The End of Wal-Mart?

[Spikes]

Originally posted by Sixpence
That's sig material

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[midnight Target]

China is hungry. We were visited by a chinese aluminum mill. The same extrusion that we would have to pay an American firm thousands for a mold, was made in China and delivered as a free sample in 2 weeks. Hard to compete with that.

[Jackal1]

Nothing new here since the invention of the search engine.
That`s what we need anyway...print Junk For Dummies and it`s all wrapped up.
Can`t have too many velvet Elvis pictures yaknow.

[Eagler]

Originally posted by midnight Target
China is hungry. We were visited by a chinese aluminum mill. The same extrusion that we would have to pay an American firm thousands for a mold, was made in China and delivered as a free sample in 2 weeks. Hard to compete with that.

yep hard to compete against what is basically slave labor

[Halo]

Move along, nothing new here -- just like taking your measurements and ordering custom shirts from Hong Kong.

[john9001]

Originally posted by Eagler
yep hard to compete against what is basically slave labor

that may depend on the company.

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they build a better shoe than nike and sell it for less.

[Maverick]

Originally posted by midnight Target
China is hungry. We were visited by a chinese aluminum mill. The same extrusion that we would have to pay an American firm thousands for a mold, was made in China and delivered as a free sample in 2 weeks. Hard to compete with that.

You do know there is a bit of a problem with quality in some areas of Chinese manufacturing. I assume you are familiar with the recall of Chinese tires that has been going on since August and will be expiring in October. They have been used on several brands of RV's.