Unfortunately, much of what comes out of China is not high quality or accurately made. The result is that every purchase in China has an element of risk which must be evaluated and compared to gains against a locally made equivalent. This perceived value must be also evaluated in light of the zero support for spare parts or factory support in the future. The concept of follow-on support for their manufactured products does not exist anywhere in China.
I am old enough to remember when it didn't exist in "West German" nor "Occupied Japan" goods, either. You think Americans didn't ALSO know how to build JUNK and rip OURSELVES off? That the Germans, Austrians, French, English, Italians, Spanish,.....Swiss - or Chinese -
never screwed their fellow countrymen? Get real!
And then? .. It came to pass that German and Japanese goods were about as high as to quality as such things got.
That was some years ago, of course.
Greed, "Gastarbeiter", taxation, Unions, "offshoring", global sourcing", "factories in many countries", "strategic partnerships", simple market pressures - did I mention "greed"?
Who knows?
But now I have this little problem.
Unfortunately, much of what comes out of Europe, Asia, or the Americas is not high quality or accurately made. The result is that every purchase in the whole world has an element of risk which must be evaluated and compared to gains against a locally made equivalent. This perceived value must be also evaluated in light of the zero support for spare parts or factory support in the future. The concept of follow-on support for their manufactured products does not exist anywhere
at an affordable cost.
Globalization, y'see. Disposables mentality. "Not our problem." "Our fee is.." "Plus travel..." "No longer a supported model.."
Greed is impartial in mercantilism even when humans are not. T'was EVER thus.
Caveat Emptor did not originate in Latin. It has been successively translated since Mama Dinosaurs were trying to keep their offspring out of deep s**t.