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I had that happen to me once, except it was my debit card. I used it at a local merchant, and the next day they taped me for 50 bucks, then for $ 700…. the bank left me a message at 4;30 on a Friday afternoon, telling me that my account was frozen. Made for a stressful weekend! After a month or so, the bank gave me the money back. After that I never carried a debit card again, and use checks or cash. I do use a credit card, but have only been charged a couple times in error. CC company took it off my statement.
Back to the original question… I haven’t tried the cheap impellers, but have had good luck with Sierra, as far as impellers go [knock on wood]. They did have some thickness issues a few years ago, but have since resolved that. I’ve actually installed a ton of Sierra impellers in OMC, Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha engines without an issue. I have seen a couple V6 Mercury impellers from Sierra with a slipped hub, so I get those impellers from Mercury. Be glad you don’t have to worry about replacement ignition components, like power packs, stators etc. with regards to aftermarket stuff. I have had nothing but headaches there, and always go OEM. The exception would be OMC power packs, all of those are CDI products, which gives us no choice. 🙂