I can remember a time when people used to laugh and make fun of Japanese products: first little cheap "junk" toys, then motorcycles with "rice" for bearings, etc. but at great prices. Then look what happened!
The only thing that saved us was the Jap standard of living went way up and their products today are no cheaper than U.S. or Euro products. But there's no arguing about the quality of Jap cars the Koreans are making progress too.
Now it's the Chinese turn. As a bargain shopper I have some Chinese made stuff. By now who doesn't? It's a bit cruder and less well-finished with the paint slopped on. But that $59 drill press works good at a price that was too cheap to resist. But the day may well come when nearly EVERYTHING is made in China from the way things are going. I'm getting ready for the day when the el cheapo Chinese car hits the U.S. market.
And the day may well come when Stihls and Huskys are made in China too.
Downsize, outsource, find the cheapest supplier -- that's the name of the game. I've heard the HUGE Chinese demand for steel and other raw materials are really driving world prices thru the roof. Their quickly rising demand for oil too which we will all suffer from at the pump in years to come.
That's why I'd like to try one of these GOOD LUCK saws. Just to find out how well one would hold up -- or blow up.
But when you think about what this is doing to our domestic industries you gotta wonder who the brain was that opened the U.S. market to Chinese goods. But the same was true of Japan and other foreign industry...look what Stihl did to Homelite.
My 2 cents.
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