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Is it really a suprise?? I mean look at the prices on the stuff we buy, everything is way overpriced! And in these hard times, I have not seen anything drop in price, things are going up i think. Im just thankfull i have a well paying secure job to buy stuff like this.

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I waiting to see if some price's drop before I continue my build.I am also lucky I have a fairly secure job.

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Is it really a suprise?? I mean look at the prices on the stuff we buy, everything is way overpriced! And in these hard times, I have not seen anything drop in price, things are going up i think. Im just thankfull i have a well paying secure job to buy stuff like this.

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Sorry, but I disagree....

The problem with your logic is the same reason the cheap junk from China just keeps getting more and more widespread and the companies who mfg here(and employ here} are forced out. Everybody wants to pay 45.00 for a roller cam or 850. for a set of "Stealth" heads. Msny of these companies are not gouging, but simply trying to make a profit while paying people more than 50 cents an hour in work camps.

I guess we can all look at the bright side. When these companies go under, we can buy our parts from Wal Mart for next to nothing.

MB

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Is it really a suprise?? I mean look at the prices on the stuff we buy, everything is way overpriced! And in these hard times, I have not seen anything drop in price, things are going up i think. Im just thankfull i have a well paying secure job to buy stuff like this.

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Sorry, but I disagree....

The problem with your logic is the same reason the cheap junk from China just keeps getting more and more widespread and the companies who mfg here(and employ here} are forced out. Everybody wants to pay 45.00 for a roller cam or 850. for a set of "Stealth" heads. Msny of these companies are not gouging, but simply trying to make a profit while paying people more than 50 cents an hour in work camps.

I guess we can all look at the bright side. When these companies go under, we can buy our parts from Wal Mart for next to nothing.

MB

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One forgets it is the US companies that are the ones that spend all of their money on researching and developing the product, so there is a high cost to that.

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How long have Holley carbs went essentially unchanged? Their R&D has been paid for many times over. Is a big carb with '70s technology really worth a about a grand??

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The management team lost touch with the racer . they just look at numbers and please the share holders. rather than reinvest in R+D they exploit what they have until someone else does the same for less or a better product for the same cost.Then wonder what happened.

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It's easier to just blame the economy or the Chinese than to admit that many of the businesses going under now are just plain poorly managed. The biggest factor is making aquisitions and taking on huge debt with no plan of how to pay for it. Too many companies want to make money short term for the investors, but will lose the company in the long run.

The company I work for went Chapter 11 a month ago. It had nothing at all to do with anything other than bad management. They did give themselves nice 6 figure bonuses a couple days before they filed though.