Par curiosité

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 12 Dec 2010, 11:29

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/34210 ... ILTER.html

Are the above fair dinkum, or are they blatant imitations?

Not about to buy any, as I say just curious. You can get a stack of Chinese made Valeo-compatible electrical bits in white boxes, too. Solenoids, regs, diode packs and whatever else.

Unread post by **myglaren** » 12 Dec 2010, 11:38

Aren't they wholesale only though Adam?

I used Alibaba to try and find Bols bitter tangerine but I only want a couple of bottles, not a crate.

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 12 Dec 2010, 12:34

There have been sporadic cases of counterfiet filters coming on to the market and occasionally being sold by the big factors. I fell foul of this a few years back with diesel filters from a well known factor...

Personally, I'd not trust anything that comes from China and carrying an European brand-name as anything but decidedly suspect.

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 12 Dec 2010, 20:10

Ah, a well-known factor who are presently bombarding all and sundry with emailed "Christmas newsletters"?

I don't know the official rules for what is needed to be done in the EU, for a product to be "made" there.

Unread post by **myglaren** » 12 Dec 2010, 20:21

They do have to be built to EU specs to be able to display the CE mark.

I worked for a manufacturer of electrical/electronic test equipment and they had to jump through some very high hoops to acquire the right to CE mark their products - each one having to have very stringent production controls and records plus examinations audits by independent agencies.
Not sure if it was a CE requirement but they were also preparing for ISO 9001 approval.
This was some 15 years ago and the requirements are even more stringent now. Papershufflers paradise.

ACTIVE8 · Unread post by **ACTIVE8** » 23 Dec 2010, 14:41

myglaren wrote:Aren't they wholesale only though Adam?

I used Alibaba to try and find Bols bitter tangerine but I only want a couple of bottles, not a crate.

"Bols bitter"

isn't that the feeling one gets when the BOL leads us up the garden path ( and might as well say ask the gnome that's next to you) and leaves one with not enough info, no pictures, and now you have to guess what to do !