Number one: Thanks for sending the original message, to let us know what's going on.
My opinion is: (per request) If this really happiness GM will put a lot of companies out of business. And just like Darwin said, "only the strong will survive." When the number of parts companies decrease, competition will no longer be a problem for the "GM certified" dealers. Who's to stop them from raising they prices (beyond a reasonable amount)? Saying that GM deserves a cut, from a car they R&D'd 30 years ago is insane. GM recouped their cost the moment that car was sold. Like I said before, if they want to hold patents on parts, I don't have a problem with that. But patents have a cut off time, once the innovation becomes common place, it belongs to everyone. This way future generations can learn and grow from previous technologies. Lets follow GM's thinking, and take it back even further. I hate to say it but F*RD Motor company started the automotive industry. Can you imagine GM paying F*RD a cut for every car they sell? That's just crazy! I know that's taking a little to far, but my point stands. I guess you could say I hate big business. I also hate companies that ONLY look at the bottom line. Take a look at the movie "Roger & Me", that's what will happen when companies do business by the "bottom line". John, I know that you're in the parts business. I'm sure your know more about this subject then me. I'm just testing out my new keyboard. :) JM > ---------- > From: John Nasta[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 8:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Re: [Chevelle-List] NEWSFLASH - the cost of your resto probably j >ust went up > > For some reason, this did not appear to post earlier. I apologize if it > appears twice. > > Geez, I thought that all of you guys who complain about ill-fitting repros > would be happy - ok, just a joke. > > Actually they didn't mention lenses. Definitely emblems, certain moldings, > and sheet metal though. > > It definitely is about money. They have stockholders to keep happy. If > nobody wants their stock, they have no business. If they can find ways to > make more money without increasing costs, their stock goes up. > > GM is not discouraging competition per se. They are not telling these people > that they can't make the parts (or have them made in other countries), and > they are not talking about competing against these people by making the > parts themselves. They are saying that they deserve a cut though, because > they're the ones who spent money on R&D, manufacturing, and marketing to > bring these cars to popularity in the first place. Also, these businesses > are not "little guys". Manufacturing on this level is big business. > > I'm not arguing or saying that anybody else's opinion is wrong. In fact, I'd > like to hear them. I'm just saying what I assume is their side of the story. > > John > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
