On 05/08/2015 06:38 AM, RobertMacy wrote:
Back then, German optics seemed like the ONLY source, now I readily seek
Japanese optics. Yep, the Germans NEVER learned how to lower their
prices, but the Japanese certainly learned how to make quality. ...now
apply that concept to China's supply chain. ...shiver. The rest of the
world's manufacturing doesn't stand a chance.

In their turn, at the start of the industrial revolution when Britain
was king of the hill, German goods were considered to be cheap junk
handcrafted in a cow barn.

Perhaps the next stop will be Africa for cheap junk.