>From below:

- IF you want to comment on this issue (Scantool "quality" and
pricing)  please change the subject to an appropriate one and post
under the [OT] tag.

- If commenting, please make the nature of your claim or comment clear.

- IF your comments relate to the superior pricing of a product that
incudes stolen IP content please post them somewhere else.

See below for reasons, if you need them.

____________

I'm trying to make sense and merits of what is being claimed here.

I'm not certain of the relative status and/or legitimacy of the two
products being compared here, whether there are IP issues, and more.
Also it's not at all obvious that 'quality' is what is being referred
to disparigingly.

Whatever the answers to these points, they don't belong under this
subject heading (a new subject was very clearly started here), don't
belong in [EE] (the new subject is nothing to do with electrical
equipment that you can make yourself), and may not belong on the list
at all (eg if IP issues are involved and the ebay advertisers are
thieves and the comparison company owns the IP).

SO:


- IF you want to comment on this issue (Scantool "quality" and
pricing)  please change the subject to an appropriate one and post
under the [OT] tag.

- If commenting, please make the nature of your claim or comment clear.

- IF your comments relate to the superior pricing of a product that
incudes stolen IP content please post them somewhere else.

(FWIW - markup from FOB China to point of retail sale typically has a
3:1 to 5:1 markup ratio. Larger or small ratios may well apply for
whatever reason.


   Russell


On 6 March 2010 11:42, Mike snyder <msnyder19@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Elementary, my dear Watson, - any schoolbook on Physics, I almost
>> sure. But, please, take it easy, "claim" is not the best word to
>> describe my humble statement that the highest quality you company is
>> well known for "does not allow" you to implement sub-standard
>> technologies :-)
>>
> Highest quality what a joke, I had purchased a scantool from ebay for
> $ 12.00 + $ 10 shipping, linking to a similar one here
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ELM327-OBD2-Auto-Scanner_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem19ba67c836QQitemZ110501546038QQptZMotorsQ5fAutomotiveQ5fTools
>
> Imagine my surprise when a buddy of mine showed me an interface that
> he bought off of scantool.net
>
> http://www.scantool.net/elmscan5-compact.html
>
> The packaging looked identical so I told him that he got scammed, he
> did not believe me so we unscrewed the 4 screws holding the plastic
> casing down and surprise surprise
>
> It was identical to the one I bought off ebay - except for the front label
>
> So now this explains why all of a sudden chinese products have taken
> on a very esteemed place in Mr Vitaliy's company. When you can
> "engineer" a label slap it onto a chinese counterfeit product and
> start charging a 500% markup wow that is a business model I would like
> to be in....
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