On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 07:58:03 GMT, "david lang"
wrote:

Andy Hall wrote:
However, a product at this price point is a world apart from a decent
SDS drill such as a Bosch, Makita or DeWalt.

So being cheap doesn't always equate to making no profit or being
poor quality.

Generally it does.

I seem to recall a bunch of British motorcycle manufacturers using similar
arguments when the first Japanese bikes came out in the UK. All these cheap
unknown brands like Honda, Yammaha etc. They won't last, they won't be
reliable etc, etc.

Then we heard the same arguments about cheap Japanese cars. All these cheap
unknown brands like Datsun, Toyota etc. They won't last, they won't be
reliable etc, etc.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Dave


Yes, but this is a rather different game.

The vendors that you mention do produce quality products and support
them properly. Those that I mentioned certainly do manufacture in low
cost areas but use quality materials, designs and components.

What we are talking about here is simply volume manufacture and
warehouse shifting of cheap junk of poor quality, little or no backup
addressing a market for disposable products where people buy only on
price.

There's nothing wrong with that as long as people understand that
there is no backup apart from a unit replacement, accuracy and
ergonomics of use are poor and that there could well be safety issues
in some cases.

There's also nothing wrong with buying on price, but it's a nonsense
to suggest that the quality is the same as a decent product, that the
3 year warranty is a substitute for proper service and spares and that
such a product is equivalent to a quality brand when plainly it isn't.



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..andy

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