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In article , Bill Wright
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GB wrote:


I don't know much about golf buggies, but you can't compare generic
with manufacturer's spares. Even if they are the same product. That's
because they haven't got to have the same wide inventory for generic.
So, if you buy a battery for a top brand golf buggy from one of their
dealers, how much does that cost? Otherwise, as you say, it's not
comparable.


So basically you are saying that a battery made by Exide, for instance,
and bought by a golf firm for fitting in their buggies, is in some way
different to the next battery off the line, which is bought by a
disability outfit to fit in their products?


We are talking absolutely identical products here.


In the distant days when I had a Ford Anglia, I discovered that the starter
was the identical Lucas part to that used in the Mini. But it cost
significantly less as a Ford spare rather than a UniPart one. I had friends
with Minis and we compared notes.

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