I should probably just shut up and move along to the next post, but old habits die hard
I agree with bluNblu, you can't blame the Chinese, if you want to blame someone blame greedy CEOs who only care about the bottom dollar, and where the shareholder comes first and the customer comes second
I used to work in a toy store in the 90s and this is a true story
Rubbermaid/ little tikes made an excellent product, if you bought a little tikes product for your child, chances are your grandchildren would still be using it
Well a certain retail outlet that begins with a W bought about 25% of their total production(maybe more it's been 30 years ago)
well this retailer told Rubbermaid they would have to lower the price of their storage containers or they would have to start purchasing from a different company
Rubbermaid explained that they could not lower the price and continue to make them in the USA
The retailer told them" well you'll have to make them somewhere else then"
Rubbermaid told them to F off, and now the retailer carries cheap sterilite storage containers made in China, and Rubbermaid almost went out of business
I'll admit I shop Alibaba and Ali express a lot(for those who don't know that's the Chinese Amazon)
If I'm going to buy Chinese stuff anyway, I'll save myself a few bucks and cut the Walton family out of it
Ok, rant over, moving along