Chinese Conspiracy made real

[Pressureangle]

Just an update, really, since I don't know anyone who thinks it's merely a conspiracy anymore.

I ran across this thread on ADV rider, about fake fuses- there are a number of good videos about fuses and NGK spark plug fakes. Worthy.

https://advrider.com/f/threads/fake-fuses-out-there-might-want-to-watch-it.1769493/

[gstallons]

Fake is just cheap junk . Always has been . O-ring kits , fuse kits , roll pins , cotter pins ., etc...

 Hey , there are counterfeit AC Delco , Motorcraft and Mopar parts all over eBay. You have to buy from local vendors and trust their sources . 

[Pressureangle]

4 minutes ago, gstallons said:

Fake is just cheap junk . Always has been . O-ring kits , fuse kits , roll pins , cotter pins ., etc...

 Hey , there are counterfeit AC Delco , Motorcraft and Mopar parts all over eBay. You have to buy from local vendors and trust their sources . 

I had a Cousin who worked for US Customs in Detroit- she caught 3 rail boxcars full of counterfeit product, mostly Harley-Davidson. I can't find it in my saved sites, but I once ran across a Chinese website advertising- *advertising*- counterfeit OEM packaging. Boxes, printing, documentation, everything. And that was at least a decade ago.

[Lucky Phil]

2 hours ago, Pressureangle said:

I had a Cousin who worked for US Customs in Detroit- she caught 3 rail boxcars full of counterfeit product, mostly Harley-Davidson. I can't find it in my saved sites, but I once ran across a Chinese website advertising- *advertising*- counterfeit OEM packaging. Boxes, printing, documentation, everything. And that was at least a decade ago.

I have a "theory" on this sort of thing. The original manufacturer contracts to Chinese/Indian/south east Asian company to make X amount of product and they supply X amount of items then keep the production line rolling and make some for "mother" and sell them themselves. You know 10 for you and 1 for us. Either that or they don't discard the "seconds and out of spec items" and do the same. Zero proof of this just something "I feel in my water" so to speak. An educated person would refer to it as Intuition I think.

Phil

Edited December 1 by Lucky Phil