I'm sure by original, he meant, maintained to original spec. I'm not so sure I'd be so quick to label someone as having a racist attitude, for identifying a country, or countries that for the most part produce inferior products. Most made in China goods imported into North America, are junk. They are, in every example I've seen, inferior to their North American or European counterparts. Again, I'm not sure how "racist" could be attached to such a statement, but for people who love to throw the label around I'm sure they will find a way.
In my view, the problem with the so called race in the current world economy, are the grounds on which we're running. Somewhere along the way, it was decided that the race was going to be run on who could make the most the cheapest, not who could make the best. Don't try to compete, you'll never win on the current rules the race is run on. And who's fault is it, pretty much all of ours. People at some point decided, it was favourable to have a quantity of crap, over quality. Buy it cheap, chuck it out, buy it again. If you're paying some guy on mainland China pennies to work on your car, forever changing the same parts, perhaps not a problem. If you're paying a guy here $100+ to bolt on those same inferior parts, buying junk becomes a bit of a false economy. If the rules that the race is run on ever change, to who can make the best, instead of who can make the cheapest, American and Europe have won, hands down. In the end, it doesn't matter what trade rules the governments make, or what duties are levied to level the playing field, it all comes down to the attitude of the consumer. He who reaches for his or her wallet calls the tune, and we know the tune most people are calling for at the moment. Ed 300E On 6 February 2010 12:10, Peter T. Arnold <pm7...@comcast.net> wrote: > That's kind of funny. Keeping your car 'original' would be keeping it > broken? > > Folks that insist on the racist attitude that only junk is made on the > Eastern Rim have chosen not to compete in the world econmy, they's given up > the race before it starts! > Get out there and fight! Fight to bring our costs down and our quality up. > When we win those battles, we'll win at the market place. > I'm betting that M/B world sources based on cost, quality & delivery. If > they don't, they will fail and the consumers of high quality autos will have > to look elsewhere. > > Anyone care to comment on who is going to pay for the Toyota mess? We are! > > > -- > Pete Arnold 32° > > "There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and > mountaineering; all the rest are merely games." - Ernest Hemingway > > > > On 2/6/2010 11:13 AM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote: > >> And honestly I'd rather pay more and get a higher failure rate for the >> sake of keeping my car original. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Feb 6, 2010, at 11:09 AM, Dimitri Seretakis<dsereta...@yahoo.com> >> wrote: >> >> The German parts have a greater failure rate? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Feb 6, 2010, at 10:54 AM, buymbpa...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> Of course we do. They are just more expensive and have a greater failure >> rate by far. >> >> >> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dimitri Seretakis<dsereta...@yahoo.com> >> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 07:50:31 >> To: Mercedes Discussion List<mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] cheap chinese part recall >> >> Do you also sell the German ones? I really can't swallow putting Chinese >> parts on my Mercedes. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Feb 6, 2010, at 10:34 AM, buymbpa...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> Let's at least tell the whole story on this forum. I have sold at least >> 400 of these "cheap" Chinese axles and 3 of them are under the recall. >> Someone forgets to say that the recall is for 2 months production in late >> 2009 compared to 10 years production. Does Mercedes have a better record? >> Not every one can spend tens of thosands of dollars on 30 year old cars. >> Let's remember that Gary and I buy from the same 5 vendors and offer the >> same quality parts. >> >> >> ------Original Message------ >> From: Gary Hurst >> Sender: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com >> To: Banned List >> To: Mercedes Discussion List >> ReplyTo: Mercedes Discussion List >> Sent: Feb 5, 2010 7:02 PM >> Subject: [MBZ] cheap chinese part recall >> >> 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. >> >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
