[Mgs] Bad parts / Brake Master Cylinder

[Barrie Robinson]

Paul,

I believe the original credit for the "at cost" scenario was given to 
David Brown and his Aston Martin product.  The Mini, I believe, lost 
money not on its build costs but on the added burden of second 
sourcing of parts necessitated by union actions such as strikes.  Now 
the sons of those stalwart English car labourers work for Nissan, 
Toyota, Honda and the like !!!!


At 04:26 AM 1/20/2010, Paul Hunt wrote:
>It's where we Brits have always gone wrong.  An acquaintance of the then
>owner of Jensen (Aston?) asked if he could have a car at cost price (i.e.
>what it cost to make with no profit for the company) and the owner replied
>"Well I could do old boy, but I'd have to charge you more than anyone else".
>Ditto the original Mini, which is claimed always to have made a loss,
>although in that case it probably did originally but I doubt it still did
>during the rampant wage and price inflation of the 70s and later.
>
>Although Burberry bucked that trend with their check pattern.  It 
>was so popular it was a target for Far Eastern fakes, and chavs used 
>to leave the price ticket on so people could see they had bought the 
>real thing at full price.
>
>Anyone puzzled by the term 'chav' could read this 
>http://www.antisocialbehaviour.org.uk/dictionary/c.php.  Or then again not.
>
>PaulH.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>>...  They visited a factory where the owner proudly showed them a line
>>where they were making those Louis Vuitton handbags which sell for hundreds
>>if not thousands..  He said they could buy one at his retail price.  So
>>they did - $150 for two !!!!
>

Regards

Barrie
barrie at look.ca
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