You should remember the reputation of Japan in the 1950's and 1960's as being a producer of low quality junk...
Dan On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Marshall Dudley <[email protected]> wrote: > Much of one's prejudiced judgments come from experience. It can't all be a > "not from here" mentality. A couple of decades ago everyone (except those > from Detroit) judged that Japanese cars were much high quality than American > made ones. Most, including myself, still feel that way, and any car issue of > Consumer reports will support that view. With China we have had a lot of bad > experiences. Melamine tainted food products where melamine plastic monomer > was substituted for milk, have sickened and killed hundreds of people and > pets and animals worldwide. On top of that every year we have more toys that > have to be recalled because they are painted with lead paint, which is both > illegal and immoral. As grandparents we have had recalls on toys we bought > for our grandchildren on Fischer Price, Thomas the Train (even the toys they > replaced the leaded ones with had lead in them), and several other brands. > That kind of experience year after year definitely adds to the notion that > many Chinese goods, especially food or toys is substandard if not downright > toxic. The lead paint fiasco is particularly irritating to many people > because of laws it caused Congress to pass effectively made it illegal to > sell or even give used children's clothes away. We had a company that went > out of business because the Chinese lead problem had Congress legislate a > maximum amount of lead that any item for a child or teenager must not have > more than a certain maximum amount of lead even if necessary for its > operation, thus turning their huge inventory of children's battery operated > motor scooters, ATVs and other things into worthless garbage since they have > to have lead acid batteries to work. > > Marshall > > Paul Bond wrote: >> >> I’m always disheartened when I read things like this. I sell product >> around the world but I live in Thailand (though I am English), and I think >> we have a spectacular dialogue with customers and repeat business. Yet many >> times when someone asks where we’re based you can hear the crestfallen sigh >> part way around the world. If someone said xyz company, or individual xyz >> from a certain country I could understand it, but why label a country? When >> I lived in England I used to order green tea extract from China by the >> pallet. I hear American (there’s a large ex-pat community here) people >> particularly (though not exclusively) complaining about Chinese product >> (much like I remember as a kid, adults in England complaining about “made in >> Taiwan”). My experience with Chinese manufacturers has always been >> excellent. If you want something cheap then that’s what you get. If you want >> a quality product then you can have that too, but to get excellent, nearly >> free, and made your home country all together is a very tall order, at least >> with the economic differences we have in the world at present. I too have a >> very biased opinion about generalities here (from when I tried to start a >> business with a friend that would help local people), and was frustrated >> with the difference in our thinking, but I’ve learned that it’s not a >> blanket I can apply to everyone before I’ve even met them. >> >> I don’t mean to make this sound like a rant, so I apologise if it comes >> across as less than cordial, but I just hope in this day and age when we’re >> going through such a difficult shift together, we could put the nationalism >> behind us and focus on making things better as sovereign beings. >> >> Thank you for your time. Be well. >> >> Paul >> >> *From:* [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* 04 December 2009 17:07 >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* silver-digest Digest V2009 #768 >> >> Some countries export products that do not match their claims and are made >> with dangerous shortcuts. OR they just plain lie. >> >> So, I avoid anything marketed from India, Italy, Thailand, and Mexico. >> These countries are noted for deceptive marketing strategies or plain just >> mismarking stuff. Thailand sells a lot of silver jewelry with 925 stamped on >> it but turns out always to be silver plated over a base metal. >> >> So, I'll pass on this dubious stuff. >> >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >> signature database 4664 (20091206) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> >> http://www.eset.com > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
