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Originally Posted by augiedoggy
Its a common business model these days with many things.
The company is headquarters in south Carolina and they claim assembly is done there but its likely that means the roof and wheels are bolted on in the US. China has nothing to do with why the markup is so high on the parts... that's sounding like the greedy middlemen in South Carolina..
IMO so many find work arounds or just plain lie about the whole "Made in USA" thing you just cant assume anything. Being an American "brand" means nothing in itself anymore.
I have a Eco-diesel Ram truck(French owned these days) but MOPAR still headquartered in the US. the engines are throwing #2&3 bearings left and right.. over 15% engine replacement rate according to FCAs own records.... $15 grand for an installed replacement engine that has the same flaw (even though they have corrected it on the new model engine) and a 7 month waiting list to get the engine from Italy right now...
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Yup ever since China was emboldened we've got more and more crap output products pumped through the coal fire plants in China, then sold in the USA. The whole made in the USA part is so slimey.
and yah I think they came up with the idea to pad profits that they would have one or two dealers sell aftermarket repair parts that are common to other carts or just China trash parts, then make them 3x anything sane market for an identical Yamaha or EZGo part. Pretty slimey which is why Id say Id never ever buy a STAR cart EVER again especially new don't support those sleezeballs dealers.