[Healeys] Getting decent quality parts

John Soderling jsoderling at astound.net
Fri Feb 13 17:02:09 MST 2009


Ray wrote "Let's face it, Moss, VB, and other suppliers are in business to 
generate a profit."

Give me a another reason why you or I would invest our money and time in 
starting or running a business.  To make no money or lose money?

Vrooom,
John


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Carbone" <racarbon at optonline.net>
To: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Getting decent quality parts


>I may be late to this thread but have never associated "CHEAP" with parts 
>from Moss or most other US-based suppliers.  Cost is something that is, in 
>my experience, not a dependable Quality British Part Indicator.  I reject 
>the idea that Healey owners are either Cheap or looking for commodity 
>pricing and, in my experience, Moss has never been inexpensive or provided 
>consistent quality products in response to orders from my friends or me. 
>If I need a quality part I go to someone like Dave Nock who will 
>quality-check the item before sending them out.
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> Let's face it, Moss, VB, and other suppliers are in business to generate a 
> profit.  Remember, the difference between a hobby and work is, if you have 
> to do it..its work.  Although I, and many, consider their Healeys a hobby, 
> it has always been obvious to me that our main parts suppliers consider 
> these as profit opportunities.  Don't get me wrong, I want Moss and others 
> to make a profit, however, I would have greater appreciation if I could 
> trust the quality of part received.
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> Over the past 45 years (in April) I have owned my Healey, I have looked to 
> purchase good quality parts and paid for them even when they were not 
> supplied.  I have gone to primary, secondary, and independent vendors with 
> similar results.  When restoring my BJ8 in '90, for quality, I bought all 
> my rubber parts from Moss and, in many (but on all) cases, after a few 
> years the 30-year old replaced parts were in better shape than the newer 
> units.  To make things worse, the original parts were exposed to the 
> weather for many years and the new parts were garage-protected.
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> Lets face it, PRICE IS Important.  I believe we are paying the price but 
> question the value received.  I know of many that have gone to vendors in 
> other countries in hops of getting quality.  In no example I know of was 
> price the driving factor but in many instances the price, with shipping, 
> was comparable or better than what was available in the US.
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> Ray Carbone 64 BJ8 (original owner)


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