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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
You obviously didn't even look at the links. They weren't random examples but articles on the trend of recalls from china. Oh and your ford example, chances are they were recalled due to parts that were made in china because while american cars might be put together in the USA, they consist of parts mainly from china but also other countries.
You think you are smart..maybe not entirely sure why you think you are smart though. All you do is basically insult with no real reason as to why. You just want to argue a point and be right. Oh, I've got it.. you are a woman. Just wants to argue and argue without even listening to any little bit of reason that might be there.
Regardless, lets get this discussion back on track. This thread is not about shitty chinese products. Its about Occupy Wall Street and what they want. I'm sure you can find something to argue about that too.
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I would tend to agree with you. We have been buying in China for nearly 8 years now and the problems we started with still exist. One of the biggest issues and is the reason Chinese quality is so erratic is that you never know who there is actually making your products.
When we started we thought we were buying from a manufacturer in Ningbo. When some quality issues developed it took too long to resolve it. Finally,we sent one of our engineers to Ningbo to work with their production manager and then it came out that they were actually using a company in Beijing to make our parts. This goes on constantly. For smaller companys most of the work is farmed out to friends of cousins.etc...
Another issue with China is payment. We have to pay for everything at the port in China before it ships. So we have to tie up cash for anywhere from 45-60 days before we get anything. Then we sell it and have to wait another 30-45 days to get paid. A few years ago, our biggest supplier in China was nearly 2 months late on a container. So we had nothing to sell. Then they decided to send the next container at the same time. So we end up with a massive inventory problem and those kinds of things don't help cashflow.
Lastly is pricing. Their rate of inflation is higher than ours in the US. Every 90 days they up the costs. It makes it very difficult to build a catalog of prices.