Saturday, Oct 04, 2014 at 09:39
Shaker - The reason being, is that any "manufacturer" who basically uses Chinese components in a large part of the construction of their product, cannot rightfully claim to be an "Australian manufacturer".
The second point is that the product quality you end up with, is very much dependent on the Chinese producing a regularly high standard of product.
However - we all know that the Chinese manufacture to a price, not a purpose - and their QC is largely non-existent, is often corrupted, and they employ peasants at $2 a day to stick things together.
Those peasants often have no formal skills, and even worse, the Chinese are known to use jailed dissidents as forced labour to produce manufactured products.
The third point is that these "Australian manufacturers" who use Chinese construction as the base for their product, rely on a few Australians to add the local content that finishes the product off - and these people also have to act as QC inspectors to try and find any faults the Chinese have included in their class act.
Many a time, these faults slip through, and you, the owner, find out about them later - when the Chinese welding parts company 150kms NW of
the Black Stump.
The manufacturer of the MDC-X10 is running close to the wind with their "Australian manufacturer" claims on their website.
However, there are always people who are happy with the cheapest Chinese-based product they can buy, and they're happy to put up with Chinese construction faults, because they never really test them out.
If you want a product that's built to do a job - then you buy a reputable product that is built in Australia, by people with verifiable trade skills, who have to comply with Australian construction rules and laws, and who build the product with full knowledge and experience of Australian road and climate conditions.
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