[AT] OT: Harbor Freight advertising funny

[John Hall]

I'd still pay close attention to the quality. You should have seen one of 
the toys I was assembling for my kid for Christmas. What a piece of rubbish. 
Pathetic quality, poorly translated instructions with pictures that were 
hand drawn. Made in China, of course. My problem with China is the volume of 
products they are sending over here. You can't buy American because its not 
even on store shelves anymore! Every toy my son got for Christmas was made 
in China, including all the ones from the John Deere dealership.

To make this tractor related, the oversize nuts I bought to go on my 85 year 
old Titan were made in China. It just doesn't seem right to me.

And yes, I own a bunch of tools made in China/Taiwan.

John Hall

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Harbor Freight advertising funny


> You know, while a lot of guys have been spending a lot of
> time bad mouthing those Chinese tools (not just on this
> list) something amazing has been quietly happening... Many
> of those tools have been getting better and better. It is a
> little like what happened to Japanese stuff which was all
> crap when I was growing up but now they make some of the
> best. Then it was Korea and Taiwan then  China. As time
> past they all got to exporting better and better stuff. I
> have been seeing some really nice tools that said made in
> China this year... Quality stuff with good steel and nicely
> finished. But in the case of China it has happened rapidly,
> not after 3 or 4 decades.
> Yeah, they still send out some crap, so do we... But walk
> into a TSC and take an honest look at some of that stuff
> that says made in China. Their knock-off Vice-grips as just
> one example. They used to be thin, soft, crude and
> obviously junk. Now you have to look close to tell that
> they are not regular Vice-grips.
>
>
> --
> "farmer"
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> robinson at svs.net
>
>