RE: Ridiculous parts prices (almost no Q content)

[Robert Myers <rmyers@inetone.net>]

At 09:37 AM 3/24/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi - 
>
>OK - I'm not the type to throw around frivolous class actioin lawsuits,
but stories like this make me feel like I ought to be contacting my state
attorney general.  Yes, I know this is classic supply-and-demand in action
('you demand it, and we're the only supplier'), but there 'oughta be a law'
against this kind of gouging.  

Hi John,

I saw no mention of shopping for discounted parts in the original post.  I
suspect he could get a drastic discount off the locally quoted parts.  It
would probably still be exorbitantly high priced, but there are sources
which are preferable to your local fiendly (sic) Audi dealer.

>This reminds me a bit of the $10000 military toilet seats.  Can you say
'senate subcommittee' hearing?   I thought so....

Can you say $10K toilet seats which cost perhaps $20?  The other $9,980
probably went into the pentagon's (or CIA's or NSA's) "black budget" for
which accounting seems not to apply.  It was probably administered by
someone like Oliver North to buy drugs from the contras for our consumption
here in the good old Yew Ess of Aye.  It was not pricing gone wild.  It was
a seriously out of control portion of our government.  :-(

>But seriously, does anyone know if there's any case history of legal
action against auto parts suppliers?

>Attachment Converted: "D:\EUDORA\ATTACH\RE Ridiculous parts prices (al"

Any idea of what this attachment is?  What application runs it?


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