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In Reply to: RE: Dave.... posted by alan m. kafton on December 11, 2008 at 12:35:23
It reads as if PX have never bought anything from Lotus.
I am not sure what an e-commerce agreement is but I presume it places a trade restriction on someone.
If these products are genuinely (!!!) fakes then I would have thought that the Japanese seller would be liable for prosecution.
Maybe PX as well.
Perhaps someone could post pictures of both products and packaging so that we could compare them.
I assume the "fakes" must be labelled as Oyaide because otherwise the difference in packaging (and as has been pointed out, the plating) would make them a different product.
If (as has also been posted here) the "fakes" are indeed better, then it would suggest a reason for bringing the subject up.
Again I am not making accusations just saying that this is how it reads.
Follow Ups:
I think it best for Joe Cohen to address the bulk of your questions and comments. Personally, I've received repeated e-mail solicitations over the last couple of years from one particular overseas company offering Oyaide fakes....I can't be the only dealer/manufacturer receiving these (if you get my drift).
As far as the one guy who prefers the fake, further discussion will only open a Pandora's box of negativity....he's an ex-Oyaide and Acrolink dealer and pursuant to his previous posts on the Asylum (you are welcome to do a search), seems to have a disdain for Japanese products and perhaps all things Japanese.
I wasn't aware of the background, which, of course, does not invalidate things but casts another shadow on matters.
I agree that perhaps Joe Cohen could post pictures and more details.
Of course I can understand that the last thing he really wants to do is to advertise these products but he has started this by opening the thread.
In speaking with Joe about these matters, his intent was not to advertise but to inform. He cares very, very much about his customers, and those of his many dealers. Fake is fake, illegitimate is illegitimate. He's alerting anyone who might have gotten an inferior product, through no fault of their own.
It's a shame that Parts Connection got caught in this conundrum....I've never heard anything but praise over the many years they've been in business, and heretofore have enjoyed a sterling reputation.
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