Where from?

[Jim Wahl]

Originally Posted by Greg Reimer 7376

I've been redoing an enclosed car trailer for the last six months or so, and one of the things I have insisted on for myself is to use the best stuff available. Too many off shore producers and importers of mostly cheap,inferior shoddy goods-you all know what I mean. I wanted an electric tongue jack,all anybody had was made elsewhere. While at Winternationals, I noticed a rig with a real nice one made in the USA, so I wrote down the manufacturer(Barker, Battle Creek, Minn.) and the part number on the label and bought one. Neat little jack, so far,very good,so I thought about a winch. If you ever break cars,a winch makes good sense. Same story- cheap appearing imported crap on the shelves at the trailer parts stores. I found an ad for Warn, from Clackamas,Oregon,so I found a Model 3700 for sale at Summit, so I bought it and it came yesterday-very fast, as Summit and Jeg's customer service almost always is. I opened it, looks like a nice unit,and while looking at the instruction manual, the phrase Made in China appeared on the book. Nuts, I thought, so I went out and closely examined the winch, did not see a label,stamping,or engraving to that effect on the winch, but the box had it in very small print. That bothered me, the winch looks too good to be something made someplace else, and this packaging seemed to minimize that fact. It bothered me that a known reputable brand name was repackaging foreign products and selling them under that name. I'll install it and use it and see how it lasts, but I like buying things I know to be made here. After all, the vile stench of bad goods vastly outweighs the sweet aroma of a good deal. I'll go for quality every time. I like only doing it once.Any thoughts on this?

You mentioned the "vile stench of bad goods". Have you ever noticed the smell of the stuff you get that has been made in China? As soon as you open the box it hits you! I call it the Chinese industrial smell. Jim

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