[1beautifuldaughter]

Originally Posted by tigergto

I'm not sticking up for foreign garbage but a large part of the blame lies with the consumer. I work part time at an auto parts store. Most of our business is with garages. The callers don't ask about quality, they are shopping for the lowest price. All the parts with our brand name are made outside the USA. When I need a part for my personal vehicle I usually try to avoid our brand knowing what crap it is. But again, simply supply and demand.

This is maybe true to a point, But it should always be the responsibility of the manufacturer or distributor to not sell something completely inferior just because its cheaper. I bought a brand new repo power brake booster, started to have a whistle under the dash when brakes where applied , took it apart and found a rubber part that cracked and was leaking, I took that rubber pc out of a 40 year old part I had and it was so much more significant it was unbelievable, I installed the old gm part and good to go for probably another 40 years.
I have to many stories, Like the hood rubbers that can't even survive the install.
The can opener that you bend the handle on long before it will ever puncher the can,
Its a sour subject for me because I believe half these items sold are sold knowing full well that they suck and they are passed on with the "Give it to Mickey and see if he eats it" mentality.
I have had issues, and reported issues about inferior parts, and returned items. rightfully complained about the way they where represented and guess what. They are still out there unchanged, represented the same way, wasting peoples valuable time, and making money for the USPO.
OH see now you got me started