"they could care less so long as they can sell the junk?” And make a profit at it.
Yes. They’re called upon to make things cheap because there are people in the market who will always buy the least expensive item no matter what the quality. If that wasn’t the case, there’s no justification for their business model. It’s easy for them to cut corners in some areas, such as rubber parts, and still sell them at a profit. Granted, if it’s a dealer part you’ve got a lot of overhead coupled with that part that won’t go away. Many of those costs don’t exist for third party suppliers, but if they can cut corners elsewhere, such as in labor or material costs, they’ll do it and take the profits it provides. -D > On May 7, 2018, at 5:41 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I would certainly agree with you that it does not pay to buy junk if you can > help it. Do you think that URO makes garbage on purpose of are they doing the > best they can with what they currently have to work with? Are they being > called upon to make things cheaper and cheaper by the WalMarts of this world, > or do they have trouble getting the resources to make quality parts, or do > you really think that they could care less so long as they can sell the junk? > > RB > > On 07/05/2018 4:31 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >> This comes back as to why there are parts sellers like URO. >> >> In a BenzWorld forum I frequent, some member was all proud and excited about >> how they only spent $0.53 for a URO windshield washer reservoir grommet (the >> one that seals where the pump goes into the reservoir) even though they had >> to use some silicone to get it to seal. >> >> So here’s someone who stepped over a dollar to save some pennies. >> >> I pointed out that the OE part was readily available from any number of >> dealers and online suppliers. Typical price? >> >> $1.50 >> >> Oh yeah, they never considered that the one they replaced was probably the >> original one that had lasted for 20 years, either. >> >> People like this make me sad. It’s one thing to be frugal or resourceful, I >> certainly understand that. But to save roughly a buck and still not have a >> part that does the job without additional effort or materials just doesn’t >> make a lot of sense to me. Or am I being unrealistic? >> >> -D >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
