why do people hate rota's

[Moose]

Originally Posted by Ran Kizama

I like how people laugh at "fake" wheels like Rotas. Anyone care to guess how Work wheels got started?

Exactly, not to mention that the Konig wheels that everyone covets so much here are made by the same company that produces Rota and half of the other aftermarket and OEM wheel companies out there.

People who say "they must be crap because they're so cheap" have no understanding of world economics. Goods produced in different countries with the same materials and manufacturing processes can vary widely in price because of labor rates, trade tariffs, shipping and customs costs and international trade agreements. Aaaaaaaaaaaand, what is to keep Work, Watanabe, Volk and other such companies from marking up their products 600% because they know some stupid kid in the U.S. will pay the price to be cool? Nike, Oakley and Abercrombie and Fitch phenomenons ring a bell?

Doh!