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For about one or two years now I have noticed that the metallic composition
of screws that come with a product are getting cheaper and cheaper. I am
stripping the threads of almost every screw that I try to use. They not only
seem to be made of weak metal but are usually too short or slightly too thin
for the job. If I don’t have my own boxes of screws with me when installing
something I almost always have to make a special trip to the hardware store.
It wasn’t like this before. You could at least depend on the screws that
came with a product. It’s getting so that sometimes I don’t even bother
opening the package of screws and use my own. If the manufacturers are
getting that cheap they should just stop including the screws and save all
of us the bother.

They will be made in China from recycled steel.
A tenth of the price of Western screws.