Ten years ago when I was running the shop full time I would get a bad part about once or twice a year. Now it seems I get them 4-6 times a year and I'm doing a lot less work.

Best one was when I was building my Dodge truck a few years ago. I needed it to go thru inspection to get a good title on it prior to taking it apart to rebuild it. I picked up a new switch (made in China) it lasted exactly once into reverse. It was a Sunday so I pulled a 40 year old OE switch from a used transmission I had laying around and put it on to go thru inspection.

When I rebuilt the truck I put in a TCI transmission, which came with a new backup light switch. It was a better switch......it lasted a week (Made in India). The old OE switch is back in there again and still doing fine.