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Cut the dealers some slack on pricing. They have to support more overhead and meet higher standards of service, as well as standards on the physical location itself, than the typical independent shop. That all costs money and it has to come from somewhere. And the private shop does not have to have fully trained personnel, meet stocking obligations, pay franchise fees, etc.
I concur with the post that developing a relationship with a good dealer is a smart thing to do.
The current dealership / distributor relationship does seem to be unhealthy. In addition, I'm not sure that subsidizing the dealership to absorb the distributor's demands is a long term solution.