A la guerre comme à la guerre! - PART 4

SOME REVELATIONS ABOUT THE AFTERMARKET IN EUROPE AND ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN EUROPE:

Part 4:

Guerrilla war

A war without guerrilla actions is not a war. In the present conditions OEMs have also thought of how to undermine any success of re-industry in the public opinion and how to advance their interest on the state and law levels. As I told earlier, mass media campaigns, attraction of popular people and other PR actions are made use of to build a certain opinion as to the Re-Industry. But it is not enough in the eyes of OEMs. They go further. They lobby local governments and employ funds to promulgate the laws that stand for their interests. Unfortunately, these actions are successful, because in the majority of European and Asian countries there is no solid law base as to the issues of Re-industry. For OEMs it is easy to establish a law stipulating that their claims can be considered as the only true ones and, then, initiate new trials in order to eliminate competitors.

The guerrilla actions are not limited to lobbying. OEMs also control suppliers. If a supplier works for several companies: OEM being usually the main partner, the supplier is asked to cease collaboration with any other company whose interests are in the same field as the OEM’s. To its regret, the supplier must give in and break all relations with this company.