01-16-2016, 01:06 PM
(01-16-2016, 05:41 AM)gstanford Wrote: As for the Chinese they have done more to lift the quality of my (and countless millions of other peoples) life than any American (or Australian) company ever has due to offering excellent goods at reasonable prices.
Chinese-made CPUs giving Intel's CPU a good run for its money? For a couple decades, it was Japan that made most of the TV's, consoles, etc.. Then there was Korea (mostly Samsung). Taiwan did have several motherboard makers (like the beloved Asus) that went far beyond just making great motherboards but what about the real China (mainland China)?? Foxconn comes to mind but it came with employee suicides at their sweat shops.
A great deal of Chinese knockoffs have done me more harm than "lifting the quality of my life". I bought a 25-foot measuring tape from Target for $10 a couple years back. Now it would no longer roll back up - I cannot even pull more than a few feet out of it as the tape naturally got so crooked up inside. It's interesting how I can't just buy another one from Target and return the broken one using the recent receipt, because Target no longer sells that Chinese brand. Walmart's been doing a similar thing with rotating Chinese brands after a while to keep unhappy customers from getting back at Walmart for the crap instead of jumping through bullshit Chinese warranty hoops and loops. Now I'm much more careful as to buy quality American products like Stanley for household tools and such..