[Spridgets] Do you trust Chinese goods?

[type79 at ix.netcom.com]

Truth be told, everyone is always looking to save a dollar, buy for the least amount of money, support the lowest bidder, and bargain retailer.

How many times have people on these lists asked where to buy lbc parts at the best prices?

The internet has exacerbated this problem as we now scour the web for the lowest price amongst all of the strangers that come-up on our search. We will never meet those "vendors" and have no information as to their knowledge or reputation. Buyers jump over 3 people they know pesonally to save 5% to buy from an unknown.

Some even criticize other for not buying American when their Ford or Chevrolet has fewer parts sourced in the US than a Toyota. :-/

Then we moan about the demise of the small retailer, the local hardware store, and parts house or the salesperson that lacks any product knowledge.

We are victims of our own greed.

jay fishbein
wallingford, ct
http://home.ix.netcom.com/~type79/
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours." Hunter S. Thompson

-----Original Message-----
>From: "de Brebisson, Cyrille (Calculator Division)" <cyrille at hp.com>
>Sent: Aug 16, 2007 10:04 AM
>To: "Spridgets at autox.team.net" <Spridgets at autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Do you trust Chinese goods?
>
>Hello,
>
>
>> The U.K. is also experiencing a need to recall items manufactured in China,
>and theirs may be of a greater scale than here.  It is obviously a world-wide
>problem that is now out of control.  The London Telegraph is asking, "Do you
>still trust Chinese goods."
>
>I manufacture products in China, and the truth of the matter is, they will do
>anything to make an extra buck or two... (actually, most of the manufacturers
>are acually tawaneese, but with factory in china)....
>They will use recycles plastics (that end up breacking when used
>inapropriately), lower cost material anyplace they can (tooth paste scandal,
>lead paint stuff, the exploding capacitors of 4 to 5 years ago)... If you do
>not specify exactly what you want, they will use it to their advantage, if you
>do specify it, they might still cheat...
>
>I mean, we are talking about a country where you can "rent" a "model"
>manufacturing plant for a day to show your non-chineese customer how great
>your manufacturing plant is, how clean and how happy the employes are... And
>then go and manufacture in your sweat shop....
>
>Ho, and they know EXACTLY the quality of what they produce, they are very good
>at grading "copies" by quality on the first look/touch...