[widebody911]

So, I managed to break one of the wheels on my M3. After doing some hunting, it seemed the only choice was to go back to the mfg, hat in hand, and buy a replacement. I called them today to order said wheel, and in going through the line items for my order, the guy casually threw in a 4% "Credit Card Processing Fee" - I stopped him with a "whaaaa????" "Yeah, we have to charge that." Since I was bent over the figurative barrel, I had to just suck it up and take it like a man - a man in prison, that is. After all was said and done, a $640 wheel became an $800 wheel.

A few hours later, the guy calls me back; "Um, I have some bad news and some good news..." The bad news is they no longer sell wheels in the same finish a the broken wheel. The "good" news is they can bro me up on one of several options, a) make a new wheel and re-finish my old ones all to match - $2600; b) trade in my 3 good ones toward a new set of 4 in a finish they do sell (right now anyway) - $2500; c) trade my 3 good wheels towards a new set of 4 3-piece wheels (an upgrade) - $3500.

After listening to his schpiel, I ask "with the same 4% credit card surcharge?"
"Um, yeah"
"Sounds like an opportunity to go with a different brand of wheels."
"uhh...."
"I'll think about it and get back to you."

Now granted, I'm still stuck with 3 good wheels and one cracked wheel. I might suck it up and buy a replacement, and get them all powder-coated or something.