Chinese products suck!

[126coupe]

My year and a half wine cooler just took a crap, warranty was one year.
Repair guy just left, it would cost more than 400 to fix this turd, I paid 600
another words its garbage.
The Brand is Avanti, 46 bottle capacity

[Zef]

Stop to buy Chiness guys....!

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Drink that stuff before it goes bad.

[126coupe]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

Drink that stuff before it goes bad.

Trust me I am

[nostatic]

there is something ironic about posting a rant about one's wine cooler breaking on the eve of Thanksgiving. In the grand scheme of things...

[126coupe]

Originally Posted by nostatic

there is something ironic about posting a rant about one's wine cooler breaking on the eve of Thanksgiving. In the grand scheme of things...

With relatives coming I definitely don't break out the good stuff, they don't appreciate it anyway. The family gets the $10.00-$15.00 stuff

[imcarthur]

Originally Posted by Minkoff

With relatives coming I definitely don't break out the good stuff, they don't appreciate it anyway. The family gets the $10.00-$15.00 stuff

Ditto. And I thought I was the only selfish wine bastard. I'll have to tell my wife that I'm not.

Ian

[cstreit]

I've found that wine coolers don't last long no matter who makes them... They don't age like regular wine. Strawberry and apple flavor are my favorite.

[Jim Richards]

...and Guinness-flavored.

[RWebb]

If you need any help getting rid of that wine before it spoils, let me know...

Chinese products* now are where Japanese products were in the 1950s - early '60s, and where US products were in the mid to late 1800s (rough hewn crap compared to British, much less French crafts-work). You can toss in Korean stuff for the '1970s too.

I'm sure that someday, people will sit around complaining about the lousy crap from Ethiopea, and how it is nowhere as good as the special selected Chinese goods grandpa use to buy from the old Italian guy on the corner next to the Indian grocery.

* most of them, Lenovo is an exception.

[old man neri]

I wouldn't be so quite to blame the Chinese. They are told by the whomever they are making the product for to build it in such and such a way using such and such materials.

Avanti appears to be a Florida based company. I am willing to bet that that cooler was built exactly to the specifications set before them.

[island911]

Originally Posted by old man neri

I wouldn't be so quite to blame the Chinese. They are told by the whomever they are making the product for to build it in such and such a way using such and such materials.

Avanti appears to be a Florida based company. I am willing to bet that that cooler was built exactly to the specifications set before them.

How much are you willing to bet?

Seriously, not to dig at the Chinese, but they certainly do not follow the letter of the spec. They make their own decisions, often, about what will be 'close enough.'

btw, I design various products which often get made in China. Every first article is filled with their interpretation of the spec. Also, it is clear that they 'read pictures' much more than read our words (specifications).

For example, I had a client freak because his product fell apart when he was trying to show how tough it was. He was banging it against the cement and snap! .....on inspection, the assembly had a sheared rivet. --An Aluminum (or "Aruminim ") rivet, where it was clearly specified in the drawing as steel.

[lendaddy]

Yes, the Chinese factories are notorious for "improvisation" on process and materials.

The comparisons to Japan are not really fair as there is not the same social pride associated with their corporations/products. I know a few here that have seen the show factories in Beijing will disagree.

Japan set out to be the best, China set out to be the cheapest.

[cantdrv55]

Originally Posted by lendaddy

Japan set out to be the best, China set out to be the cheapest.

Here is the US, we set out to buy the cheapest while hoping for the best.

[imcarthur]

Originally Posted by cantdrv55

Here is the US, we set out to buy the cheapest while hoping for the best.

And when has that ever worked?

Ian

[ruf-porsche]

Originally Posted by Minkoff

With relatives coming I definitely don't break out the good stuff, they don't appreciate it anyway. The family gets the $10.00-$15.00 stuff

Wow $10-$15 is the cheap stuff, I hate to see what is the expensive stuff. It's just juice made from grapes.

I unscrew the top and pass it around in a brown paper bag at the shelter.

[ruf-porsche]

Originally Posted by island911

I]An Aluminum [/I] (or "Aruminim ") rivet, where it was clearly specified in the drawing as steel.

Aluminum

FYI there's a blue button at the left corner of the screen that say Spell Check.

[126coupe]

so the question is? what do I do with this chinese piece of crap.
Leave it for the garbage man on Monday? no he wont take it
2nd choice .....throw it in the bed of my dually, drive the one hour to San Marcos, ca.
and dump the piece of useless on them??

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Originally Posted by ruf-porsche

Aluminum

FYI there's a blue button at the left corner of the screen that say Spell Check.

It doesn't work. Chinese bulletin board programmers.

[JavaBrewer]

Originally Posted by Minkoff

2nd choice .....throw it in the bed of my dually, drive the one hour to San Marcos, ca.
and dump the piece of useless on them??

WTF dude? Keep your broken down cheap azz made in china wine cooler out of my town

I have a Kitchen Aid 55 btl wine cooler that's 4.5 years old now and going strong...