China is trying to kill us all slowly

[Rick Lee]

No, Marsee makes the teardrop bags. I'm talking the crazy overpriced BMW ones.

[dd74]

Originally posted by 911pcars
Yes I know, but a lot of our consumer dollars are going over there. In that respect, we could do a lot better.

Sherwood

Yes. We can do better, but how?

Americans and their spending habit is as predictable as the sun's rising. If it's cheaper, we'll buy it, and expect the same inexpensiveness from here on.

Plus, major American manufacturers can't be expected to revert back to overpaid union wages or high manufacturing costs now that they've had a taste of cheap labor from overseas, and, in some cases, more profit.

We could do better, but at what costs:
1) Keep American companies from manufacturing overseas; demand they manufacture in the U.S.
2) Abolish unions.
3) Let the Chinese economy overheat and implode.

[dd74]

Originally posted by Rick Lee
FWIW, I have a BMW factory tank bag for my bike that costs $280-$300 at the dealer. My fiance got some on a Chinese website for around $60 each and we will probably put them in our eBay store for a tody profit. They look factory new and the one I have is made in China too. They are OEM and super quality.

Simple bags, I think, one could expect to be made in China. But not a BMW motorcycle (unless BMW does manufacture motorcycles in China).

Regardless, $60 from a Chinese website vs. the $280-$300 from the dealer sounds more like dealer gouging than global economics.

[Rick Lee]

Yes, dealers GOUGE!!!!! No question. Just tonight I needed some special rubber bushings for my 993 shift coupler. They are big bucks at the dealer, maybe $20ish per piece, must come from German, etc. Instead I went to K-Mart and bought some rubber hose seals for $1.99 for a 10 pack. Same size and material.

[p911dad]

My Callaway Big Bertha 5 wood and my Cleveland Golf C11 58 degree wedge were made in China! I discovered this after I purchased them recently at Galaxy Golf in Albany. That was a surprise, especially for high end golf gear.

[Flatbutt1]

Originally posted by Rick Lee
No, Marsee makes the teardrop bags. I'm talking the crazy overpriced BMW ones.

Hmmm...can you pm me a pic ok? I'd like to see if it'll fit the 1100S.

[alf]

I started to think about when the last time someone in the west was killed due to bad food or shoddy products, off the top of my head...

E Coli from domestic meat and produce
Firestone tires blowing up on Fords
Mad Cows from the UK

others?

[cairns]

Rick- you have a 96 993? I have a 96 993 a track car only now but still...

[legion]

China isn't just trying to kill us...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070712/ap_on_re_as/china_cardboard_buns

[the]

Originally posted by gmeteer
My Callaway Big Bertha 5 wood and my Cleveland Golf C11 58 degree wedge were made in China! I discovered this after I purchased them recently at Galaxy Golf in Albany. That was a surprise, especially for high end golf gear.

I read an article about Chinese golf equipment factories in Golf Digest a few months ago. Unreal! Almost all club heads are made in China, including the ones from the biggest Mfrs. They turn out something like millions and millions per month.

The workers live in huge buildings on the factory grounds. Huge 5 story old buildings, they live 5 to a room. Conditions are pretty much what you'd expect in a Chinese mass production factory. The scale of the operation, and what they get out of each worker each day, is amazing.