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The issue of Chinese QA or the lack of it has been discussed numerous times in this forum. I am a little reluctant to add to this topic, as it is an inflammatory one. Up until recently, I was into modeling Japanese prototype in N scale. None of the products I used in building my layout were actually manufactured in Japan, all of them came finally from China. The only quality issue I ever encountered was a fallen off number plate on one of my locos -  a tiny drop took care of that. In previous years, I had much more QA issues with products manufactured in Germany or imported from China through German importers. Why´s that? I think, companies like Kato or Tomix or MicroAce have better QC measures in places, before the product is being shipped to the customer. I know from other Japanese companies, that they have an approval and release procedure handled by Japanese staff in place, before the product actually leaves China. It adds only little to the overall cost, but this cost is certainly much lower than attempting to win back an unhappy customer. My resume is, before we start complaining about bad Chinese quality, let´s talk to the importer and see what he does to ensure that we get what we pay for.
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