Thread: Holy CRAP! I'm a Commie...........

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Agreed, most Chinese-sourced products are crap. The process is typically that an American company or individual sends a genuine, quality product to China and asks for a quotation for xx units. The Chinese are masters at copying the appearance of the unit but they sometimes have little clue regarding the material specifications, tolerances, design life goals, etc. The Chinese get an order for the xx units and produce a "look alike" to the real item.

Americans promote this trend of goods turning into junk because we (the general population) buy on price first....quality is way down the line. This is why the stores stock the junk. That's why the streets are full of ricer junk, tool boxes have crap tools, we shoot Russian ammo, etc. If we valued quality, this trend could change the stock in stores very quickly. Just like "you are what you eat", "you are what you buy"

mike in tucson

Originally Posted by robot

Agreed, most Chinese-sourced products are crap. The process is typically that an American company or individual sends a genuine, quality product to China and asks for a quotation for xx units. The Chinese are masters at copying the appearance of the unit but they sometimes have little clue regarding the material specifications, tolerances, design life goals, etc. The Chinese get an order for the xx units and produce a "look alike" to the real item.

Americans promote this trend of goods turning into junk because we (the general population) buy on price first....quality is way down the line. This is why the stores stock the junk. That's why the streets are full of ricer junk, tool boxes have crap tools, we shoot Russian ammo, etc. If we valued quality, this trend could change the stock in stores very quickly. Just like "you are what you eat", "you are what you buy"

mike in tucson

So very true. But it goes deeper than that. Many companies like Wal-Mart give forign manufactures specs, and sample, (maybe) but usually include the price per unit they are willing to pay. I have seen some forign manufactured stuff with high quality, but when you are willing to pay very little the manufactures have to cut more corners to turn a profit as well. If there is any blame it is us, (consumers) but also greedy corporations, who won't settle for profit margins that were envied by others 50 years ago. Too low, unacceptable. Hey they got to get those multi million bonus's and stock holders demand more return on their investment and quicker than in the past. And the shame is companies that have tried to turn out and sell high quality products have had troubles in the last 20 years. Reduce Production Cost, the buzz word in most industries. And I am as quilty as most, lets face it we have, want, too much crap that we really don't need. Oh well, Hey at least my forign radiator, fit good, and truck runs 25 degrees cooler than before. SIGH..........