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| Jello brand gelatin or Royal? |
| By Toivo - 10/13/2001 7:26:09 PM; IP 12.84.125.219 |
When you go into a store buyer's office representing the distant second brand in a category, you preach the benefits of competition: "without us they'd charge the moon...you need a second supplier to keep them somewhat in line. And what about the customers who only shop based on price, not brands? You need something for them."
But sometimes a store only has shelf space for one brand so you're out, and the few consumers who for whatever reason prefer your brand, learn to live without it.
Something like the above reasoning was needed for the FE block market. Genesis came along and basically said Shelby is grossly overcharging for the product and we can make them toe a more reasonable line with our much lower-priced product.
Initially their pricing structure sounded good.
My personal opinion now though:
Buy Shelby.
10% savings on an unproven product is worth supporting a second supplier, especially if that means Shelby has been charging a reasonable price all along; heck, for supporting the FE aftermarket his charity deserves the 10%.
As for Genesis:
they've been talking for literally years. They've been talking, but not responding. That would be a major flag in my book. Repeatedly, I have heard people say they have made inquiries of Genesis and gotten no response. Think of what that portends if you have problems with your casting.
But as always, this is solely my opinion. The final decision is up to you. Maybe $500 means more to you than me when discussing $5500+ blocks. But I'd go with proven product, not promise-ware in this particular situation.
Then there's the resale consideration. Your widow sells your parts: the Shelby parts will command more than the Genesis pieces, no matter what the actual quality/facts of the casting are. Consider it good estate-planning.
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