| |
VK6BE > ENERGY 13.12.08 00:03l 27 Lines 1151 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 4D1059VK6BE
Read: DG5YM GUEST DL8FO OE7FMI
Subj: Made in China
Path: DB0FHN<DB0MRW<DB0ERF<OK0NAG<OK0PPL<DB0RES<IK2XDE<PY1AYH<PY1AYH<CX2SA<
VK2DOT<VK2TV
Sent: 081212/2233Z @:VK2TV.#MNC.NSW.AUS.OC #:50610 [Kempsey, QF68JX] $:4D1059VK
From: VK6BE@VK2TV.#MNC.NSW.AUS.OC
To : ENERGY@WW
I bought a watch a few days ago. Brand name Lorus, cost $A69. On the back
is the statement "Cased in China." I guess that means the Chinese import
the movements and produce a watch?
A couple of weeks ago I bought a cheap watch in a gift pack from a Red
Dot store (discount store). It had the watch, a pocket knife with all
sorts of gadgets on it and a very nice looking key ring with a
whatyoumaycallit pendant. $10!. Bargain! The watch lasted a week and the
battery went flat. I put in a new battery and then the hour hand came
loose. I turfed it and bought the $69 one. Oh well! At least I have a
brand new pocket knife and a key ring.
BTW "To "turf" means to throw out. But you knew that of course.
Cheers,
Bob VK6BE.
>Just because the manufacturer is German doesn't say the lamp was made in
>Germany. Quite often things are made elsewhere in some out of the way
factory and branded with the name of what has become a distributor, it's
called outsourcing. You have to look carefully for the "made in" tag to
see where it is actually made, could be China, Mexico, Indonesia,
anywhere.
Read previous mail | Read next mail
| |
