you see failure on chinese parts that are claimed to be identical to the original german part that was still handing on after 25 years.
a person well known to this list told me a story a few weeks ago. his company designs and markets stuff, but does not actually manufacture. chinese firms are endlessly after their business, often putting in very low bids (say, $3.75 for an item that they think they are getting a deal on at $8 per unit) however, when they go with the chinese producer, the product is never "right." the specs are shortcutted, ignored, cheated, etc and junk is received. the fact that you raise this question indicates you have never heard of melamine. the chinese process coal into melamine. turns out that you can use melamine to make food look as if it has a higher protein content than it actually does. so, suppose dog food company in the usa want to make a certain formulation that is 24% protein. as 10% protein kibble is cheaper to make, the chinese prefer that, but the spec calls for 24%. so what to do? spike it with melamine until it tests at 24%! old crappy brand dog food is now essentially at best without adequate nutritionally value and at worst containing a lethal dose of poisonous melamine. when the chinese go a bit overboard on this fraud, dogs and cats start dying left and right. but the US consumer really isn't troubled by it as he would rather pay $9 for a 30lb bag of this crap than the $40 or so a similar bag of quality kibble would cost. even worse, they then add a few dollars in propaganda and bribery and just plain appeal to greed to this crap and have your vet sell it to you for $25 a bag. i know a little bit about car parts and a little bit about dog food, and in both areas that chinese are an absolute disgrace. i suspect it is not isolated to these two areas. On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Mountain Man <maontin....@gmail.com> wrote: > jabba wrote: > > and the chinese love > > of short cuts. > > How do we know this? - short cuts? > I thought they invented modern fireworks? > They used to be a very technically advanced culture 500 years ago, I > thought? > mao > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
