We had a similar discussion on the MG cars bulletin board a while back.
>From memory I think I was one of the few people who would pay for home
>produced
product if it was the highest standard.
Of course I'm selling silicone hose for not that much more than rubbish
rubber hose and have first hand experience of selling the best product versus
cheap rubbish. At one point I needed a pattern hose rather than rob my car
and
bought a new one from Moss - I had to cut it down to match the one on my car
before it was an acceptable pattern - correborerated as a pattern by a used
one that someone sent me.
But then again I also drive a 1969 car that I can fix and buy parts for
rather than buy a new one.
Weslake-Monza 1330
In a message dated 27/12/2008 18:44:16 GMT Standard Time, tinydog@snet.net
writes:
tinydog responded:
You can criticize the Chinese and their cheap junk but the problem is the U.
S. consumer's desire to buy cheap junk.
You see it right here on this list when somebody is looking for info whether
VB or Moss is 2.50 less than the other or when someone is looking for a $25
part for free. Lucas makes green-box parts that consumers buy and
reproduction parts that are one rung above the category of scrap.
That's why you have Home Depot and Lowe's. Consumers looking to save abuck
support them, buying their lower quality products they have builtto their
specifications.
Don't support these people. Demand better. Complain. Have a willingness to
pay the cost for a quality replacement part.
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