Subject: Re: "GM Performance" Optispark? by bogus on 2009/11/7 19:39:29
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SpectatorRacing wrote: The internet has created this issue in the aftermarket. Poeple call the local shop, get a recommendation, then search online for a cheaper price. Local shop goes out of business.
There's no money in being a specialist anymore, nobody is willing to pay a penny more for experience and local help. They buy the cheapest, then they get on forums and bitch when it fails. I hope the $5 saved was worth it.
That's one of the reasons I was so irritated by the Banski threads the other day. Tom is trying to be there for us, in our own time zone, for a product with a piss-poor market and even less profit margin. And he gets crucified for it. I'd pay more for the ability to call him if I had an issue...
i can't single handedly save small businesses, but I can do my part.
Several years back, a co-worker needed a new car. He went to the local Honda dealer and they were a one-price only place. My research told me their one price was actually pretty damned good.
I told him as much, but he had to negociate. He spends a month dicking between the local dealer and two others 40 miles away... drives... phone calls... all to save - get this - $200.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!
