OT Do you care were the products you buy are made

[Narrew]

true for the short run, but some jobs are customer service where we Americans will get to the point of not putting up with talking to people they can not understand or has such a low knowledge of what they are talking about, people will go elsewhere.

A subsidary of BristolMyer made orthopedic implants, they move machinery to Costa Rica for the lower cost for workers, BUT they did not have the ability to run the computer controlled machines so it was a year or so later that all the machines came back.

Bean counters only see the bottom line yet seem not to see things that tie into the business over all, so they make a change that in the end costs more.

[Fyron]

If you wish to stereotype businessmen, then sure.

[Phoenix-D]

Your fisheries might have closed down because they were exhausted (too few fish), not because there was a lack of demand, DavidG.

[DavidG]

Originally posted by Narrew:
true for the short run, but some jobs are customer service where we Americans will get to the point of not putting up with talking to people they can not understand or has such a low knowledge of what they are talking about, people will go elsewhere.

A subsidary of BristolMyer made orthopedic implants, they move machinery to Costa Rica for the lower cost for workers, BUT they did not have the ability to run the computer controlled machines so it was a year or so later that all the machines came back.

Of course you are talking about high tech companies selling specialized equipment to other professionals. It probably doesn't apply so much to the Chinese Co making pLastic dog crap

I wonder if people even think about where something is made when they find it is crap. ie I've had 2 fairly new HP printers crap out on me lately. I never really thought about were they were made till now. I just looked on the bottom. - made in China. Hmm my busted scanner is made in China too. Of course all that means is there are pLastic parts in it. Around here if it's got any pLastic in it chances are it's made in China

[DavidG]

Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
Your fisheries might have closed down because they were exhausted (too few fish), not because there was a lack of demand, DavidG.

Where do you think the Chinese are getting fish from? Can't our boats go there?

[ January 14, 2004, 02:51: Message edited by: DavidG ]

[Phoenix-D]

[quote]Originally posted by DavidG:

Where do you think the Chinese are getting fish from? Can't our boats go there?

If they're inside Chinese territorial waters, no. Notice you also said east coast fisheries- having to go down to Panama THEN cross to where the Chinease fishermen are fishing isn't going to be profitable.

[gregebowman]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
There is a lot of cheap stuff made in Taiwan, Korea and Japan sold in the US (at least around southern California). Not as much comes from China that I have noticed though. Although, I could really care less where stuff was made (as long as it works well, and is not shoddy ).

After spending a year in Korea, and seeing a Goldstar repair truck coming to the base every week, I don't buy any Korean electronic products. And that's been almost 16 years now. If it weren't for the fact that if I didn't buy anything made in China, my kid would have no toys at all, then I wouldn't buy stuff made in China. I don't know about the rest of the world, but it seems that America is spending a huge amount of cash to put into China's coffers, and I doubt very much that it goes to the people. We may be financing China's military, and that will come back to bite us eventually. So that's why I'm leary of anything that says "Made in China". Unfortunatley, there aren't too many alternatives if you don't want to spend a lot of money.