Is the mere fact something is "made in china" a reason to stay away

[ericpasansai]

I've looked at hot-tub/jacuzzis and the first thing the salesman said was this is made in china. The price was reasonable nd there was a one year guarantee.

In the old days "made in Japan" was the cautionary phrase

Your thought and advice please

[marcusd]

I've looked at hot-tub/jacuzzis and the first thing the salesman said was this is made in china. The price was reasonable nd there was a one year guarantee.

In the old days "made in Japan" was the cautionary phrase

Your thought and advice please

Made in Japan meant quality and value.

Made in Vhina means..warranty expire. So do your goods...if they make it through that is

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[barefoot1988]

not necessarily true, as much as i would avoid unknown china brand, there are still quality china made products and even china brands. (etc huawei, lenovo, haier)

[Soutpeel]

I've looked at hot-tub/jacuzzis and the first thing the salesman said was this is made in china. The price was reasonable nd there was a one year guarantee.

In the old days "made in Japan" was the cautionary phrase

Your thought and advice please

Made in Japan meant quality and value.

Made in Vhina means..warranty expire. So do your goods...if they make it through that is

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Made in Japan at one time was in the same category as made in china is today

[jobin]

I've got some small electrical household items made in China. Go, go, go, go, for years and years yet, other similar items by different China maker go only one year so, ...? The alternative is 'make your own'.

[Beetlejuice]

I've looked at hot-tub/jacuzzis and the first thing the salesman said was this is made in china. The price was reasonable nd there was a one year guarantee.

In the old days "made in Japan" was the cautionary phrase

Your thought and advice please

Made in Japan meant quality and value.

Made in Vhina means..warranty expire. So do your goods...if they make it through that is

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Back in my childhood days, anything made in Japan had a reputation of being cheap and shoddy. We used to say; no wonder it didn’t work, it`s made in Japan.

Then during the mid 1970s, suddenly Japanese goods gained credibility as being of quality. Probably because British and American industries began to decline and cheap Japanese manufactured goods were being imported on mass scale and we had no choice.

The same now is happening with Chinese goods. These days we are hard pushed to find goods that are not made in China and products made anyway else are usually much more expensive.

From my experience guarantees in Thailand are worthless. Normally when I buy goods, especially electrical items, it`s on a hope and a prayer that it will work and at least get 12 months out of them before they give up on me.

Over the years in Thailand I have got to know the best brand names for certain types of goods, although still no guarantees, but it evens the odds slightly.

[HeijoshinCool]

Wal Mart buys a lot from China. I have rarely had any problem with any of those products.

Chinese products imported into LOS must be made in different factories.

[Bluetongue]

I think some Chinese products are probably alright where there is a contractual arrangement with retailers in another country which involves rigorous quality control. Unfortunately Thai importers probably don't have that, so buyer beware. Also Thai retailers do things like put faulty returned products back on the shelf, cannibalise products in the back storage area to try to fix a returned product or even a non-functioning product that a customer is buying. Be wary of opened and resealed packaging or boxes with electrical products. Obviously if something is ultra cheap that does tend to ring alarm bells.

[topt]

Wal Mart buys a lot from China. I have rarely had any problem with any of those products.

Chinese products imported into LOS must be made in different factories.

Could also be made in the same factory but using different materials and QC not so rigourous. The trouble is there are hundreds of smaller concerns who are only concerned for the order they have and not the next one so if they can get away with cutting corners they will - as I have personally experienced.

I think some Chinese products are probably alright where there is a contractual arrangement with retailers in another country which involves rigorous quality control. Unfortunately Thai importers probably don't have that, so buyer beware. Also Thai retailers do things like put faulty returned products back on the shelf, cannibalise products in the back storage area to try to fix a returned product or even a non-functioning product that a customer is buying. Be wary of opened and resealed packaging or boxes with electrical products. Obviously if something is ultra cheap that does tend to ring alarm bells.

Bluetongue has it about right. When i used to work for Philips in the UK a long time ago the story in the industry was that 60% of the toasters sold in the UK came from one factory in China - for about 10 different brands.

Many,many general household products come out of China - but try finding the same quality or even that item at a similar price in China and you will be sorely disappointed. They are all made to order for western markets.

The trouble with electrical appliances is that there is always going to be a % level of faults and that just increases when the retailer is only interested in buying at a very low price. As others have said the added issue in Thailand is the lack of consumer protection.

Sorry OP no idea on hot tubs and I can only suggest you search the internet for user comments on specific manufacturers.

[MJP]

I thought everything was made in China?

[MrWorldwide]

It all comes down to quality control - it's easier to name the 'big' brands that do *not* manufacture in China than those who do, and even then it gets interesting when you look at the internals of many of those products. Would I buy a car that was designed and made in China ? Not in 2013, but I'll definitely buy audio (2-channel) that has been designed and manufactured in China. How many of us would have even considered a Korean car 5 years ago ? China will get there - even with their cars.

As mentioned earlier in this thread, Japanese-made products were once considered shoddy and poor value for money - they imported an American to teach them quality control (Detroit didnt want to know..) and the rest is history.

[AlexRRR]

Guess where Apple source there Iphone parts from?

[Don Mega]

Guess where Apple source there Iphone parts from?

Actually the parts are sourced from numerous countries around the world.

The finished product is assembled in China (for a Taiwanese company).