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Government Motors Motor Oil
"ben91932" > wrote in message ... > >> And of course GM gets a royalty from each sale of "their" proprietary >> standard. > > Yea... what kind of a country would allow a company to develop a new > product and profit from it... sheesh.. You dont know that they did, in fact, develop a new product. As Nate mentioned, there are laws to prevent tying one product or service to another, as IBM found out some years ago. Although normally restraint of trade issues are not rigidly dealt with anymore. There have been enough reasons in the past not to buy GM products. This may be a minor one, but they DO add up. |
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Government Motors Motor Oil
"hls" > wrote in message > > As Nate mentioned, there are laws to prevent tying one product or service > to another, as IBM found out some years ago. Although normally restraint > of trade > issues are not rigidly dealt with anymore. I think Magnusson Moss has to do in particular with warranty issues (of which this could specifically apply) while Sherman and Clayton address "tying" of the purchase of one product to another. I questioned the practice of forcing a person to buy rental car insurance, in practice, to renting the car that was common a couple of decades.. They didnt exactly force you to buy the insurance BUT they would tell you that if you brought the car backed with a scratch, a nick in the mirror, or whatever they had the right to put the entire cost of the car on your credit card. I guess "the law" finally got close enough that this practice has disappeared. |
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Government Motors Motor Oil
> wrote in message ... > Old TV commercial I used to see on TV, I don't remember what brand name > of motor oil though. > > What kind of motor oil are you using, Earl? > Earl says, Motor oil is motor oil! > cuhulin > > Several manufacturers have their own oil spec. My VW uses VW 502.00 oil or warranty is voided. It's not unheard of. There are plenty of 502.00 oils to choose from. If GM is using it, you can bet most oil makers will want to have a product that meets the spec so they don't lose a big potential market. |
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