Posted by Troy Boyd on June 01, 2011 at 20:35:50 from (66.183.228.198):
I ordered two new front rims without realizing where they were coming from. I ordered A&I rims for $67ea, as opposed to another type for $440ea. RodinNS tells me that the cheap rims are from Turkey, and the expensive ones are from either US or Britain. So my questions is, how many of you would pay $440 for a domestic rim vs $67 for the rim made in Turkey?
Presumably both rims are made in factories, using similar processes, with the same intended use for the product. The real difference would presumably be in the material type/quality. Is the material quality that much superior for the domestic rims?
Another point is that the raw material cost can't be that much different, even if domestic is vastly superior. Aside from patriotism, how do we justify the difference in cost?
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