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Originally Posted by JSeery
It's the consumer that is dictating the quality, no supplier would be selling substandard parts if folks weren't buying them! But I'm a big made in America fan, it would be nice if the offshore products could be returned to U.S. production, along with the jobs!!! One day we are going to have to learn that price my not be as important as quality in the long run.
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Partially true. We are no longer capable of producing many parts due to environmental laws and lack of investment capital. The Chinese are very capable of producing anything we used to manufacture here, and with a quality that is very acceptable. There does exist a major language barrier, and the inch/meter conversions that in itself is enough to trash all kinds of products. You see that these two obstacles have been overcome for large quantity products, but for us hobbyists with small quantity needs, we'll have to continue modifying Chinese parts that don't fit.