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Since I'm in the construction business I often have the "opportunity" to use quite a lot of products from China, some are decent, but all that are decent have a local rep that has an interest in maintaining good relationships with end users. Occasionally clients themselves pick up stuff from a dubious supply chain and it often results in more labour to install and in general, a lower quality job. It's also a hoot to read the directions on those items, I'm sure the factory "translates" Mandarin into English with some kind of computer program....often complete gibberish...much amusement on the job though. There is a myriad of problems that can happen with flooring including tongues not meshing properly with grooves and non standard perfect widths. Try laying a pre-finished floor in which many pieces are a little wider or narrower than the norm. I'm just reading the book "Poorly made in China" and aside from it being quite amusing it's interesting to read about the business culture. The whole argument that the end user has any serious clout with a foreign manufacturer because you may bad mouth mouth them is absurd....the world is a very big place and China is busily supplying the world with all manner of bargain basement things. Good luck in whatever you decide.
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