An interesting thought, and comment. I would have said the same thing =
before I moved to this side of the world. The vast majority of tools =
made and used over here are of high quality. You know the laws of =
supply and demand? Or how 'bout, 'build it and they will come'? The =
poor quality stuff is generally for export only. If customers wouldn't =
buy it, it wouldn't be imported in the U.S., or even manufactured. I =
won't go into a dissertation about labor forces, and material costs, =
etc. but, if there is a demand for poor quality stuff, and there seems =
to be in the U.S., then, as a distributor, you find out who can produce =
it at a reasonable cost, and still give you the margin you need to make =
a profit. The manufacturing processes here are typically efficient =
enough to build cost effective goods at whatever quality level the =
customer will pay for. The good stuff competes with U.S. manufactured =
goods, so those are either not imported by the U.S. distributors, or =
labelled to look more 'American' and sold under an American brand name. =
Sorry to get off the original topic.
George Merryweather
MG-less in Taiwan
.....There are cheap tools and there are inexpensive tools. Because a
tool is made in China doesn't make it cheap. I have bought ....
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