Greg,
I am sorry, I still do not get it.
I have to say I do not go for the part that costs less, but is of superior
quality. Engine bearings cost below $50-200/set, rebuild goes into
thousands. So, why choose cheaper and rebuild sooner??
I know I can get the cheapest bumpers, but why would I, if they need to be
replated/replaced after a short time. This will cost me more in the end.
It's a fairly simple economical equation for me..
There has been so many discussions on quality of the parts offered - trunk
handles not fitting, gaskets not cut right, body panels being wrong shape,
bumpers in wrong shape, etc, etc.
For God's sake, it takes just a little more effort/cost to do the part
right, an it takes soooo much effort/time/money to fix it..
Best, Tadek
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Lemon [mailto:glemon@neb.rr.com]
Sent: 13 lutego 2009 14:27
To: Tadeusz Malkiewicz; healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Getting decent quality parts
Tadek, while I certainly can't get in the mind of "the average healey parts
buyer" at least here in the US we have two major suppliers of parts, Moss
and Victoria British, and many mid-level to minor suppliers, Moss and VB
have big catalogs listing hundreds if not thousands of parts for our cars,
you may have one or both, if you look in the catalog for most parts there is
a parts diagram (usually a reprint of the factory) and a two or three word
parts description and a price. You have both books, looks like the same
part, described as the same part, you buy the one that costs less.
Many of the mid a minor distributors get there parts from Moss (not all) and
so they get the same thing that the bui boys sell.
I am now restoring a Triumph--some of the mid level guys, including the
Roadster Factory and British Parts Northwest, list both tri-metal and single
metal main bearings--so you can choose, this is a much better way for the
buyer they have the knowledge and the choice.
So because of the way Moss and VB list the parts in their catalog I can see
why they go with the cheapest to compete, but they certainly could list the
parts where options are being manafuactured for the higher and lower option
quality parts. Maybe the bean counters don't want them to carry so much
stock, which is actually somewhat understandable as they also sell service
and same day shipping and stock a relatively large variety of low volume
bits already. Maybe they don't want to add even more pages and complexity
to their catalogs, but I doubt they would mind adding pages as long as what
they are listing sells.
So we can vote with our wallets and go to the guys that offer the quality
bits and or let the guys that don't know that we want them. But for now
that is the way it is.
Greg Lemon
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