I agree, and I believe all of us would pay more for a good repro
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From: type79@ix.netcom.com [mailto:type79@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 8:58 AM
To: Larry Cogan
Cc: british-cars@autox.team.net; spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Repro Parts WAS Bad Parts
Larry,
I agree with you 100%. Well said.
Jay Fishbein
Wallingford, CT
Larry Cogan wrote:
> Jay: I, too, have been often "disappointed" at parts from the usual
> suspects. At the moment of inspection, when I open the box,
> disappointment is the wrong word. On the other hand, the thought life
> without those guys, is too terrifing to contemplate. I am also
> messing with a TC, and the pool of used parts, we take for granted for
> Spridgets, just isnt there for TCs. Without Moss and Abdingdon Id be
> dead. When I havent been burned for a few weeks, I get mellow and
> think that we are all of us, in this hobby together and confrontation
> may not be the best way. A dialog between "us" and "them" is needed
> and this seems a good start. As a minimum, the catalogs need to be
> more informative; remember the old Sears good, better , best
> categories? And maybe, just maybe, there are some folks who would
> welcome the opportunity to choose a quality part, at an increased
> price, over schloc. I guess when I get junk, Im pissed and wanna
> throw bricks. When I get something that just isnt available anywhere
> else, and it gets me back on the road, I wanna hug them and say thank
> you. I guess the point of this rambling is we need to hold their
> feet to the fire without inflicting terminal wounds on the goose.
> Larry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <type79@ix.netcom.com>
> Cc: <british-cars@autox.team.net>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 10:33 AM
> Subject: Repro Parts WAS Bad Parts
>
> > Listers,
> >
> > Someone who chooses to sit out this public thread, contacted me
> off-list with an
> > interesting comment on this subject.
> >
> > The lister questioned the profit margin on parts sourced from Asian
> suppliers and
> > theorized that it is far greater than the profit margin from
> European suppliers. If
> > this is true, he commented, why don't the retailers selling these
> parts pass on the
> > savings, or to put it another way, apply the same markup to these
> parts rather than,
> > for example, selling the $5.00 part for $20.00?
> >
> > Am I on a soap box? Yes. I have been fooling with lbc's for more
> than 20 years and
> > hop-scotching through the repro parts jungle for that entire time,
> hearing the same
> > reasons/excuses year after year.
> >
> > Jay Fishbein
> > Wallingford, CT
> >
> >
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