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I don't think the premier custom builders have much to worry about. They are catering to the high end of the market that is representative of where the best opportunity lies for small business today. The Pradco Pikies are 33% cheaper but not without a significant trade off in quality - other foreign wood suffers from similar lopsided quality issues.
But shops that employee low-skilled illegal aliens in this country do have something to worry about - because the craftsmanship level you get from an illegal from Central America is no different than that of from someone from China - and it shows.
In the sportfishing industry it's the products that are fabric based that are threatened the most - because replicating a garment is what the Chinese do best. And you don't have to match the quality exactly - if you can replicate 80% of the quality but do it for a 50% reduction in retail price - you'll win.
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