Contaced a Factory in China about producing a run of fully populated Mini-migs

[terminator4]

I can't wait to see this forum filled with postings about "dead" minimigs - made in china and people pleading for help.   High *cough* quality from china.  frankly you'd be better off to make it in your home country, close to a manufacturer who you can visit and see to ensure all is done right (quality control).   Don't people hear about the toy recalls?  Think about it next time you decide to do business with china...
what you pay for is what you get...  If it was me, I'd make this either in Canada, USA, Japan/Korea/taiwan or some european country (depending on where you're located - giving you close access to manufacturer).

oh and once you make 50000, don't forget you may see another 50000 duplicates offered at quarter of price.  (see China does not see copyrights/trademarks too well, so protect your intellectual property). :-D

[terminator4]

@guru-666

true.  but what do you expect?  people don't want to pay much for anything these days.  America is turning into a 3rd world country.  Good paying jobs are disappearing also.

[terminator4]

Vlabguy1 wrote:
Why would you contact China..everything they make is CRAP!!

Why not the U.S.??  

Glad to see i'm not the only one that feels this way.  Pick Taiwan, at least they are not communist rogue nation, and some of their stuff is good quality.  Best make it in USA at least you'll be sure its meeting quality controls (whatever you want them to be).

[terminator4]

White collar jobs are disappearing too you know.  Even Toy Product Managers, Finance folks...:roll:  

Crom00 wrote:

Vlabguy1 wrote:
Why would you contact China..everything they make is CRAP!!

Why not the U.S.??  

Actually that isn't true, having been there and worked with crews myself. It's economics, the Chinese undercut US manufacturers by steep margins, have a extensive highly skilled low cost labor force, and are eager to please.

If you're manufacturing its a win win situation, if you're an out of work stateside engineer, Creative Service person, or factory worker with a family to feed, its a lousy situation if you've lost a job to outsourcing.

 

[terminator4]

Electronics - made in mexico stuff, or other its not hard to find (go to circuit city).
Computers - lots of madein china brands but you can still buy components from malaysia and other countries.

shoggoth wrote:

Vlabguy1 wrote:
Why would you contact China..everything they make is CRAP!!
Why not the U.S.??  

Ah. I take it you're from the US and that you're not in the electronics business.

You're excused, you don't know better. That's ok.

-- Peter

[terminator4]

It's tough to keep jobs if they pay you 10 cents a day in china vs x in westernized world.  anyway i'm not worried as i have a job and unlikely it will be lost overseas.  pretty soon everything will be manufactured in china (they have the # of people to do this too).  Others who post here frequently should worry more, it's exactly a do nothing mentality that will cause harm.

Why I dislike China:
- it's got fixed currency exchange rates (not free floating like other currencies) making it hard to compete against.  
- it's communist, rogue nation that arms & spends every year more on military (in times of peace)
- disrespects human rights and labor rights
- most of the products i bought from china are of low quality.  this includes sadly Amiga One (Taiwan or China?) with many bugs.  Even the DMA issue was due to bad manufacturing I think.
- toy recalls lately (very scary if you have kids).
Just conveying some concerns if minimig is made in china ...