Hold on, I thought worldpac was the stuff the online bimby was
selling. If you called for parts you got to talk to somebody and the
parts were real benz parts, not the cheapo stuff that worldpac would
pull from the local warehouse and have on your doorstep in minutes.
Took longer to get the real parts, because they had to get shipped
from some shelf in GA. Wasn't Gary responsible for the online side?
clay
On Feb 6, 2010, at 6:18 AM, Jaime Kopchinski wrote:
I can recall rebuilding the front end of a friends W126 with low-
priced FEQ
parts he bought years ago. Hard lesson learned... the front end was
just as
clunky and worn out after a year!
Cheap parts will be the death of these cars... the german stuff is
the way
to go.
Jaime
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com>
wrote:
that's really the crux of the seduction. a new chinese was costing
bimby
from between 55 and 100 dollars and was selling for $159. rebuilds
are
running about 150 to 200 and selling for like 200 to 250. non
chinese new
were like 250 to 300 for bimby, but i don't even know if you can
still get
those as the cheap chinese ones have really come to dominate the
market.
worldpac has been pushing cheap chinese merchandise under the
labels of
"feq" and "worldsource 1" and this stuff is just nasty. i believe
that the
feq axles (the one's in question in the recall) were being sold to
bimby
for
$55 each. how much then do you surmise worlpac has in them? let's
say
$45. it is suspicious that worldpac can source a new axle shaft,
have it
shipped to them from china and then have it shipped to you, all for
$45.
in
fact, it makes no sense at all.
i don't know how many feq's the bimby had sold and how many of the
cheap
ones sold were something of higher quality chinese. i do know that
feq was
a disaster waiting to happen, but the seduction of high sales at high
margins is too much for most people to pass up
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 1:39 AM, Dimitri Seretakis <dsereta...@yahoo.com
wrote:
What is the price differential between the Chinese axleshafts and
the
German ones? Not that I'd put Chinese parts on a 115 chassis
Mercedes or
anything but I'm curious.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 5, 2010, at 7:02 PM, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com>
wrote:
turns out those cheap chinese axle shafts that you guys have been
purchasing
are being recalled for safety concerns. I'm glad I resist the
temptation
of
300% profit and don't sell that kind of product. i think a certain
vendor
sells those every single day, but i'm sure he doesn't want to
worry you
guys
about something as minor as a chinese axle shaft coming apart.
i can't emphasize it enough -- stay away from the chinese junk!
it is
only
being sold because even priced much lower than original quality
products,
the profits are still astronomical.
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