Originally Posted by
|3iker
Where did I ever said they are of same quality? Putting words in someone's thread doesn't count. I even admitted that I don't know if there is a way to tell the difference unless one is a metallurgist or have a frame ID for xref. (see my earlier reply)
You make me
You implied it.
Originally Posted by
|3iker
My response was to a comment alluding to a the WalMart Corsa with 105 parts is inferior to that of a 3X more costly LBS version of a similarly equipped bike. I am simply making it clear that the irregardless of LBS or WalMart, the frames likely come from the same mfg plant in the Orient.
If the frames are not of the same quality, they are not "similarly equipped". If the frames are not of the same quality,
the prices are not really comparable!
Originally Posted by
|3iker
I am simply making it clear that the irregardless of LBS or WalMart, the frames likely come from the same mfg plant in the Orient.
So what? It doesn't matter
where the frames are made!
The thing that is relevant to the price difference is the relative quality of the frames not where they were made!
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Originally Posted by
Toddorado
Oh good Lord, you guys. Economies of scale do not apply if you use different materials/designs - that is an entirely different product. Economies of scale apply only when apples to apples are used, as far as I'm concerned. Wal-Mart may make a cheaper t-shirt, but it's always too short in the torso and doesn't last as long. That is not the same as the t-shirt I buy at Target as the fit is different and the materials, while similar, are not the same.
Yes.