In some instances I would not pay the premium required to get the "Penta Star" logo on it.

I mean look at the absurd prices of simple hoses. Hardly a new or breakthru technology and I feel like I have to be bent over with lube to pay the absurdly high price for a "radiator or bypass hose". Ok ok Im not blaming the wholesaler or retailer, they have to pay the royalty for the Penta Star. Yet when it comes to reasonably correct looking resto you dont want to go with another hose, so you pay.

That being said I would not pay that premium for the piece referenced by the OP. If you cannot prominently display your "Penta Star" in a highly visable location as the hoses are, I can do without the additional costs. To reference these unstamped parts as substandard when the only difference is the Penta Star makes no sense.