C'mon George, the Chinese (Taiwanese, Malaysians, Pakistanis- anywhere
where labor costs are low) ship dreck here because that is what
American importers order or worse yet, specify. The
importer/distributor takes a sample, asks to have it made to a cost and
gladly sells it to you. Don't blame the maker. They're just filling the
American importers requests. You want a jack for $50 or crayons for 10
cents? well what do you expect.   You can buy a SONY (made in Taiwan)
that meets high quality specs or an off brand that doesn't for much
less.
As a wise mentor once said (well in fact, a lot more than once) "buy
cheap, buy twice."
On Sunday, October 17, 2004, at 11:34  AM, Automatic digest processor
wrote:

> The Chinese ship dreck to this country and that is what, apparently,
> they
> excel at doing.
>