RE:SCAT- quality of Chinese Knock Offs?X

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A: And let's not forget after World War II when imports from Japan were 
either banned or shunned. The little town of Usa, Japan became a major 
shipper of many things (I have a ceramic cat spinner ashtray that squeaks 
when the button is pushed that came from occupied Japan that says "Made in 
USA", but the sticker inside the squeaker says "Occupied Japan")


From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: RE:SCAT- quality of Chinese Knock Offs?X
Message-ID: <20050131120642.X1053@localhost>

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, Guynn wrote:

> I guess it would be a huge supprise to you that 90% of every conecting rod
> sold in ther USA comes out of CHINA. In fact, EVERY rod Scat sells comes
> from China. Yes, Scat rods, are Chineses imports. And, the exact same 
> thing
> goes for all the Cheap cranks being sold. They are popped out in China, 
> sent
> here and finished.

And the implication is that "chinese made" does not necessarily
mean "crap".  If often does, of course. To me it seems like China,
industrially, is in a similar spot to Japan in the early 1960's.
Remember when "made in japan" meant CRAP? I do! Now, Sony etc
means high quality.

> We Import more automotive parts than we make.

Ayup! And everything else. Simply a side effect of capitalism, the
drive to maxmize profit without limit or regard for anything else.
It works two (or more) ways at once... :-)



Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>