Have the Chinese/Hong Kong $5 Impellers been talked about ?

[crosbyman]

credit card users are not liable for fraudulent charges to their cards issued by the banking industry … I have been cloned myself… in NOrth America and all charges were removed from by statement.

Banks wont say but I am almost 100% certain I had my card cloned in a gas station in upper NY state

Telcos for long distance fraud….(yes it exists) and banks have very similar and very sophisticated parameters sets and usage pattern recognition softwares to detect illegal uses of their products

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[chris-p]

Getting off topic, but I too have had my credit card cloned, from a gas station.

The police say THIS is the number 1 location for this top happen, not online shopping.

Cover your fingers if you type in your pin at gas stations.

[PugetSoundBoater]

quote Chris_P:

Getting off topic, but I too have had my credit card cloned, from a gas station.

The police say THIS is the number 1 location for this top happen, not online shopping.

Cover your fingers if you type in your pin at gas stations.

sorry if off topic, we can also read about this card data swiping on the net. Bad guys swap out the card reader terminal at gas stations and elsewhere,and replace with a their OWN reader ,or add a data recorder of some sort to collect data, come back remove theirs ,replace original and BINGO they have a bunch of customers card info . Look for a reader that is not aligned in the gas pump card terminal correctly ,a lock messed with, or the security tape (if used) discolored or messed up. Yes always cover you fingers when typing your pin and i shift my covering hand a bit during the pin punches.

"Some people want to know how a watch works, others just want to know what time it is"
Robbie Robertson

[PugetSoundBoater]

run your debit card as a credit, no pin is required,terminal then asks for a customers zip code here in the states.

"Some people want to know how a watch works, others just want to know what time it is"
Robbie Robertson

[jerry-ahrens]

I had that happen to me once, except it was my debit card. I used it at a local merchant, and the next day they taped me for 50 bucks, then for $ 700…. the bank left me a message at 4;30 on a Friday afternoon, telling me that my account was frozen. Made for a stressful weekend! After a month or so, the bank gave me the money back. After that I never carried a debit card again, and use checks or cash. I do use a credit card, but have only been charged a couple times in error. CC company took it off my statement.
Back to the original question… I haven’t tried the cheap impellers, but have had good luck with Sierra, as far as impellers go [knock on wood]. They did have some thickness issues a few years ago, but have since resolved that. I’ve actually installed a ton of Sierra impellers in OMC, Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha engines without an issue. I have seen a couple V6 Mercury impellers from Sierra with a slipped hub, so I get those impellers from Mercury. Be glad you don’t have to worry about replacement ignition components, like power packs, stators etc. with regards to aftermarket stuff. I have had nothing but headaches there, and always go OEM. The exception would be OMC power packs, all of those are CDI products, which gives us no choice. 🙂

[chris-p]

My uncle is a parts distributor, and he buys out of China. Not all are created equal, same as in the States or Canada. You cannot judge ALL foreign products in the same category. You think when you buy OEM parts nowadays you are buying made in USA? Nope! Some items, but since BRP took over they outsource a lot of their parts overseas. Including……impellers! Not sure about all of them, but I know some are.

I also learned that not all items of the same Brand are equal either. Hope the Walton family is not reading this, but if you buy say a Dewalt screw gun at Walmart, its not the same Dewalt screw gun you would buy another tool supply store. Walmart has the manufacturers down grade internal components like electronics, bearings, and the like, to decrease the price they can sell for in their stores, to make money in volume.

I didn’t believe him, so took some tools apart to inspect. Sure enough, different internals.

[green-thumbs]

A very high quality impeller purchased a few years ago was priced near $30 plus S&H. Now the impeller is NLA. Last priced at nearly $50 plus S&H. Once I did a search using the OEM part number…I got a hit from an old catalog for less than $5 unfortunately not available.
A bit of brass and rubber whose price soared over the years. I suspect high price reduced demand to point there was not enough demand to continue making the impeller.
Killing the Goose that laid the Golden Eggs
Louis

[PugetSoundBoater]

Chris, that is rather surprising about the tool quality at Wal Mart,and i believe the story. So isn’t DeWalt shooting themselves in the foot by selling inferior tools, just to get the big Wal Mart sale? When the tool doesn’t last, the customer will not buy another DeWalt. That is known as squeezing suppliers and vendors to get a better wholesale cost. You get what you pay for. I bet the UPC code/Product # on the box is different .so they can’t be returned at a store by a dishonest person that sells the real DeWalt tool and make a profit.

"Some people want to know how a watch works, others just want to know what time it is"
Robbie Robertson

[drifter]

Same for Rustoleum rattle can paint. Different for Wal Mart than other stores. I called Rustoleum to verify this.

[crosbyman]

when you sell your name brand for cheap profits only your reputation can go downhill.

My son’s business employer was in bicycles….from China… so cheap the big name store started to get customer returns for broken forks, pedals brake pads, etc… MY son’s company got so many returns they had to take back the junk bikes which eventually it chewed into the slim profit margins and his Co. went belly up. you get what you pay for..

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