[JThiessen]

Thought on this:
I read this thread, and Billytrucks post in the General section. I looked up his ads on Ebay, just to see what he is selling. I have never used UE stuff, or purchased anything from either Billytrucks, or UE, and dont intend to. But, I do have some experinence with aluminum, and business and patent "stuff".

Reading between the lines of Billys post, he is stating that "he" has never made parts, thus denying any responsibility for the quality of the parts. But, he did not win any points with me in that he went on with the claims that UE owns no patents on the products, etc. What he stated is in fact correct, but...This leads me to believe that he is aware that he sold parts that were configured like UE's, but were not. This in itself is not a crime, or even wrong. However, if he in fact sold them as UE parts, knowing full well that they were not, that is a crime, and is incredibly wrong.

UE's claim that they are inferior also does not carry much weight with me. Yes, the machining quality is horrid - but that in itself does not mean they are going to break on that first jump. A monkey with a dremel could produce a finish better than those shown in the pictures in this thread (well, not really, but I'm just being dramatic). Also, nothing in the pictures actually proves that they are a cast aluminum. Yes, IMHO, I would guess that they are cast, but I'd need to cut one in half to put any money on it.

I think Billy is going to be in a world of hurt if UE actually has any documentation that he sold those as UE parts. His post here proves to me that he knows they werent. Hate to see people do this kind of stuff.