A newbie's question:How do you think the quality of Made in China stuff?

[roryf]

Yuemax,how do I get hold of you?

I need to bring in a few containers from the Qingdao area over the next 2-4 months.I need quality checks done to ensure the product is correct.

[shani]

Thanks for all good impression you say. I think most of Chinese exporter are reliable, and want to make win-win situation to others.

I understand what Newretailer said.
Frankly speaking, i have complained to a big company for their products problem, havenot got a satisfactory answer. when i searched online i find many people complain to them. I think if more and more people donot trust them, how can the company survive on the world?

But very interesting ,at the this day i complained. I received another company's products fittings just for free. they send fittings every year on August as a after-sale service to me.

So, we can not say they are all bad or they are all good. Just part and part.

[Tulsi]

Well even I agree with you all. In India, we have so much of stuff coming in from China, but in a way I feel the quality is way to bad. I recently brought few toys for my kids and they actually broke in few days. It is very sad to see that just because we as consumers do not really know what would really turn out to be good, we just go and purchase anything.

[yuemax]

Hi all,

Just as a reference for you, about 40% of our inspections are failed.

This is generally due to the three main aspects within a third-party inspection: 1. Product non-conformity to specifications, 2. Function test failure/non-conformity, 3. Beyond AQL on the random pieces inspected (typically AQL is set at 0/2.5/4, Level II).

Of course, the client can decide what to do if a report is failed, but it does give the client significant leverage to push for a discount, or to get the factory to re-work/retro-fit the product. After that, we generally perform a re-inspection (which the client gets the factory to pay for).

So, sometimes, if you do encounter crap products, it's may well be that the buyer managed to get a good discount out of the factory, and wants to offload it and make a quick buck.


Cheers
Max

[mffireworks]

Nowsdays international trade is hard to deal with for thousands of industries, companies, factories in China.

After the price quoted, there would be bargain always. In order to seize the business opportunity, never letting the clients to be their competitor's clients. Business man has to make concession, lower the price and make the business with little profit. But the price would still be high to the inquirer, so the factory has to use some cheap materials to make the products. Then leads to the result: made in China equals to poor quality!

What is the main reason for the issue? It think both the Buyer and seller should take this question into deep consideration.

[mffireworks]

Nowsdays international trade is hard to deal with for thousands of industries, companies, factories in China.

After the price quoted, there would be bargain always. In order to seize the business opportunity, never letting the clients to be their competitor's clients. Business man has to make concession, lower the price and make the business with little profit. But the price would still be high to the inquirer, so the factory has to use some cheap materials to make the products. Then leads to the result: made in China equals to poor quality!

What is the main reason for the issue? It think both the Buyer and seller should take this question into deep consideration.

Sorry, the last sentence should be " I think..........."


Michelle

[Dave A]

What is the main reason for the issue?

I think the starting point for this "quality problem" is the mindset of

In order to seize the business opportunity, never letting the clients to be their competitor's clients

When you start chasing clients at any cost, something has to suffer - normally either the quality or the profit.

[yuemax]

I think the starting point for this "quality problem" is the mindset of


When you start chasing clients at any cost, something has to suffer - normally either the quality or the profit.

@DaveA - could not agree with you more. People bitch and moan about how terrible the quality of "Made in China" products are - a BIG contribution to that is if the supplier get "nickled & dimed" on every order. Combine that with inadequate QC - that's a perfect storm brewing...

On a side note, I'm dealing currently with a case of suspected bribery of one of our inspectors. It gets quite murky when you dig deeper. I'll post the result later...

Cheers,
Max