Thanks for replying back to your thread after several months. I really don't know what your motivation is behind this multi-forum campaign? I'd really like to know more.
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Originally Posted by wrenchhed AM parts are not generically counterfeit, but if they were misrepresented to be and sold with the customer presuming they were getting a brand part, would that be right or wrong? how about the makers of the parts and the distributors of the parts, or anything for that matter, if they pass off any product misrepresented to be something else, is that right or wrong. |
Any kind of misrepresentation is wrong! What "big parts supplier" & insurance company is doing this? I think you're mistaken. This would plainly be fraud and any ligitimate supplier/company has too much too loose to do this.
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Originally Posted by wrenchhed look at the television, we can not get away from the counterfeit problems coming from china and elsewhere.
I've been following this story closely as it is affecting the industries i work in.
take a look at mqvp.com's website . It states " With the recent deluge of dangerous defective products imported from Taiwan (including bogus toothpaste, fish and seafood, counterfeit pharmaceuticals, automotive tires, aftermarket auto collision parts, vehicle headlamps, impure foodstuffs, ..." . they have a new Safety Public Announcement up on their page i recently discovered. it talks all about the problem our country is saturated with.
when we have US public corporations backing the unethical behaviors, its no wonder our country is in a downward spiral.
i was at the grocery store the other day and passed 3 isles that had major recalls of food, crackers, tuna fish, and other canned food. problems ranged from unintentional chemicals found in products, unapproved ingredients, and other shocking problems. i hope nabisquites dont come from China! |
This whole part of your post has nothing to do with the auto repair industry. What does tuna & toothpaste have to do with auto parts that insurance companies utilize?
1 thing you may fail to realize/understand is that most of the vehicles today are purely a cocktail of aftermarket parts when they're built. Auto manufacturers *manufacturer* very few of the parts they *assemble* on their vehicles. So, when an insurance company pays to put an "OEM" radiator back onto a damaged vehicle, it's really an aftermarket part.