On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:39:07 -0800, David Nebenzahl
wrote:

Part of the problem is that we're placing blame in the wrong place. The
*real* problem seems to be "Made in [anyplace] but designed in the U.S.
[or some other place]". A lot, if not most, of what I would call
"Chinese junk" is actually made as well as the design would allow for,
including the materials used and the amount of labor committed to
finishing the item. So in many cases Chinese factories are making
faithful copies of a ****ty design that may well have come from some
designer's computah right here in The Greatest Industrial Power on Earth
(the US of A)

I agree that the blame is being placed in the wrong place. However,
you and I don't agree on where it should be placed.

Too many consumers buy on price alone. Quality is only a concern when
the item fails. Often the replacement item is bought with the same
emphasis on price.

Until a higher percentage of consumers are willing to pay more for
quality we won't be able to find a better product at a consumer
outlet.

That is why places like Wal-Mart, K-mart, Home Depot, Menards and
others like them are able to thrive.

Gordon Shumway

Our Constitution needs to be used less as a shield
for the guilty and more as a sword for the victim.