2psyop, I'm really concerned with the quality control there and would feel like a fool if I went to that well again and ended up with more Chinese junk, especially at such high price points. I am very often disturbed by Chinese products breaking down at home, everything from electronics to plumbing parts.
On the social conscience end of it, you know Chinese products are so cheap because their employees are paid so little. They don't have labor unions over there, and thousands and thousands of companies worldwide have abandoned their own work forces to take advantage of that. So I try to avoid Chinese stuff out of self interest, as well as to have a clear conscience.
I'm old enough to have known some of the old union workers who paid a great personal price to fight for decent wages here. Now you only see vacant abandoned factories, and innumerable dying small towns and cities all across the nation where they worked and lived. Their sacrifices went for nothing as their companies closed up and did an end-run to China. It's no joke, and a worldwide tragedy. I honestly wouldn't want to touch products from any of the companies you named above if there is any possible alternative.
Mike
On the social conscience end of it, you know Chinese products are so cheap because their employees are paid so little. They don't have labor unions over there, and thousands and thousands of companies worldwide have abandoned their own work forces to take advantage of that. So I try to avoid Chinese stuff out of self interest, as well as to have a clear conscience.
I'm old enough to have known some of the old union workers who paid a great personal price to fight for decent wages here. Now you only see vacant abandoned factories, and innumerable dying small towns and cities all across the nation where they worked and lived. Their sacrifices went for nothing as their companies closed up and did an end-run to China. It's no joke, and a worldwide tragedy. I honestly wouldn't want to touch products from any of the companies you named above if there is any possible alternative.
Mike