Anyone who's ever owned a late model MGB would never buy a panel dimmer if
they knew it was cheap. The Lucas ones were bad enough as they were, I
certainly would never go cheaper on that part!
Look, the problem with SC parts is the same problem that Limora has as well
as Moss. They serve multiple marques, which means they never did any
specific marque particularly well or completely. Moss, of late, has been
making strides to improve here as their customers have demanded better
quality for their cars which are worth close to 6 digits now, but
ultimately I've learned to order from the Healey specialists because they
know what parts are good out there and what isn't. Plus they get a shop
discount so I know they still make a bit of profit whilst having the same
prices as the big parts shops.
So rather than ordering from Moss, order from David Nock/BCS or Autofarm.
Rather than ordering from SC parts, order from Steve Norton or AH Spares
or Ahead. Save yourself the headache!
On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 4:20 PM, josef-eckert@t-online.de <
josef-eckert@t-online.de> wrote:
> Larry,
>
> I can give an example out of the MG B world.
>
> MG Bs are fitted with panel light dimmers. These panel light
> dimmers
> are available from LUCAS for a lets say net vendor price of $11 and
> will be sold for $14 + VAT. These are well made dimmers made in
> China?, I don`t know. Then as a vendor you get offers from Chinese
> companies selling dimmers for which they say they ccan be used for the
> same purpose. These dimmers are net vendor price 50 Cent and can be
> sold for $5 + VAT. A quantity of 100 LUCAS dimmers is to pay $1100
> upfront before you have sold them to customers. A quantity of 1000 of
> these cheap dimmers are $ 500 and you have even a better profit /
> part. And if you have both versions in stock, the cheap ones sells 10
> times more than the LUCAS one. Even the cheap one is crap, not working
> properly and fails often.
>
> Joseff Eckert
>
> Germany
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