Quote Originally Posted by niwde11 View Post
usually mga fleet buyers yata at heavy equipment mga customers nila. one time nakausap ko yung anak ng me ari ng isang malaking bus company. in charge sya sa operation. i thought vic lang gamit nila sa mga buses nila kasi mga rundown lang ang gamit nila nuon. sagot sakin they are using donaldson. di pa ko familiar nuon sa mga ganyang filter. kahit siguro sa auto supply ko pipiliin pa rin ng buyer ang vic kesa sa baldwin, fleetguard etc kung me tinda man ako. kahit siguro 10x ko volume ng sales ng filter ko di pa rin ako aabot sa requirement ng filter ng bus company nila.

so for me also, maliit lang siguro tayo para sa market nila considering pa-isa isa lang tayo bumili. parang market ng kotse sa pinas. di tayo gano pansin kasi mas malaki volume kumuha neighboring countries satin. they are not missing much.
Even the ratty old heavy equipment i that see at the worksites use real deal Donaldson and Fleetguard filters.

I think it's more of a question of having a distribution network. The retail auto segment is still small for them really since they are limited to selling from their stores and a few heavy equipment distribution stores as compared to VIC and Purolator which already have an established distribution network.

I was at ACE Hardware in SM Makati last night and I was surprised to see three boxes of the "Made in USA" Purolators. Sadly it was the model for the Ford Explorer/Sprot Trac/Expedition. The price was noticeably double (P 300+) as against the other Purolators we see on the shelf which retail for P 100+ usually.