"Its the economy stupid."- and it doesn't make any sense. I must make it outright clear I do not mean to offend any race/country/region/culture/etc by what I am about to say and also want to remind the reader that what I usually write about is not what it is actually about.
Ever wondered how many times people make choices governed not on quality and reliability but how cheap something is? And usually something is cheap if it is "made in China" or some other third-world developing nation. Lets see how many issues can come up with such products:
1. If its a well known brand using the cheap labor of China etc, you can be assured that you just paid 200 times more than what the labourer got paid in his sweatshop for making 2000 of those things. And despite that you are paying a dirt cheap price. Ouch! Was that your conscience that got hit in the eye?
2. If its a local brand and if its trying to mimic/imitate a established big name, you know the quality is going to stink because you know that they can have such cheap prices mainly because they are not employing state of the art technology and defintely not the safest or best quality raw materials. Maybe its time to get yourself checked for lead poisoning or cancer?
3. Oh, and I think you may need a replacement soon because the low quality product broke down. It did not come with warranties and now you have to spend some more to get the new one. And when that breaks you may go in for a new one again. And if this one breaks, you will probably realize that you should just buy the original/real deal because you just spent more than double of what it should have cost you in the first place- while all this while you were trying to save some valuable money.
4. In this weird economy, it is hard for Americans to buy American because American produced goods are unafforadable but if they buy Made-in-China goods, they would be hurting their nation's economy while trying to save the money that is immediately available to them. Its a tough choice- but if they consider points 1 to 3, maybe it isnt so hard.
Quality always comes first and companies that provide quality without being overpriced are the ones that will do best. Its the economy stupid, its not rocket science! In this chaotic uncertain times people tend to make too many mistakes and miscalculated financial decisions which they regret later on. People become myopic in their financial visions but it is not entirely their fault- there is all the media hype, the prophecies of economic doom and generally a tendency for bad judgement in times of crisis.
The solution may lay in improving the standards of manufacture in China including better pay, providing safer work environments and generally educating the people of the need to choose good quality. Till people do not realize this, the "Made-in-China" syndrome is going to be a big big problem for those who produce quality products leading to them increasing their prices further to break even or lower their prices obscenely to meet competition and face losses-in the end, the possibility of their extinction is a very near possibility.
Ever wondered how many times people make choices governed not on quality and reliability but how cheap something is? And usually something is cheap if it is "made in China" or some other third-world developing nation. Lets see how many issues can come up with such products:
1. If its a well known brand using the cheap labor of China etc, you can be assured that you just paid 200 times more than what the labourer got paid in his sweatshop for making 2000 of those things. And despite that you are paying a dirt cheap price. Ouch! Was that your conscience that got hit in the eye?
2. If its a local brand and if its trying to mimic/imitate a established big name, you know the quality is going to stink because you know that they can have such cheap prices mainly because they are not employing state of the art technology and defintely not the safest or best quality raw materials. Maybe its time to get yourself checked for lead poisoning or cancer?
3. Oh, and I think you may need a replacement soon because the low quality product broke down. It did not come with warranties and now you have to spend some more to get the new one. And when that breaks you may go in for a new one again. And if this one breaks, you will probably realize that you should just buy the original/real deal because you just spent more than double of what it should have cost you in the first place- while all this while you were trying to save some valuable money.
4. In this weird economy, it is hard for Americans to buy American because American produced goods are unafforadable but if they buy Made-in-China goods, they would be hurting their nation's economy while trying to save the money that is immediately available to them. Its a tough choice- but if they consider points 1 to 3, maybe it isnt so hard.
Quality always comes first and companies that provide quality without being overpriced are the ones that will do best. Its the economy stupid, its not rocket science! In this chaotic uncertain times people tend to make too many mistakes and miscalculated financial decisions which they regret later on. People become myopic in their financial visions but it is not entirely their fault- there is all the media hype, the prophecies of economic doom and generally a tendency for bad judgement in times of crisis.
The solution may lay in improving the standards of manufacture in China including better pay, providing safer work environments and generally educating the people of the need to choose good quality. Till people do not realize this, the "Made-in-China" syndrome is going to be a big big problem for those who produce quality products leading to them increasing their prices further to break even or lower their prices obscenely to meet competition and face losses-in the end, the possibility of their extinction is a very near possibility.
