Mini motorbike recall (29 Dec 06)

**Mr. Peanut** · 1st January 2007, 15:42

Originally Posted by NighthawkNZ

[BEGIN RANT] WAKE UP NEW ZEALAND... for crying out loud, if you buy cheap you will have to buy again in 6 months time if you buy quality you have pay the extra and the item should last longer. I bought a pair of Nike Airs for $80 and the lasted 8 years, I bought a pair a cheap sneakers from BigRed for $20 about 6 months ago and I need to replace... you do the math

[/END RANT]

Excuse me while I pick apart your example.
Nike's are cheap, You paid for the logo. Nothing wrong with most $20 shoes

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 1st January 2007, 16:16

Originally Posted by MrPeanut

Excuse me while I pick apart your example.
Nike's are cheap, You paid for the logo. Nothing wrong with most $20 shoes

That maybe...

However that cheap brand that I paid for the logo... the logo was stitched on alot better which musta held the whole sneaker together...

and lasted 8 years where as my $20 shoes hardly lasted 6 months...

**Mr. Peanut** · 1st January 2007, 16:18

Originally Posted by NighthawkNZ

That maybe...

However that cheap brand that I paid for the logo... the logo was stitched on alot better which musta held the whole sneaker together...

and lasted 8 years where as my $20 shoes hardly lasted 6 months...

But that's one tiny weensy example, that doesn't even have the merit of a statistic.

I usually throw my cheap shoes out because they look ragged, not because they break. Got a 2 year old pair of $20 shoes.

**sinned** · 1st January 2007, 16:44

Originally Posted by rok-the-boat

I saw those cheap bikes in Warehouse and stopped for a second - just a second - then carried on. A second was all I needed to realise they were not good enough for my kid.

These bikes are good enough for a few injuries. This cheap crap provides a low cost way to gain a motorcycle injury and will these add to the stats and result in higher ACC levies attached to the annual road registration fee?