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[quote user="Pathfinder"]Word is gettng around, it appears that China manufactures are cutting corners after production has already startred, and initial models ( and manufacturing processes ) have been approved, without the knowlage of the retailers - unless the retailers happen to catch something in the middle of the production run.Retailers, are also finding out that manufactures are subcontracting without permission, and the subcontractors are not nessasarly using the same manufacturing process that was approved..[/quote]China has been cutting corners for years, back in the 80s Miniota shipped the entire production line for their X300 SLR camera from Japan to Shanghai China, new name for camera was Seagull, first batch was OK strong and reliable, within a short while the Shanghai factory had found ways of making the camera cheaper, the result was bits of plactic breeaking off the camera body and a very unreliable camera.Not all is lost with Chinese made products though, I have five MicroAce steam locos that run beautifully, every bit as good as the Japanese Kato equivelant, I think Chinese manufacturing has come of age much the same way Japanese made items did years ago, only thing is I wont eat Chinese grown food.
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