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

[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