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Default How the disabled are ripped off

In article ,
charles wrote:
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.


In the BMC days something like a cylinder head nut for the B series engine
would be priced differently at Morris, Austin, Wolseley Riley and MG
dealers. And they'd tell you it was a different part...

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