which is generally what dealers in a given geographic area will sell to one another.”