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Originally Posted by ivconic
Max i don't think that anybody is scared no more. Why? Simply because high quality products made in China are not cheap at all. Those are expensive same as western products.
We are used to see tons of cheap products made in China already. But those are lowest quality junk products spread everywhere.
But...just for a moment take a look on high quality products prices there!?
Ha,ha,ha! Expensive! Same as western products. No differences at all.
Western manufacturers are respecting some standards and not producing low quality junk from long time ago. That's why we are used on hot western prices and cheap prices from China. But no one really think about quality in those situations. When quality matters than no differences in prices between western products and others made in China.
Quality standards are uniform for whole world....so logically prices must follow that.
Manufacturers from China are smart and know that is very tough to conquer market where some western manufacturer already rules. In USA White's rules, so nobody from China is that mad to try to compete it in USA with same standard metal detectors. Those are smart enough to void that and cover only lower standard products with funny prices.
China manufacturers will rather manufacture cheap junk metal detectors and offer to USA market by funny prices than to invest huge deal of money and try to produce high quality metal detector to also offer it to USA market where White's, Fisher and others are already present and established well.
So...no reason to be scared; expensive product will always stay expensive - no matter where it was made and by whom.
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There's a big difference between China and other countries, expecially european or north american:
the cost of work
In europe or USA nobody work for 18 hours (yes, guys) a day, everyday for some dollars/day.
That's the point.
If we talk about quality, ok, machinery and quality rules have costs and cannot be compressed much in China respect other places, but what about workers ?
You pay 10 chinese workers with what you spend for 1 in western country, and even more.
In quality productions you need not just low level workers but technicians and skilled people, but chinese are not stupid, chinese learn fast if properly trained.
So you get the picture: even quality stuff production cost is fairly less in China than other places.
But then why that stuff cost like in western countries ? Simple: china government don't wanna scary too much western countries, make agreements with them and some productions are just for elite buyers , few in economic weight.
They produce at lower prices in China, even quality stuff, then sell at western prices cause don't wanna western countries do some protection against quality stuff made in China imported there.
Sum to that western manifacturers of hi-quality stuff often produce parts in China, for reasons, mentioned, and then just assembly things in-house in the USA or Europe.
It's a game, all plays for now and all win for now, but future scare western governments.
Cause when China will be recognized as producer of quality and technology there will be few to do for western located companies to survive such competition.
Kind regards,
Max