Ebay Geniune H-D parts...
#11
12-10-2011, 07:06 AM
'Genuine Harley-Davidson®' has always meant/is supposed to mean(IMO)....Made in the USA. That is not true anymore especially when it comes to the term 'accessories'. It would not surprise me that somewhere north of 50% in the accessories market are made overseas.
Well anyway, that is the way business is done these days. I can see some anti-trust cases being brought in the coming months. H-D owners have until 31 Dec to purchase parts/pieces from H-D online dealers.
Well anyway, that is the way business is done these days. I can see some anti-trust cases being brought in the coming months. H-D owners have until 31 Dec to purchase parts/pieces from H-D online dealers.
#12
12-10-2011, 07:12 AM
...and conversely, what H-D are doing with this policy and the one of not allowing shipping abroad by dealers is to artificially hike the prices and protect those high prices i.e. create a cartel. The legality of this is being challenged by at least one H-D dealer in the US courts.
This is about maximising the amount of money they extract from you and me for items that they get made in China for pennies, mark-up 1000%+, stick 'Genuine' all over and sell on at enormous profit.
Personally I think all this will achieve in the current climate is to force people into the hands of suppliers such as VT Manufacturing and Küryakyn.
This is about maximising the amount of money they extract from you and me for items that they get made in China for pennies, mark-up 1000%+, stick 'Genuine' all over and sell on at enormous profit.
Personally I think all this will achieve in the current climate is to force people into the hands of suppliers such as VT Manufacturing and Küryakyn.
#13
12-10-2011, 02:06 PM
http://www.cyrilhuzeblog.com/2011/12...y-its-dealers/
Here's an update to that, ordered by the courts. Guess we will see. Independent bike shops sell H-d parts and accs, too. Wonder how much stink they will raise, as they normally discount the retail prices below Harley dealers?
Here's an update to that, ordered by the courts. Guess we will see. Independent bike shops sell H-d parts and accs, too. Wonder how much stink they will raise, as they normally discount the retail prices below Harley dealers?
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