Thread: I've had it with Chinese crap..Rant!!

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Originally Posted by robot

Don,




The entire situation is our fault....we demand cheap products and turn our back on quality. From cars, to tools, to clothes, we buy on price first and appearance second. Quality is somewhere way down the line.

mike in tucson

You are absolutely RIGHT about this, to many looking for a ridiculous price and complaining when they got exactly what they paid for. Ask yourself this, does anyone think someone like a John Force would race with china crap and expect to win ........................ let me help here ......... a FAT NO!

The same people will go and spend a gzillion on some stupid cell phone that will not even allow the user to have one conversation without uttering the words, can you here me now, it is all about piroity and common sense choices, if you whant to play the big dog games you have to get off the pourch, this hobby cost money and to get in the game one just might have to spend.

Save your hard earned money and get the right stuff, the savings in the end will equal much MORE fun. The individual will have a reliable hotrod that will give the driver a whole lot of fun and the satisfaction of quality with the knowledge that every time you fire that beast it will speak ........... horsepower and perform the same.

................ BUY AMERICAN MADE, we are, after all the ones that all try to copy, and a copy is just a copy .......... diamonds - zarcony, which is more valuable ....... real or a fake look a like? same goes for parts

I like the idea of sending back stuff to the Summit's and Jegs that send a china part without advertising the fact that they are selling a look a like. Just maybe they will get the message, cause it cost them to restock and correct their inventory counts. Let the stuff sit on their shelves and collect their dust..... It is the only way it will change, sure you will suffer some. No pain no gain, but put the pain back on the supplier, it cost you nothing for the part to stay in their store...

Enjoy this great hobby, but expect to get exactly what you pay for .......... good luck

Originally Posted by pepi

I like the idea of sending back stuff to the Summit's and Jegs that send a china part without advertising the fact that they are selling a look a like. Just maybe they will get the message, cause it cost them to restock and correct their inventory counts. Let the stuff sit on their shelves and collect their dust..... It is the only way it will change, sure you will suffer some. No pain no gain, but put the pain back on the supplier, it cost you nothing for the part to stay in their store...

Enjoy this great hobby, but expect to get exactly what you pay for .......... good luck

I totally agree with that - as long as they can be convinced to assume that very expensive shipping cost. Their advertising says free shipping - it isn't. Every time UPS/USPS/FEDEX raise their price - so will the Summit's and Jeg's of the world.

More and more automobile parts are made in China - though I was able to buy a switch, a box of terminals and some wire at NAPA, that, horrors, was ALL made in the USA.

My wife did some comparative shopping over the weekend and found that several items (and she seldom will do this) at Wally World were significantly MORE expensive then Target, and the Rite-Aid drugstore where she finally bought the item. Plus it was US made rather then an "undetermined" country. Since I'm doing most of the grocery shopping (she's still working) I've found that Wal Mart is no longer a bargain for much of anything any longer.