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AndyTiedye

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6. People Also Buy Cheap Quality Stuff that is Disguised as High-Quality Stuff

Reply to pampango (Reply #5)

Fri Feb 8, 2013, 12:21 AM

Feb 2013

Nice shiny metal on the outside, cheap plastic inside. Impossible to repair when it breaks.
Products are "value-engineered" to expire the day after the warrantee does.

They say we "consume" too much. BS. Our stuff consumes itself.

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What do they make in China? [View all] Omaha Steve Feb 2013 OP

Everythng sold at WalMart DainBramaged Feb 2013 #1

3 bucks an hour... or less... Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #2

Chinese Seeking Serenity Feb 2013 #3

_________________ food. Don't know if they call it Chinese food. JimDandy Feb 2013 #4

That's what Japan used to make, too. Times change. People change. Countries change. pampango Feb 2013 #5

People Also Buy Cheap Quality Stuff that is Disguised as High-Quality Stuff AndyTiedye Feb 2013 #6