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Originally Posted by backofbeyond
We have a shop in the local high street that 20+yrs ago used to be a car spares,
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There are folks in the north of England who advertise on ebay for servicing Chinese bikes and scooters; they were doing that a while ago last time I looked and that was all they advertised as their business. I guess they could make a living at that. Perhaps nowadays they are selling them also.
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Originally Posted by backofbeyond
I'm not sure the Chinese bike manufacturers face the same export or die dilemma as the Japanese did so the pressures of US or Euro sales success are not as urgent.
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Absolutely. An acquaintance of mine used to visit China as part of a BT team to sell them telephones; they recognised what profit could be made if they could sell one phone per head of Chinese population.
EU/USA sales of Chinese bikes will just be the "icing on the cake" at a pricing which is way out of line with the home market or any so-called 3rd world market; hence the Mash marketing of their bikes at nearly £4000 each while hanging a "French design" label on the product.
There are 16 Mash ads on UK ebay at present:-
mash in Cars, Motorcycles and Vehicles | eBay
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Dave
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