What fascinates (and irritates) me is how manufacturers have figured
out how to make some products that perform well until just after the
warranty expires whereupon they break and require a repair that
convinces us to just junk 'em and buy another one. And no, this is
not specific to China. Years ago GM was vilified for a transmission
that consistently, expensively broke ~10K miles after the warranty
expired.
ScottGee1
On 10/13/05, James N. McBride <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> There are some high-quality things being produced there right now. The
> Chinese are widely accused of trashing their environment to keep their
> production costs down but I don't know how valid that is. The low labor cost
> certainly helps them as does their strong work ethic. /jmac
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of John Hudson
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 4:01 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Made in China?
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>
>
> Back in the 1960s being labelled "Made in Japan" was synonymous with "cheap
> plastic crap".
>
> Perhaps the PRC will producing the world's high end mechandise in a
> generation? Watch out Detroit!
>
> jh
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, 12 October, 2005 11:25 PM
> Subject: [OM] Re: Made in China?
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> >
> >
> > In a message dated 10/12/2005 9:21:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> > oly-zooko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> >
> > "The EVOLT E-500 is manufactured by Olympus at our High Tech plant in
> > China."
> >
> > Do you think this will compromise quality?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Same factory as where the e-300 is built, is it not? Bill Barber
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