[Spridgets] Shanghai Steel

[WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com]

We had a similar discussion on the MG cars bulletin board a while  back.  
>From memory I think I was one of the few people who would pay for  home produced 
product if it was the highest standard.  
 
Of course I'm selling silicone hose for not that much more than rubbish  
rubber hose and have first hand experience of selling the best product versus  
cheap rubbish.  At one point I needed a pattern hose rather than rob my car  and 
bought a new one from Moss - I had to cut it down to match the one on my car  
before it was an acceptable pattern - correborerated as a pattern by a used 
one  that someone sent me.
 
But then again I also drive a 1969 car that I can fix and buy parts for  
rather than buy a new one.
 
Weslake-Monza 1330
 
In a message dated 27/12/2008 18:44:16 GMT Standard Time, tinydog at snet.net  
writes:

tinydog  responded:

You can criticize the Chinese and their cheap junk but the  problem is the U. 
S. consumer's desire to buy  cheap junk.

You see  it right here on this list when somebody is looking for info whether 
VB or  Moss is 2.50 less than the other or when someone is looking for a $25 
part for  free. Lucas makes green-box parts that consumers buy and 
reproduction parts  that are one rung above the category of scrap. 

That's why you have  Home Depot and Lowe's. Consumers looking to save abuck 
support them,  buying  their lower quality products they have builtto their  
specifications.

Don't support these people. Demand better. Complain.  Have a willingness to 
pay the cost for a quality replacement  part.