I agree Brian.

The BMW dealer coil pack had a list price of almost $130. BMW sure isn't passing the lower China production costs down to the consumer!

I saw an eposide of 20/20 investigates news where a group of high end fashion design corp lawyers went to China, hit the stores selling bootleg designer products in China. The news crew/lawyers were accompanied by Chinese copyright law enforcement officers.
Every shop/street vendor had nothing but bootleg items for sale. When the lawyers/news crew pointed this out to the Copyright LEOs all they did was scold the sellers and tell them to stop selling bootleg items. ZERO arrests, ZERO confiscation of copyright violation merchandise. China treats the crooks like a candy shop owner would treat a 5 yr old caught stealing a gumball! HELL, the 5 yr old would have to hand the gumball back!

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