It may be better to have a cheap quality piece of S**T part than no part
at all but the least the seller can do is represent it as such not as a
correct replacement. When I buy a part I expect it to fit unless the
seller states that modification may be required and gives some
expectation as to the cost and amount of said modifications.
It is truly a sad state of affairs that I have gotten to the point that
I am actually suprised when a part I have purchased fits and is the
equivalent of an original item.
Here at the shop we have the manuals that state the time required for
most jobs but due to ill fitting and substandard parts they are pretty
worthless. This is aggravating enough when you are working on your own
car but how would you feel when you have to pay someone $60.00 an hour
to grind, file and drill a brand new part to make it fit?.
Peter.
'59 Bugeye
'70 MGB
'71 Midget
>From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
>To: b-evans@ix.netcom.com
>Subject: Re: Chinese junk
>
> Quality costs. Would you rather the only repro of a bugeye
>grill costs $2500? It's not unreasonable, as the cost to produce
>rises the end cost rises which cuts into sales, and the unit
>cost rises from the low production.
>
> Nobody is stopping you from starting a production line. If
>the economics are so simple, you'll have a fleet of LBCs
>in no time, right?
>
> It's so easy to criticize, but have you ever thought "you
>know, it's pretty cool that I CAN EVEN GET a grill for a
>40 year old car that was a cheap low produced car even
>when new".
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