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Originally Posted by Effduration
Bosch sold its Reman business a few years ago to a Chinese investor group. Since it is not Bosch, yet carries a Bosch price, I would avoid..
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I will share my direct experience with a large commercial/retail publicly held corporation:
Commercial customers (Shade tree mechanics) did not like that their customer could see our house brand name on the battery. Their customer would say, "I can get this same battery name for 40% less at the retailer down the road!"
So, the largeCo I worked for started paying Bosch to put their name on the exact same batteries but only when sold to commercial partners. These batteries were 'Bosch.'
Same. Damn. Battery. Now, I believe two things:
Shit parts exist.
Three companies in the world make automotive batteries
And don't get me started on windshield wipers.
WHY in teh F.. do we have THREE dofferent sized wipers?! That's just out of f'in hand.
Turns out I can satisfy 6 BMW's from 1988 to 2012 with (only) four sizes.Thank Gawd. (I hate buying wipers)