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- From: tdrake@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Tim Drake - K31)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Politics of car buying(Buying a Japanese car)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.174031.7477@relay.nswc.navy.mil>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 17:40:31 GMT
- References: <80930@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Sender: news@relay.nswc.navy.mil
- Organization: NSWC
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- |> Your mind set is EXACTLY the problem, is there a single auto-maker [of US]
- |> ever try to understand the market of Japan? [You can always CLAIM that you
- |> are not allowed to play, if you are called foul!]
- |>
- |> Anyway, you can COMPLAIN, but that will never help you to understand or crack
- |> the Market of Japan. Face it, Japaness are not born to know how to play in
- |> US eather, they went through tough time before, but they learnt.
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- No, from what I've read you are dead wrong. Our markets were readly
- opened to Japan> At the Government level and at the customer level
- (you and me, we buy the cheapest usually). Japan is not to open
- at the Govenrment level and very closed at the customer level. They
- pull a lot of tricks to put "partners or buisnesses" out of business.
- The story about the auto parts company that was to suppily Honda, and
- have a partner from Japan was very enlighting to me. The jest was
- they were screwed by there "partner" and led into it by Honda. The
- stories about tring to do business in Japan are also very enlighting.
- Japan's history is also very dark to say the least. Historicly
- they play very poorly with others. I believe that history is
- repeating itself.
-
- Do your homework
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-
- Tim Drake
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