Special Pricing Statement

Posted June 7th, 2006

To all customers and associates of Auto Electric Suppliers:

Due to events beyond our control, Auto Electric Suppliers is forced to raise our prices. From this date forward, all prices listed in our flyers, catalogs and on our website are no longer valid. We are working to being you new prices as soon as possible.

Our manufacturers have already begun to raise their prices; therefore, we have no choice but raise our prices. The steep increase in demand for copper couple with the sharp drop in availability has caused the price of copper and other metals to soar. As you can imagine, a hard impact on all electrical-based industries, not just ours, is already evident.

These changes will affect almost our entire inventory. Items with a higher copper content, especially stators, rotors, field coils and armatures will see the largest increases.

Please understand we are all in this together. Auto Electric Suppliers' price increases are a result only of these factors beyond our control. We expect that if the price of copper and other metals decrease their prices which will enable us to pass these savings on to you. We are doing everything we can to keep our prices as low as possible.

Copper Prices Soaring

Since 2005, the commodity price of copper has risen at an alarming rate, causing some of our suppliers to raise prices for the goods that we purchase. In the coming months these increases are sure to impact our industry.

Please read this article for more information