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Bakers Pride Dante Series
Im curious, been in this business 35 years, almost 20 on my own. Has anyone ever seen a price increase like the recent one on Bakers Pride Dante series burners? Part L5027V and a few of the other parts for this unit. The L5027V as of July was list price around $137, it went up in the beginning of August to $3128, yes you are reading this correctly. I am responsible for more than 100 of these units, either CH10 or XX10 which as you guessed, uses 10 burners, 10 radiants. Needless to say I am no longer buying these and have switched over to aftermarket burners. I actually tried to figure out the justification for this increase for a few days then just gave up. A typical rebuild of 10 burners & 10 radiants would now cost approx $40K, Im pretty sure I wouldnt be doing any. I have also been tracking the inventory levels on Partstown and theyve actually sold a few at the new price, which with the typical 30 off would cost around $19000 just in burners at cost. What imbecile is actually ordering these? How many of these imbeciles have recently been fired? Truly a bizarre world.
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Have you called Partstown about this? Maybe they can get to the source. That price is flippin’ rediculous!
They’re also showing another burner priced at an exorbitant amount of money. A cheaply made stamped burner:
https://www.partstown.com/bakers-pride/bkpl5019xÂ
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I’m thinking that someone “at the source” fat-fingered the keyboard while typing in a list price on those. I’m also thinking that some parts vendors get their pricing maybe because their databases are tied together.
Indeed, Middleby’s on-line parts website is closely modeled after Parttown’s. Look how similar they are:
https://www.middlebyadvantage.com/bakers_pride/l5027vÂ
https://www.partstown.com/bakers-pride/bkpl5027vÂ
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Heritage parts also show the same price, so they must be tied to the same database. Etundra’s and FMP’s prices are also jacked up.
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Otherwise, some lesser known parts vendors on-line show a price more in line with what to expect.
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Indeed, Middleby’s on-line parts website is closely modeled after Parttown’s. Look how similar they are:
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I came back to this, looked at those two links and realized that even the quantities-on-hand are the same.Â
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Anyway, until they figure out why their prices are screwed up, the burner and grease shield are still listed separately:
L5014V – Cast iron burner priced at $142.89.
H1008X – Grease shield for cast iron burner priced at $21.74.
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On the downside, they have ZERO grease shields on hand.Â
When sold together as that pricey pre-assembled set (which requires adding two cotter pins and labor to do so), they must really be selling like hotcakes for that extra $2960 tacked on.
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In today’s corporate world there are many manufacturers that are trying to trim overhead to survive. Many are now farming out repair parts stock to others like PartsTown. Even to the point of directing one to Parstown for replacements. It only makes sense then for there inventories to be linked.
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Yes, I suspected that. Parttown has become a huge factor in the market. Heck, they even bought MY old company. Allot of tech support goes through them now, too.
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Well, because I’m off and needed an excuse to not mow the grass today, I used Partstown’s CHAT feature on this matter. They have assigned me a case number. She said we’re waiting on Purchasing team to confirm this pricing with Baker’s Pride and I will get an email when that happens.
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Oh yeah, I called & emailed and spoke with just about everyone, even aftermarket vendors who sometimes tie their pricing to OEM market, everyone thought maybe it was an error, but almost 2 months later it is not. I also saw the individual items, as far as the crappy cotter pins go I toss those & put hitch pin clips in, just a nice touch for my customers asa the cotter pins fall out. Ill stick with the aftermarkets until someone figures out how to get the OEMs through the tunnel from Mexico, maybe Ill start digging one.Â
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 Ill stick with the aftermarkets until someone figures out how to get the OEMs through the tunnel from Mexico, maybe Ill start digging one.Â
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Patient man you are
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ectofix wrote:
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I’m thinking that someone “at the source” fat-fingered the keyboard while typing in a list price on those.Â
More than likely it was just a decimal placement after the tariff mark-up.
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Problem solved. Here’s a copy of the email I received:
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Hello Earl,
Our Purchasing team has confirmed that the corrected list price for this Bakers Pride part L5027V is $158.39. I am not sure what happened during the last pricing update that caused that incorrect price of over $3000 to be shown, but it has been corrected in our order system and on the website. I apologize for the confusion as I can only go by what is shown in our systems.
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https://www.partstown.com/bakers-pride/bkpl5027v
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Please let me know if there is anything else I can help with. Thanks!
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Emily C
Customer Experience Specialist
Online Chat & Text
1200 Greenbriar Dr.
Addison, IL 60101
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