why buy "Made in China" ?
#61
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Re: why buy "Made in China" ?
How did this turn into a union debate ? Original thread asked when you last bought something "made in china" that was any good.Seems to be going down the "apathy rules" road,well if this is the way you want to go that's fine,but with North American and Canadian manufacturing companies closing on a weekly basis surely it's time to stop buying crap from the far east before ot's too late.
I work in the steel industry and we are under serious threat from cheap imports.Friends back in England who work in quarrying/stone etc are under threat because it is supposedly cheaper to import gravel from Asia(china) than it is to mine the stuff from beneath their feet.Never been a very political person but we are being slowly taken over by these people and it needs to stop.
Anyhow let me ask the question again,when did you last by a product made in China that was any good ?
I work in the steel industry and we are under serious threat from cheap imports.Friends back in England who work in quarrying/stone etc are under threat because it is supposedly cheaper to import gravel from Asia(china) than it is to mine the stuff from beneath their feet.Never been a very political person but we are being slowly taken over by these people and it needs to stop.
Anyhow let me ask the question again,when did you last by a product made in China that was any good ?
Pretty much all the electronic equipment I own was made in China - even if most of it was outsourced there. I have a lenovo laptop which is pretty good and that's a Chinese company since they bought IBM's laptop arm (they were making them anyway so it was the obvious thing to do once IBM decided to sell).
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Re: why buy "Made in China" ?
How did this turn into a union debate ? Original thread asked when you last bought something "made in china" that was any good.Seems to be going down the "apathy rules" road,well if this is the way you want to go that's fine,but with North American and Canadian manufacturing companies closing on a weekly basis surely it's time to stop buying crap from the far east before ot's too late.
I work in the steel industry and we are under serious threat from cheap imports.Friends back in England who work in quarrying/stone etc are under threat because it is supposedly cheaper to import gravel from Asia(china) than it is to mine the stuff from beneath their feet.Never been a very political person but we are being slowly taken over by these people and it needs to stop.
Anyhow let me ask the question again,when did you last by a product made in China that was any good ?
I work in the steel industry and we are under serious threat from cheap imports.Friends back in England who work in quarrying/stone etc are under threat because it is supposedly cheaper to import gravel from Asia(china) than it is to mine the stuff from beneath their feet.Never been a very political person but we are being slowly taken over by these people and it needs to stop.
Anyhow let me ask the question again,when did you last by a product made in China that was any good ?
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Re: why buy "Made in China" ?
Anyhow let me ask the question again,when did you last by a product made in China that was any good ?
TV's x 2, iPhones x 2, DVD Player purchased in last 30 days and all work most satisfactorily and seem well constructed. I believe you would have difficulty finding such items that were manufactured in UK, USA or Canada. If you know of any manufacturing of such items in these three countries, please enlighten us.
TV's x 2, iPhones x 2, DVD Player purchased in last 30 days and all work most satisfactorily and seem well constructed. I believe you would have difficulty finding such items that were manufactured in UK, USA or Canada. If you know of any manufacturing of such items in these three countries, please enlighten us.
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Re: why buy "Made in China" ?
Then Canadian manufacturers need to either make it better or cheaper. You can't expect consumers to prop up businesses just because they are Canadian.
Pretty much all the electronic equipment I own was made in China - even if most of it was outsourced there. I have a lenovo laptop which is pretty good and that's a Chinese company since they bought IBM's laptop arm (they were making them anyway so it was the obvious thing to do once IBM decided to sell).
Pretty much all the electronic equipment I own was made in China - even if most of it was outsourced there. I have a lenovo laptop which is pretty good and that's a Chinese company since they bought IBM's laptop arm (they were making them anyway so it was the obvious thing to do once IBM decided to sell).
If all the electronic equipment you own is of chinese origin,you ought to check with your insurance company,could pose a serious fire risk !!!
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Re: why buy "Made in China" ?
Anyhow let me ask the question again,when did you last by a product made in China that was any good ?
TV's x 2, iPhones x 2, DVD Player purchased in last 30 days and all work most satisfactorily and seem well constructed. I believe you would have difficulty finding such items that were manufactured in UK, USA or Canada. If you know of any manufacturing of such items in these three countries, please enlighten us.
TV's x 2, iPhones x 2, DVD Player purchased in last 30 days and all work most satisfactorily and seem well constructed. I believe you would have difficulty finding such items that were manufactured in UK, USA or Canada. If you know of any manufacturing of such items in these three countries, please enlighten us.
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Re: why buy "Made in China" ?
I don't see it as my job to prop up Canadian businesses. You do know that everything you are saying about China was said about Japan in the 60's and 70's.
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Re: why buy "Made in China" ?
I would not buy an electronic item made in China with a brand name I did not recognize and I agree there is a good deal of junk made there, but much made under licence from UK, USA and Canadian companies is of high quality.
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Re: why buy "Made in China" ?
This thread is utter tosh, and as such is being duly ignored by yours truly.
Just thought you'd all like to know.
<a first instance, I think, of a well executed reverse flounce?>
Just thought you'd all like to know.
<a first instance, I think, of a well executed reverse flounce?>
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Re: why buy "Made in China" ?
So how many of the 70 posts did you read before so concluding?
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Re: why buy "Made in China" ?
Wouldn't you have to be coming back for that? Seems like an ordinary plain vanilla flounce to me.