Legality of purchasing Planetary Gearboxes from alternative sources.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by MrBasse

why on Earth would I pay double for the same thing? The only noticeabe difference is the price and lead time.

Anyone have one of these in hand to say otherwise?

You just answered your own question - let's assume they are identical. Can you plan your requirements 25 days out during build season? No? So what you'd really like is some locally sourced components. But since they now have to stock in the hopes of you ordering they've taken on risk, couple that with costs of warehousing and shipping it to you. Really you're paying AM to stock the part for you so you can have it in your greasy hands tomorrow instead of next month.