
Originally Posted by
wolf_walker
It's funny the firearms biz is the only one I've come across with this secret-supplier attitude. Every day you hear company X will not say where part A comes from. In other ventures, for example electronics, they will print the log on every last IC, condenser and capacitor will have a name and logo on it. As with anything they are not all created equal. The computer motherboard industry has learned in the last decade or so, that it's a lever in the market they can use, and will advertise openly who they use (when they use good stuff). And it works. It's peculiar the AR biz is the way it is. I get the products standing on there own, but it's still odd and inefficient. Old fashioned almost. Cars are the same way, everything has a logo on it. Even when it's glaringly NOT an advantage, like the number of parts in a late model Porsche that have the VW logo on them as an example, nobody wants to hear that, but there they are. GM's the same way. Anything without a name on it makes me nervous to be honest, and the name on the box don't count.
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