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Does this also explain the problems Engadget had with the battery life?
They've said that they're working on fixing battery life issues (at least as reported by Engadget).
The defective charger is a separate issue entirely.
Dear electronics companies. I am willing to pay more money if you build your products in the US / Europe / Japan and actually do QA. (Actually, I have nothing against making stuff in China. But it seems that people outsource to China only to save money, and you get what you pay for. In this case, your house nearly burning down because someone wanted to save a fraction of a penny on capacitors, or something.) Example:…
Most people won't. I'm not sure I would. I don't inherently see anything wrong with buying goods made in China or Taiwan - there are plenty of companies (eg Apple) who manufacture high quality goods there.
US labor has massive issues too - I wouldn't want to own a car made in the US.
As for your router, my Chinese-made Buffalo does everything yours does (plus wifi and runs dd-WRT) and cost me $30. Your argument would only stand up if everything made in China was poorer quality to US made, and that isn't the case.
Dear electronics companies. I am willing to pay more money if you build your products in the US / Europe / Japan and actually do QA. (Actually, I have nothing against making stuff in China. But it seems that people outsource to China only to save money, and you get what you pay for. In this case, your house nearly burning down because someone wanted to save a fraction of a penny on capacitors, or something.) Example:…
I am willing to pay more money if you build your products in the US / Europe / Japan and actually do QA. Most people won't. I'm not sure I would. I don't inherently see anything wrong with buying goods made in China or Taiwan - there are plenty of companies (eg Apple) who manufacture high quality goods there. US labor has massive issues too - I wouldn't want to own a car made in the US. As for your router, my Chinese…
You might. A lot of Asian carmakers now have plants in the US.
Looks like Honda has 4, for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Honda_assembly_plants
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So you were basically saving $180 in exchange for a more polluted planet. Great exchange if I ever saw one.
Yes, that is basically correct, although the difference in cost wasn't all environmental obviously, there was also the advantage of using a labor pool with few rights compared to the US, poor health care, and other factors. On top of unit costs there is cost to stock in store, cost of the store's profit, etc. Let me ask you this, would you be willing to pay $10,000 for a computer Made in USA? Is the computer you are…
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I am willing to pay more money if you build your products in the US / Europe / Japan and actually do QA. Most people won't. I'm not sure I would. I don't inherently see anything wrong with buying goods made in China or Taiwan - there are plenty of companies (eg Apple) who manufacture high quality goods there. US labor has massive issues too - I wouldn't want to own a car made in the US. As for your router, my Chinese…
> I wouldn't want to own a car made in the US. You might. A lot of Asian carmakers now have plants in the US. Looks like Honda has 4, for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Honda_assembly_plants
"...The USB chargers were sourced through a Chinese vendor. We paid to have the proper certification and safety tests performed here in the U.S. for the chargers. However, tonight we were informed by a customer of a safety incident with the black USB chargers..." You think it is appropriate to say this in a recall notice... and this is why you fail. Sony has problems with their products, so does Apple. Neither of the…
Perhaps they could take more responsibility, but they certainly aren't worse than Apple. Remember how Apple was very hush-hush about the exploding/fire-catching Macbook batteries? That seems a more apples-to-apples comparison to a product that was sourced upstream. Notice how Apple didn't do a full recall, they just hoped people wouldn't notice. Points to wakemate for a courageous recall on one report!
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As someone working on a hardware startup I feel like I can only create a competitive price by sourcing and assembling overseas, and yet it seems like once you do that every turn is fraught with peril and counterfeit. It would be awesome to hear more advice or stories, if you have them.
This is par for the course. I have friends who have had to manage manufacturing processes in China. You have to be very specific, to the point of utter paranoia, in the instructions that you provide. Wherever, and I mean absolutely wherever a corner can be cut, it will be cut at this level. One friend had to get rubber household cleaning gloves made in China. He worked for a retailer and this would be for their store…
"...The USB chargers were sourced through a Chinese vendor. We paid to have the proper certification and safety tests performed here in the U.S. for the chargers. However, tonight we were informed by a customer of a safety incident with the black USB chargers..." You think it is appropriate to say this in a recall notice... and this is why you fail. Sony has problems with their products, so does Apple. Neither of the…
I didn't think they were deflecting or blaming their source. Sounds like they were just saying that they did the proper due diligence, but there is still a problem. Apple did the same thing when they were giving tours of their radio-frequency test lab. It's a way of saying, "Yes, there's a problem, but it wasn't sheer negligence."
"...The USB chargers were sourced through a Chinese vendor. We paid to have the proper certification and safety tests performed here in the U.S. for the chargers. However, tonight we were informed by a customer of a safety incident with the black USB chargers..." You think it is appropriate to say this in a recall notice... and this is why you fail. Sony has problems with their products, so does Apple. Neither of the…
If they fail, it's not because of that messaging... it's because the product works poorly (based on some reviews) and now has defective parts.
Dear electronics companies. I am willing to pay more money if you build your products in the US / Europe / Japan and actually do QA. (Actually, I have nothing against making stuff in China. But it seems that people outsource to China only to save money, and you get what you pay for. In this case, your house nearly burning down because someone wanted to save a fraction of a penny on capacitors, or something.) Example:…
I remember when I got my first one and had a problem with it. I literally just called the company and heard "Hello, Soekris engineering...oh, hold on, let me get one of the engineers for you."
Absolutely worth the money. Awesome in every single way (and they look badass too :-D).