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Re: Made in "Chaiwan!"

To: nbenson@ci.fort-collins.co.us
Subject: Re: Made in "Chaiwan!"
From: larryhoy@juno.com (Larry A Hoy)
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 19:09:11 EST
Hey Nick, looks like your going to have to buy the expensive jack.  Oh
yeah, don't buy the non smog pump style thermostat housing from Moss
(China).  

Cheers,
.
Larry Hoy
1969 MGB Roadster
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On Tue, 25 Feb 1997 14:24:22 -0700 Nick Benson
<nbenson@ci.fort-collins.co.us> writes:
>
>Interesting comments on this "thread" about the quality of parts
>from Asian countries.
>
>Yes, I agree completely that there are many parts made in England
>and the USA that are badly engineered and don't perform how
>they are supposed to, but at least they are making the effort to
>"get-it-right."  
>
>And "getting it right" means more than the how the part performs.
> It means a reasonable wage, (more than a dollar per hour), it
>means safety standards for workers, reasonable working
>conditions, health coverage, workers' compensation, etc, etc. 
>
> Show me that these benefits exist in Mexico or Asia, and I'll start
>to buy "stuff" made there.
>
>Now do you all get it?
>
>Nick D. Benson
>Dept. of Construction Management and Manufacturing
>Technology
>Colorado State University
>Fort Collins   CO
>

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