Kelvin at Moss has told me that the market is VERY price conscious and that
if they sell something, even if it is a better part, for $1 more than the
competition, they are sure they lose sales.
I buy wherever I can get the quality of part I want, but others seem to
want the very cheapest part, presumably hoping that they will get lucky and it
will work (and probably bitching the loudest if it doesn't).
Chrome is a particular issue for me - I would pay double once rather than
having to toss out cheap crap every 2-3 years, or (what I do) taking it from
the store immediately to the chromer to have the crappy plating stripped
and do it properly.
Bill
In a message dated 1/18/2010 11:37:59 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
ronking@sbcglobal.net writes:
Question: Bought the Mark Evans "MGB is Reborn" DVD series, and in one of
the episodes he also complains about after-market parts quality. His
position was if folks told suppliers they'd be willing to pay more for
better quality, the suppliers would step up to the plate. Is the quality
problem truly a price point issue? Seems it should be more complicated
than
that, but maybe not.
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