I gave Dave an opinion in PM and quite honestly I was going to leave it there but the more I think about it the more I think it needs given here to for several reasons.
I have someone in my shop a few times a month that complains about my price on something. Half the time they are checking prices on eBay. Items with oem logos on them are perceived to be oem.
I looked at Dave's listings.....if I wasn't in the business I would think those were genuine parts. Being in the business and selling the genuine parts I immediately noticed 3 things. Logos were not the quite the right colors and fuzzy, packaging is wrong, and the prices are way too low(oem kits cost is more than what he is retailing them for).
Using oem logos on non oem parts coming from non oem supply channels is counterfeiting. Zama, walbro, tillotson sell through distributors in the US not direct to a small retailer in the US.
I am simply pointing this out because all it takes is one mad customer, oem employee, competitor, or any number of other people to complain and an investigation could get started with the results having some pretty serious consequences.
https://www.naw.org/govrelations/advisory.php?articleid=563
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I have someone in my shop a few times a month that complains about my price on something. Half the time they are checking prices on eBay. Items with oem logos on them are perceived to be oem.
I looked at Dave's listings.....if I wasn't in the business I would think those were genuine parts. Being in the business and selling the genuine parts I immediately noticed 3 things. Logos were not the quite the right colors and fuzzy, packaging is wrong, and the prices are way too low(oem kits cost is more than what he is retailing them for).
Using oem logos on non oem parts coming from non oem supply channels is counterfeiting. Zama, walbro, tillotson sell through distributors in the US not direct to a small retailer in the US.
I am simply pointing this out because all it takes is one mad customer, oem employee, competitor, or any number of other people to complain and an investigation could get started with the results having some pretty serious consequences.
https://www.naw.org/govrelations/advisory.php?articleid=563
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