90% of Chinese stuff is OK and works, although often crude.
Often tho' there are simple errors of measurement - for instance, I bought an
Elinchrom fit flash cable where the centre pin was too short to make contact.
In these cases complaints are met by the statement - "No-one else has
complained." When pushed, they'll immediately lose the ability to speak
English.
I invented the 90% figure - it's less.
But I know camera shops that find a good, cheap Chinese line, self-import via
ebay and then charge four times as much for it - my local store does this with
lens adapters and flash triggers.
Andrew Fildes
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On 23/01/2013, at 2:28 AM, NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
> In a message dated 1/22/2013 8:25:17 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> I'm going to go down to the local camera shop to see if they have a format
> Olympus unit that I can try to see if it's worth the extra cost.
>
> My guess is that if you need one to function, it might be worth the extra
> cost. The two you purchased which didn't work ultimately will have to be
> figured into your cost of whatever you buy that does work. You do know the
> OEM part will work. It will be interesting to see what others have found
> with aftermarket suppliers. I always figured there weren't a bunch of plants
> in China making the same relatively inexpensive parts, but rather one or two
> who supplied a bunch of resellers.
>
> I have bought aftermarket caps and hoods for Hasselblad which were great.
> Looked good, fit perfectly and did what I need them to do. Saved a bunch
> of bucks.
>
> Just bought two made in China chargers for my iPhone on eBay. Total cost
> for the 2 with postage was less than $4. Fit is pretty weak. Didn't work
> at first. After I applied a good bit of muscle ( not to the phone end) got
> them to work. Probably wouldn't buy again.
>
> These parts are often a crap shoot.
>
> Bill Barber
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