Gunner wrote:
On 16 Dec 2007 00:28:31 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:


I don't know where you get the idea that
I'm a China-apologist. I haven't taken
them off the hook whatsoever. What I
have said is own up to your
responsibility.

They're given a spec. They arbitrarily decide to deviate from the
spec and use something cheaper and toxic. And then YOU defend
them.

Im fascinated by the fact the buffoon thinks that the end user or
retailer is supposed to act as the QA department of a manufacturer
3500 miles away, and with 3 degrees of separation.

Two of the major recalls were of toys sold by Mattel. They are not a
retailer and yes they bloody well _are_ supposed to act as the QA.

Several were from Toys R Us, which is not some neighborhood shop,
they're a very large franchise operation with centralized purchasing
and they also should bloody well be making sure that what they are
selling in their stores does not violate the safety laws. Jo-Ann
fabrics the same way.

Put it this way, if you bought a saw from Sears and it threw the blade
at you, would you be angry at Sears or would you be angry at the
Chinese because in your opinion it wasn't Sears' responsibility to
perform quality control on the products they sold?

Thats idiocy.

No, idiocy was Mattel failing to ensure that what was sent to them was
what was ordered.

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