Hence the wild success of Walmart and the decline of American manufacturing ---
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> wrote: > Jaime, > > You might be interested in a casual non-scientific survey of Internet > parts vendors I made a week ago. it was rather distressing to find that > many suppliers offer substandard parts made offshore, the URO brand being > one of the most prevalent suppliers. > > <snip> > > Based on some of the phone calls I made, one example being Autohausaz, the > person on the phone either could not make a distinction or failed to offer > an alternative to the cheap parts. In fact, one supplier I called who will > remain nameless argued with me as to why I would want to "waste my money" > on a higher priced part from a different supplier. The concept of quality > versus price was nonexistent to them, or so it seemed. > > My little experiment last week made me realize that many of the online > parts suppliers are selling on one thing and one thing only: price. > > Sadly, that's not their fault, but the fault of the consumer. > > <snip> > > > -- OK Don 2013 F150 2012 Passat TDI DSG 1957 C182A _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
