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Post by dollartwentyfive on Dec 19, 2015 15:51:48 GMT -5
Plus, their prices are lowest (and you can do free store pickup; no ship charge). i doubt if you can get free shipping from a website. the opening post was in reference to walmarts website, not to a physical store. |
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Post by rcq92130 on Dec 19, 2015 18:32:44 GMT -5
Plus, their prices are lowest (and you can do free store pickup; no ship charge). i doubt if you can get free shipping from a website. the opening post was in reference to walmarts website, not to a physical store. It's all good. Order from Walmart's website and specify free shipping to the store closest to you. Then drive to the store and go to cust. service at the entrance - your belt will be waiting. Takes about a day. Free shipping! |
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Post by dollartwentyfive on Dec 20, 2015 3:00:49 GMT -5
It's all good. Order from Walmart's website and specify free shipping to the store closest to you. Then drive to the store and go to cust. service at the entrance - your belt will be waiting. Takes about a day. Free shipping! the problem i see with sources such as walmart is that they seldom offer any type of professional advice. the OP makes that clear. i suppose you could get it all sorted out by going from source to source, but why bother with all of that when you have dealers that specifically deal with our chinese products? i'll give walmart credit for their wide selection of merchandise, but i'm sure not going to ask them for scooter parts any time soon. most walmart stores that carry this specific item, the gates belt, probably have no idea it will fit a scooter. customer: i need a drive belt for a 244cc 172mm-A long case. walmart employee: huh? |
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Post by rockynv on Dec 20, 2015 7:50:20 GMT -5
Then you have companies like Walmart now that only buy a license to but a brand name on their own products made in their own factories further muddying things up. Big difference between a Gates Belt made by Gates in their own Chinese Factory to something made under license by a company like Walmart in their own factory not to mention the absolute fakes out there. Not to argue, Rocky, but a minor correction. Walmart and other big box stores don't actually simply buy licenses to use a major manufacturer's name and manufacture in their own plants. It might seem that way since the part numbers are different than you will find for the brand name product (and unique to the big box store) ... but ... what they are in fact doing is buying from the major manufacturer, but requiring a unique part number for what is sold in their big box store. I hope this helps - and, again, just trying to help, not argue. Not quite accurate. Walmart does buy licenses and they indeed do their own manufacturing so you have to watch out for the most times obscure notice buried in the packaging or on a small ticket advising "XXX is a trademark of XXX Company and is used under the license by Wal-Mart Stores Inc." (yes that is a direct quote with XXX substituted for the brand name and or logo) or "Manufactured by Wal-Mart Stores Inc in our own factories". I have found both notices on a number of name brand products purchased from Wal-Mart such as a GE 169220-17 Convection Oven and other more expensive items. And no the level of quality while a little better than the generics is still not the same as the item made by the trademarks owner. So when making purchases from Wal-Mart its buyer beware as having a name brand on an item is no guaranty that you will be getting the genuine article from Wal-Mart. They also put American or Patriotic sounding names on some of their product lines giving the impression that they are made in the USA but are usually made in Bangladesh, El Salvador or by some other potentially oppressed workforce. Yes at times I shop at Wal-Mart but am aware that when I open the package all may not be as the external labeling implies and even Name Brands may not be what they seem and can have both disclaimers hidden inside the manual, buried in the packaging material or even stamped in a micro-font somewhere on the item itself. Fool me once but not twice and yes I will return Name Brand items that are manufactured under license by the store if its an item that demands the extra quality of the trademark holder. The convection oven I let pass since it won't strand me on the road and is not left unattended while in use. |
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Post by geh3333 on Dec 21, 2015 13:20:39 GMT -5
I believe that most big names businesses are more likely to sell genuine products other then small personally owned businesses. One good thing is if u buy from a place like Walmart , you can take the product back if it is junk , even if it blows apart after a few days of using . try that with most small online dealers. Its hard to find a reputable delear. I have one , but even then I was once sent a gates belt that was said to be the aramid " Kevlar type " but it was just a regular gates belt. They quickly sent a replacement and I was told to keep the other belt also.
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