sheetmetal ls3 intakes on ebay

[cencalc6]

Originally Posted by Track Junky

China has been capitalizing on copying American products for way too long now. We should all do ourselves and fellow Americans a favor and stay away from anything made in China.

It's hard when you can save $100's or even $1K for almost the same product I'll admit it, I try to get the best deal I can and if I dont, then I'll fork out the money to buy it....What gets me is that companies out there in the USA are still trying get top dollar for their product that's been out for years and wont put out any discounts for repeatable customers.

[BBC71Nova]

Curious what's gonna happen when the innovative companies doing the R&D don't sell enough product to stay in business. Will companies like ProComp actually take their place being leaders in innovation? Likely not if they intend to keep their price points where they are.

I'm sure this kinda thing happens in most industries. A quick trip through your local Wally World proves that. However, it sure seems rampant in automotive aftermarket these days. Curious why that is. I suspect it is caused by the relatively small market resulting in high parts cost, i.e. less unit sales to spread development cost among. These high unit costs vs. perceived/intrinsic value result in a market prime for someone to copy something and undercut. Of course that just ends up reducing units sold for the innovators which ultimately drives up costs on innovative products.

[214Chevy]

I have to admit it....it doesn't look too shabby on the car on Yellow Bullet. Just wait until the word gets out, I can see lots of guys buying these for the looks. Especially, guys that can't afford the real deal or the ones that just want a stock, 80k mile LS pullout.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

Well how bout that.. a COUPLE guys seeing what im talking about.

dude..

I got 2 kids.. one day they will have to deal with the problems I was too indifferent to deal with.

why is it that China is getting richer with a bustling economy and we are in trouble.. why?

its that "****it ima get me a discount" we so love in America that is costing us.. it may be even worse in the future.

so.. again.


**** THOSE BITERS..

I have the real thing.. I loved the real product.. the welds are gorgeous.. and I think the BITERS are worthless.. even it they work.

[clill]

Makes me think of Ring Bros hood hinges and all the copies that followed. I remember at SEMA, they had just debuted a set of hinges on a car and Mike had a guy wanting the file on the hinges. He would have a copy back from China in a week.

[Ron in SoCal]

And it gets worse. There are even human rights abuses for our (seemingly useless) daily products:

http://shine.yahoo.com/work-money/le...202400773.html

[Track Junky]

And we wonder why China owns us.

[IMPALA MAN]

It's simple math guys.
US made product cost = US hourly labor rate (?) + taxes, etc.
VS
Chinese made product cost = many that will work for a cup of rice!

Now the only missing component is people willing to buy a cheaper product......and that's where the consumer comes in.

The ONLY way this will change is if the consumer stops buying the cheaper product.
Just like drugs my friends, if no one buys them, the transport of drugs into America stops.

Just sayin.

[Track Junky]

Originally Posted by cencalc6

It's hard when you can save $100's or even $1K for almost the same product I'll admit it, I try to get the best deal I can and if I dont, then I'll fork out the money to buy it....What gets me is that companies out there in the USA are still trying get top dollar for their product that's been out for years and wont put out any discounts for repeatable customers.

I agree with you 100% and was probably the first guy in line to get a decent product for cheap back in the day but after just recently rebounding from the economy's impact I wont support foreign products or people anymore. The economy hit the construction industry pretty hard and I used to subcontract to less expensive illegals all day long but I wont do it anymore. They are taking work away from you, me, and every other hard working American in the country and I'm done with it.

[Ketzer]

Originally Posted by Track Junky

The economy hit the construction industry pretty hard and I used to subcontract to less expensive illegals all day long but I wont do it anymore. They are taking work away from you, me, and every other hard working American in the country and I'm done with it.

I agree with you and get your point.
There is another side to this that we as americans are just as guilty of... I had a bunch of guys that helped build my house who didn't speak much english BUT they showed up for work every day, worked all day, and did a good job. The "american" subs I used might not show up for several days, worked half a day, did sh!tty work, and would try to file injury claims or steal supplies from the job site. It wasn't about cheap labor, it was about finding someone who wasn't so lazy and dishonest that I wanted to give them a shovel-ectomy.


Jeff-