Comments on: China Index http://www.manufacturethis.org/2008/06/18/china-index/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:14:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: dummy http://www.manufacturethis.org/2008/06/18/china-index/#comment-32704 dummy Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:16:12 +0000 http://www.manufacturethis.org/2008/06/18/china-index/#comment-32704 It's summer and humidity is building up. A working dehumidifier would be helpful. Guess what? All models I looked are made in China. You can read online all the stories about consumers stuck with a failed dehumidifier without recourse. Maytag's supplier Fedders went into chapter 11. Their Chinese made dehumidifiers are no longer covered by the 5 year warranty. Many of them failed after 1 or 2 summers. It's at Maytag's mercy to provide possible service. Then I read on consumersreports.org that the best buy is LG LHD45EL. The second is Kenmore 54501 for medium capacity. Then you read on sears.com customers' reviews. It's all the same. Almost everyone is stuck with a failed Kenmore dehumidifier. It's no space technology to engineer a dehumidifier. The Chinese can make a good one if they want to. Why can't they? LG is a Chinese brand, but Maytag and Kenmore are American brands. The question is "Why can't the Chinese make a working dehumidifier for American brand?" Is it about market share war or is it about weak American manufacturing? Will LG take over Kenmore, GE and Maytag in the world market? Are our manufacturers so dumb to let go of our economic engine - manufacturing for good? Well, the need is real. We need a working dehumidifier and I won't buy an LG or Haier, another Chinese brand. The optimized maximal profits strategy used by all global American companies are failing us and our economy. Why can German still export German made products and we let it all outsourced to China? I may have to buy a German made dehumidifier this summer. Irresponsible manufacturing is detrimental to our environment and waste of energy. If we want to keep some American brands, we must manufacture products ourselves, even at a higher price. - a frustrated and angry consumer. It’s summer and humidity is building up.
A working dehumidifier would be helpful.
Guess what?
All models I looked are made in China. You can read online all the stories about consumers stuck with a failed dehumidifier without recourse. Maytag’s supplier Fedders went into chapter 11. Their Chinese made dehumidifiers are no longer covered by the 5 year warranty. Many of them failed after 1 or 2 summers. It’s at Maytag’s mercy to provide possible service.

Then I read on consumersreports.org that the best buy is LG LHD45EL. The second is Kenmore 54501 for medium capacity.

Then you read on sears.com customers’ reviews. It’s all the same. Almost everyone is stuck with a failed Kenmore dehumidifier.

It’s no space technology to engineer a dehumidifier. The Chinese can make a good one if they want to. Why can’t they? LG is a Chinese brand, but Maytag and Kenmore are American brands.

The question is “Why can’t the Chinese make a working dehumidifier for American brand?”

Is it about market share war or is it about weak American manufacturing?
Will LG take over Kenmore, GE and Maytag in the world market?

Are our manufacturers so dumb to let go of our economic engine - manufacturing for good?

Well, the need is real. We need a working dehumidifier and I won’t buy an LG or Haier, another Chinese brand.
The optimized maximal profits strategy used by all global American companies are failing us and our economy.

Why can German still export German made products and we let it all outsourced to China? I may have to buy a German made dehumidifier this summer. Irresponsible manufacturing is detrimental to our environment and waste of energy. If we want to keep some American brands, we must manufacture products ourselves, even at a higher price. - a frustrated and angry consumer.

]]> By: Buy American http://www.manufacturethis.org/2008/06/18/china-index/#comment-36383 Buy American Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:40:16 +0000 http://www.manufacturethis.org/2008/06/18/china-index/#comment-36383 This is just the tip of the iceberg. I've been looking for a dehumidifier also, and almost bought a Kenmore at Sears. After seeing Made in China I decided to check reviews. Sears has a Satisfaction Guarantee return policy that's good for up to 30 days after purchase. But guess what, you have to pay a 15% restocking fee if it has been used. If you take it in under warranty, you pay $30 for them to decide if it's covered under warranty. Companies like this, that want to import everything they sell, deserve to go belly-up. Just about everything I've seen that's made in China, Korea, Taiwan, and don't forget Mexico, is disposable. You still pay the same price as when the products were Made in the USA, but now you get junk that won't last, American workers are losing jobs, and the retailers are making a killing. When are the corrupt politicians that are running this country going to wake up and do something to get this Country on the right track, instead of the Fast Track to disaster for our economy? This is just the tip of the iceberg. I’ve been looking for a dehumidifier also, and almost bought a Kenmore at Sears. After seeing Made in China I decided to check reviews. Sears has a Satisfaction Guarantee return policy that’s good for up to 30 days after purchase. But guess what, you have to pay a 15% restocking fee if it has been used. If you take it in under warranty, you pay $30 for them to decide if it’s covered under warranty. Companies like this, that want to import everything they sell, deserve to go belly-up. Just about everything I’ve seen that’s made in China, Korea, Taiwan, and don’t forget Mexico, is disposable. You still pay the same price as when the products were Made in the USA, but now you get junk that won’t last, American workers are losing jobs, and the retailers are making a killing. When are the corrupt politicians that are running this country going to wake up and do something to get this Country on the right track, instead of the Fast Track to disaster for our economy?

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