[Healeys] Getting decent quality parts

[Michael Salter]

Having been in the British parts business for many years I have to agree
with the "very senior person at Moss".
We used to have an expression...
"There are three things that our customers look for in parts: Price, price
and price". 
Top quality and perfection are usually not included in the lowest price
parts and it takes a very experienced restorer to recognize that that is the
case.


Michael Salter
100 (1953) #174
AHX12 (1953)
Bugeye (1961)
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-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Editorgary at aol.com
Sent: February 12, 2009 8:13 PM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Getting decent quality parts

In a message dated 2/12/09 11:11:21 AM, healeys-request at autox.team.net 
writes:


> 
> Perhaps it is a case of the N.A. wholesalers who are determining the
quality
> and not County??
> 
> Just a thought.
> M
That could be. I had one of the seniormost folks at MOSS motors tell me
quite 
sincerely that they don't buy the expensive high-quality stuff because 
"everyone knows that British car owners are cheap, and confronted by a
higher price 
from one supplier or for a version of a part compared to another, they will 
always buy the cheaper part. So why should we stock the more expensive
stuff?" 
Incidentally, that person is still a very senior person at Moss, well over
the 
head of Kelvin Dodd, the person doing procurement now. If you do have a 
question re Moss parts, you might try e-mailing Kelvin   -
doddk at mossmotors.com
Cheers
Gary



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