[Healeys] Bad Company

[Bob Spidell]

Alan,

I passed on that story as told to me, quoted as closely as I can 
remember (AFAIK, the
person who told it to me IS responsible for iPhone construction).  I 
took it to mean getting
quality from the Chinese is a struggle, but can be done (as evidenced by 
the quality of
Apple products).

Your experiences are different ... we now have two data points.  Here's 
another:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118437684538666479.html


bs


Alan Seigrist wrote:
> Hey Bob -
>  
> Both you and I are old enough to remember when "Made in Japan" meant 
> it was a piece of unreliable garbage.  How things have changed.
>  
> For every Chinese manufacturer that makes the 3 cent garbage plastic 
> parts (or, for example, leaded paint covered childrens' toys!) there's 
> another Chinese manufacturer making stuff near or at world class 
> standards... so your email's a bit off.  If I'm not mistaken even the 
> new iPhone has many key components made in China.
>  
> By the way, my experience with Chinese businessmen is the exact 
> opposite to your example.  If they make something that is inferior, 
> and you explain to them it is inferior, they will go out of their way 
> to make it to your expectations.  The problem comes in when the 
> purchaser doesn't bother to complain about an inferior product and 
> just takes it because it's 3 cents.  There's a few of our favorite 
> suppliers in the LBC world that are guilty of this apathy!
>  
> Cheers,
>  
> Alan
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