Van Staal [SIZE="1"]made in china[/SIZE]

[fishpoopoo]

Originally Posted by scone

completely off the topic, but what would we watch on WET?

re-runs, silly.

hee-haw
johnny carson
gilligan's island
the brady bunch

i could go on.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Pete_G

Bottomline is manufacturers, plug builders, and anyone else simultaneously enjoys, but more often then not fears seeing their name mentioned in forums, even when it’s good. It’s too bad because most come to the conclusion (and they’re right most of the time) that no response is a better response. Which really defeats the whole purpose and positives of online forums.

I hindsight I probably shouldn’t be responding to this thread now…

Ducks falls from the ceiling. It is unfortunate but this is often true. How does one fix / prevent / get around this? Not sue but I "THINK" the answer has been successfully applied by certain companies "INVOLVED" in the community. I say think as my experience in this regard is pretty limited to here on S-B. Just a couple examples of places that can weather a negative blurb rather swimmingly are SWE and M&Ds. Cases where something's wrong are extremely rare and usually zero fault of the shop but a fully supportive and RATIONAL response from levelheaded members of the community (and level headed responses from the shops themselves) puts a positive light on doing business with that place. A legitimate turning of a negative into a positive...

[scone]

Originally Posted by fishpoopoo

re-runs, silly.

hee-haw
johnny carson
gilligan's island
the brady bunch

i could go on.

thanks, forgot about johnny and gilligan. was afraid i'd be stuck watching curling and australian rules football on ESPNW.

[riverrat2]

Pete is right but on the other hand many sites have an obssesion with a few sponsors and if anything negative is brought up concerning them it is shot down. What if I were to say that I will never buy another aquaskinz dry top because I have owned two that both leaked within the first two weeks? I know I am not the only one with this complaint but yet you never hear about it. Some companies have the internet on lockdown, say something negative about said company and be completely bashed. Look at some of the threads in the sponsors specials, everytime a new thread is started by one company it is the same loyal followers that are quick to reply.

[HESH2]

alot of interesting post,togue nailed it pretty good.here's one to ponder,when ford closed some plants last year and union workers lost there jobs and towns became wastelands,ford posted a sign at workers parking lots stating only american made vehicles allowed in lots.just think if wal-mart only sold made in USA alot more mfg jobs and no china.

[Ken_J]

ZeeBaas. Made down the street from me.

Zebco/Van Staal can keep their China crap.

[Skitterpop]

Originally Posted by Ken_J

ZeeBaas. Made down the street from me.

Zebco/Van Staal can keep their China crap.

Assembled from parts from where?

[spence]

Exactly...most everything today is made from components sourced around the world.

And while I'm moderately anti-China in theory, it's not fair to label goods from China as "crap". There certainly is a lot of crap for sure, but for some goods they can deliver top shelf quality.

I was astounded when I saw that Ralph Lauren was having hand knit sweaters made in China for his most expensive Purple Label line of clothing. They are a thousand dollars each.

-spence

[fishpoopoo]

China's fairly experienced when it comes to textiles, Spence.

remember where silk came from, thousands of years ago.

[togue]

ZeeBaaS look sweet. Last time I looked I only saw it as a prototype, nice to see them for sale.

Now, if I could only win Mega Bucks I'd buy one or two......

[spence]

Originally Posted by fishpoopoo

China's fairly experienced when it comes to textiles, Spence.

remember where silk came from, thousands of years ago.

Yes and no. Sure they can make silk, but their ability to process cashmere into quality yarn is still lacking. There are very few Chinese houses that can produce quality tailored clothing on the same scale as Italy. Etc, etc...

-spence