In article , "Leon" wrote:

If you think made in China means poor quality, you are sadly mistaken.

Evidently, you have very little experience with Chinese-made tools - or else
you have *no* experience with anything *else* to provide a basis for
comparison.

The
reason more is going to China is because the Chinese are willing to build
the products for the what they are really worth.

What a load of utter nonsense. The reason more production is going to China is
that more and more manufacturers are trying to get their products made at the
lowest possible cost without regard for quality. The cost of doing business in
China is very low for at least two reasons: 1) very low cost of labor - and
for a good reason, I might add - and 2) little or no environmental regulation.

There really is no reason
in the world that a nail gun should cost $300, other than to pay a high
salary.

More nonsense. It pays for *skilled* labor. It pays for high-quality steel.
(How many times have you twisted the head off of a Chinese-made screw?) It
pays for a clean environment. (Of course it costs less to manufacture products
in a country that allows the factory to just dump whatever crap they want to,
wherever they want to, than in a country that requires factories to keep their
surroundings clean.)


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