It's not rocket science Jill......I am NOT an authorised dealer ie. I have to buy genuine parts the same way as anyone else ie. through a franchised dealer.
I used to have Mcr.H-D on my doorstep and could easily drive there in around 15 mins to collect stock once a week......again, in the good old days when Buell were still going, they used to use my regular orders as a guide to parts they held in stock.
These days my preferred dealer is BB......anything I order from them is no different to anyone on here, BB are excellent mail order suppliers but because their core business is H-D, they dont hold the same amount of specific Buell stuff that I do.
Peeps can be a bit funny......when I did my mail order thing (for 11 years), if I charged more than retail price for a part, I'd get slagged off, even though parts were usually delivered within 24 hours of an order.....postage was aways at cost but no consideration was ever made for the time packing orders up or driving to the PO and standing in line etc........I used to make a substanial loss on MO, not to mention the time taken out of my working day.
If I do the gloating thing because I have parts on the shelf that peeps are having trouble getting hold of, I guess that's just me showing off.......my best advice to anyone looking for mail order parts in the UK is to give Black Bear a call on 01638 664455 and ask for Bean.......dont forget to mention UKBEG