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Just got a copy of Angling International in the mail. There's an article in the magazine explaining why Mustad moved it's operation to china from Norway and Singapore. They blamed it on the weakining dollar.

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View PostJust got a copy of Angling International in the mail. There's an article in the magazine explaining why Mustad moved it's operation to china from Norway and Singapore. They blamed it on the weakining dollar.

 

 

Actually, this is a good thing. Mustad hooks turned to crap because they had to start adhering to very strict Norwegian environmental laws--they could no longer use cadmium in their hooks.

 

Chinese environmental "laws"--such as they exist in the first place--aren't nearly as strict wink.gif

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EWSFLASH - Almost everythign we buy fishign related will end up being made in China. Lamiglas, St. Croix are just 2 of the companies off the top of my head which are MADE IN THE USA, which have at least 1 line of rods made in teh NOT USA.

 

If I cna make somehtign and it costs me $5, to sell for $20, and I can make the same thign for $1, and charge $22 - which do you think I'm going to do 100 times out of 100? Especially when you look at teh quality of stuff comeing out of China, it's much improved from only a couple of years ago.

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View PostEWSFLASH - Almost everythign we buy fishign related will end up being made in China. Lamiglas, St. Croix are just 2 of the companies off the top of my head which are MADE IN THE USA, which have at least 1 line of rods made in teh NOT USA.

 

If I cna make somehtign and it costs me $5, to sell for $20, and I can make the same thign for $1, and charge $22 - which do you think I'm going to do 100 times out of 100? Especially when you look at teh quality of stuff comeing out of China, it's much improved from only a couple of years ago.

 

people .. get it straight

its not the materials thats cheap. |

 

5$ material here. is 5$ there

its the labor thats cheaper in china.

 

a guy works for 5$ there. compared to someone asking for 15$ here.

its a big difference as the days accumulate.

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View Postpeople .. get it straight

its not the materials thats cheap. |

 

5$ material here. is 5$ there

its the labor thats cheaper in china.

 

a guy works for 5$ there. compared to someone asking for 15$ here.

its a big difference as the days accumulate.

 

 

Being able to dump industrial waste right into the Yangtze instead of paying to have it disposed of helps a bit, too wink.gif

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View Postpeople .. get it straight

its not the materials thats cheap. |

 

5$ material here. is 5$ there

its the labor thats cheaper in china.

 

So why, oh wise one - are Major blank Manufactures, like Lamiglas, ordering materials from China to make their blanks? The truth is the materials are actually cheaper here now....for other countries to buy. SO what US companies have done is increased their prices, making it more expensive for use....and with teh weakening US dollar, still cheaper for other countries.

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-Billy 40:16

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View Postno environmental laws....we send our styrofoam to China, they burn it for fuel!!!mad.gifmad.gifmad.gifmad.gif

 

 

The air quality in Beijing is so poor that many athletes are starting to express their concerns over whether it'll affect the Olympics this summer.

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