[Healeys] Fw: Problems with SC Parts

[David Porter]

A short story, recently my dog chased a neighbors dog off my property and
took a mouthful of hide out of it, rather than discuss the issue, the
neighbor went on the neighborhood email list and started making untrue
accusations about my dog. Since I didn't respond publicly to her allegations
I can feel the tension from the recipients of her emails. 
 I think you all get the point I'm making. Aside from being bad business
practice to bad mouth your competition, there is always the other side of
the story. 
 The truth is that there ARE multiple suppliers for cars that are over 50
years old is astounding on its face. Are they all perfect, no. The point
here is that with a little knowledge that the parts may require extra time
to fit should not come as a surprise and be accepted to a degree. The adage
that you get what you pay for still holds true. Of course if you never get
the part (order) well yes that's another issue altogether.
 End of soapbox opinion.
Regards, dave


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-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Alan Seigrist
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 7:21 AM
To: josef-eckert at t-online.de
Cc: Forum Healeys
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fw: Problems with SC Parts

Anyone who's ever owned a late model MGB would never buy a panel dimmer if
they knew it was cheap.  The Lucas ones were bad enough as they were, I
certainly would never go cheaper on that part!

Look, the problem with SC parts is the same problem that Limora has as well
as Moss.  They serve multiple marques, which means they never did any
specific marque particularly well or completely.  Moss, of late, has been
making strides to improve here as their customers have demanded better
quality for their cars which are worth close to 6 digits now, but
ultimately I've learned to order from the Healey specialists because they
know what parts are good out there and what isn't.  Plus they get a shop
discount so I know they still make a bit of profit whilst having the same
prices as the big parts shops.

So rather than ordering from Moss, order from David Nock/BCS or Autofarm.
 Rather than ordering from SC parts, order from Steve Norton or AH Spares
or Ahead.  Save yourself the headache!

On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 4:20 PM, josef-eckert at t-online.de <
josef-eckert at t-online.de> wrote:

> Larry,
>
>         I can give an example out of the MG B world.
>
>         MG Bs are fitted with panel light dimmers. These panel light
> dimmers
> are available from LUCAS for a lets say net vendor price of  $11 and
> will be sold for $14 + VAT. These are  well made dimmers made in
> China?, I don`t know. Then as a vendor you get offers from Chinese
> companies selling dimmers for which they say they ccan be used for the
> same purpose. These dimmers are net vendor price 50 Cent and can be
> sold for $5 + VAT. A quantity of 100 LUCAS dimmers is to pay $1100
> upfront before you have sold them to customers. A quantity of 1000 of
> these cheap dimmers are $ 500 and you have even a better profit /
> part. And if you have both versions in stock, the cheap ones sells 10
> times more than the LUCAS one. Even the cheap one is crap, not working
> properly and fails often.
>
>         Joseff Eckert
>
>         Germany
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