Nar - I don't mind products made in China where they are actually good quality - I have always had B&D Dustbusters, and they are good enough for my needs, but they are cheap - around the £50 mark, so that's OK. What I object to is that I just bought an office chair for £150 that I ordered from an online retailer, and when I got it, and saw it was made in China, I knew what to expect. This chair has been made badly, the construction is shoddy, the backrest has already come apart, and the thing creaks and makes dreadful noises from the metal support assembly under the seat base, where it joins the gas strut. I cant be bothered with the hassle of having to send it back, which is the big problem with online sales, as I then would have no chair for ages while they umm and arr about what to do. Several Vax machines I bought that are made in China have suffered from issues that should have been picked up before leaving the factory, and I read about numerous reports of Chinese made appliances not even switching on when taken out of the box, or breaking down within weeks of first use. Sorry, but China are now too big for their own good, and they just don't care about quality. The workers are poorly paid, and many couldn't give a toss about the users who will buy the products - can you blame them? When these big corporations are making millions off their hard work, but they get paid peanuts, why should the Chinese be bothered about quality?
Too many companies now take advantage of the Chinese, and they will pay the price in the end, as people get fed up of wasting their money on shoddy goods made there that just don't measure up.
