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.

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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.

On Sunday, August 5, 2012 12:24:25 PM UTC-6, wrote:
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.

Tell it to the goddamned manufacturers in NA who are making **** pots full of
money from either buying cheap crap from China or locating their factories
there. Buy from Western firms or suffer the use of these inferior products.

On Aug 7, 12:15*pm, Roy wrote:
On Sunday, August 5, 2012 12:24:25 PM UTC-6, wrote:
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.

Tell it to the goddamned manufacturers in NA who are making **** pots full of
money from either buying cheap crap from China or locating their factories
there. Buy from Western firms or suffer the use of these inferior products.

i routinely replace hardware before even attempting to assemble
stuff.....