Handy Don 12,232 #1 Posted March 14 Fellow members, I caution you on equating “Chinese” with poor quality. This can lead to misjudging, and underestimating, both products and a people. Engineers and manufacturers in that country have designed and built spacecraft, nuclear weapons, supercomputers, telephony equipment, and some of the best drones in the world. There are superb software engineers working in China. Further, those same engineers and manufacturers have figured out how to lower the specs and tweak the manufacturing processes on many things to where they can be made at lower cost and sold to buyers all over the world eager to get them. These products often serve adequately for their function. It is WE, the consumers, that have been driving this by seeking to constantly have more for less. We have been getting (and will continue to get) what we are willing to pay for. 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,506 #2 Posted March 14 7 minutes ago, Handy Don said: It is WE, the consumers, that have been driving this by seeking to constantly have more for less. We have been getting (and will continue to get) what we are willing to pay for. I've certainly been on both sides of that coin. Definitely a Life Lesson worth remembering. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,178 #3 Posted March 14 3 hours ago, Handy Don said: This can has lead to misjudging, and underestimating, a people. We're right where the CCP wants us. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
23 Reo 229 #4 Posted March 14 I really don't want to do business with the Chinese. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JAinVA 4,619 #5 Posted March 14 (edited) The Chinese can build world class products. They just don't ship them here. It would be a mistake to judge their capability based on the junk you see at stores for cheap. Edited March 14 by JAinVA 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lynnmor 7,306 #6 Posted March 14 Japan had a reputation for producing junk many years ago, but they made a sincere effort to clean up their act. China now has a well deserved reputation of making junk, unless they follow Japans example, I will have little respect for their products. We didn't cause the problem and only they can correct it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmaynard 15,461 #7 Posted March 15 I will not knowingly buy a product that has been produced with child or slave labor. And many of the products from China are made by such people. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
