Scooterotica

Ian Hepworth wrote:

Doom Patrol wrote:I'm sure MB used to claim that they were made in the UK. Although I looked recently and there is no mention of their origin so presumably they are now sourced from outside the UK. Two and two = ?

Just how foolish are you people putting two and two together and as usual getting it wrong!

If you dont know the facts dont bother putting wrong information on a web forum.

Oh sorry you people dont actually ask the horses mouth!

The MB springs are and always have been made in the UK.

I thought that might get a response, and quite rightly, but that doesn't sound like you Ian, sounds more like MB himself

BTW I prefer MB springs too.

Well, whoever it is, Mark or Ian now we know. I made an observation which I believe to be correct.

Just because something is not mentioned you think it's OK to make an assumption?

Have you got some evidence to the contrary?

Nothing that would stand up in a court of law and technically I didn't make an assumption. However, can I ask you did you or did you not boast that they were British made originally?

someone told me they came from scootrs only joking
How cares where the come from as long as they work and theres no problems with them.

Doom Patrol wrote:Nothing that would stand up in a court of law and technically I didn't make an assumption. However, can I ask you did you or did you not boast that they were British made originally?

I don't know if a "boast" was ever made. The website description may have said that but we lost about 600 descriptions last year when a file crashed and a load of descriptions had to be redone. All I know is that they have always been made in England. Any other information you may have heard is sour grapes/tittle tattle/fishwives chatter.

Okay Ian, calm down. You've set the matter straight and that's fine and plenty good enough for me.

just as an aside to all this...."british made" thing.
i just thought i,d relay this on ....

a few friends of mine,that are into old cars,boats, planes etc ....have always insisted that there work has been farmed out to british companies/firms etc....and so claim that the parts etc recieved back were british made...
sadley as it turns out this is not always the case it seems....
and to cut a long story short....there are lots of british firms etc taking on orders on the pretext to you that its going to be british made(just cos its a british firm that your order is placed with) and just having those parts made abroad anyway.....at a far cheaper cost than they could do it here .

You're going to try and tell me my Danish pastry wasn't made in Denmark next aren't you?

i was gutted when told that yorkshire puddings from sainsburys were actually made abroad....
they still taste as good though ,if not better....