Subject	Saying that means they have no idea about "gray market"
Posted by	Antihero on September 30, 2014 at 3:25 PM
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In Reply To	100$ is less than what my dealership says they pay for them posted by Dane (Houston) on September 29, 2014 at 03:46 PM
Message	Gray market and chinese knockoff are incompatible terms. Gray market means it's a legit product but not intended for sale in the region it's for sale in. For instance, colgate sells toothbrushes in India, but surprise surprise most Indians, unlike Americans, are just not going to pay like 8.99US for a plastic toothbrush with a few fancy blue bristles. Colgate sells them for what the market will bear which is MUCH less in India than in the US. Gray market means buying these indian toothbrushes at wholesale and bringing them to the US. They are still Colgate made, but are possibly not the same model as colgate markets in america. You can then sell them for much less then the market price in the US, and much more than the market price in India while still making a nice profit if the importation isn't too costly. Same thing applies to skylines in canada or australia. That's gray market. This dealer really thinks the knockoff company has regional products? If this same nissan knock sensor is used on an economy car thats popular in a country that will not bear the cost of a 100$ knock sensor, nissan may reduce the price in order to prevent people from abondoning nissan as too expensive to maintain, while still charging US dealers almost 100$ for the part. Antihero Putting AMS garbage, and $500 ebay wheels on a Z is like dressing a Victorias Secret model in a Walmart dress and Payless shoes. You're embarrassing yourself.
Follow Ups	Why such a huge difference in Knock Sensor prices - lotekinc 19:04:34 09/28/14 Made in China replica vs genuine OEM made in Japan - ZILVER-NZ 19:50:30 09/28/14 Genuine OEM should be priced around $100US (n/m) - ZILVER-NZ 19:52:39 09/28/14 100$ is less than what my dealership says they pay for them - Dane (Houston) 15:46:48 09/29/14 Huh? SZ has them for $84. - ttsmokin 10:12:19 09/30/14 Saying that means they have no idea about "gray market" - Antihero 15:25:17 09/30/14 the 165$ sensor comes in a box. the 90$ & 45$ - Dane (Houston) 08:11:20 10/01/14 Nismo 740's also sometimes come in a box sometimes not - Antihero 09:56:14 10/01/14 He's asking about the oem ones that sell on eBay $40 all day - TriniTT 20:27:01 09/28/14 My guess: - ThisIsSparTTa 09:38:54 09/29/14 Again, we are discussing only oem Nissan part prices. (n/m) - TriniTT 10:02:25 09/29/14 I would like to know what a vendors price would be. - z32z 10:15:34 09/29/14 You think they would bother to relabel it? - ThisIsSparTTa 11:48:12 09/29/14 They are oem Nissan units in oem packaging made in Japan - TriniTT 12:18:22 09/29/14 Slow down turbo and think/read. - ThisIsSparTTa 12:39:06 09/29/14 this happens a lot. (n/m) - slayer fan 16:30:08 09/29/14 Your non sequitur comment about Chinese knockoffs threw me. - TriniTT 17:08:48 09/29/14 Bingo (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 23:24:56 09/29/14 EXACTLY. I spend a lot of time in a Thailand, and - whitepearlz 05:40:08 09/30/14 Not nearly that often. - Antihero 15:31:31 09/30/14 Thing is, those 1000 china kept - BlackholeZ 20:21:29 09/29/14 or it was returned to vendor when Nissan incoming inspection - ZXRider 13:10:21 09/30/14 Nissan OEM List is $222ish - Joe@ZSpeedperformance 09:36:02 10/02/14
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