On Feb 1, 9:50*am, "Bill" wrote:
Don't always blame China. *Blame the (often US) designers that
specified the material.

Baloney! It is CHINA which substitutes inferior materials for what is
specified. They will switch to cheaper components in the middle of a
production run without telling the U.S. manufacturer! U.S.
manufacturers have to watch them like a hawk.

That may happen in 5% of the cases. In the other 95%,
the US company knows damn well what they're getting.
And if any of it makes it to the consumer, it's mostly
the US company's fault anyway. They are supposed to
have the appropriate quality control processes in place
to prevent crap from getting through. And a responsible
US company would stop
doing business with any vendors that try to pull such
stunts.




I have stopped buying anything made in China. Too much crap. Too many
returns.

Some how I don't believe that.