Menu
Forum
What's new
New posts
Live Activity
Search forums
Members
Registered members
Classifieds Member Feedback
Car Audio Discussion
General Car Audio
Car Audio Build Logs
Car Audio Equipment
Subwoofers
Speakers
Amplifiers
Head Units
Car Audio Help
Wiring, Electrical and Installation
Enclosure Design & Construction
Car Audio Classifieds
Car Audio Classifieds
Car Audio Wanted
Classifieds Member Feedback
Gallery
New media
New comments
Search media
SHOP
Shop Head Units
Shop Amplifiers
Shop Speakers
Shop Subwoofers
Shop eBay Car Audio
Test
Forum
Search
Search titles only
Search titles only
Log in / Join
Search
Search titles only
Search titles only
What's new
New posts
Live Activity
Search forums
Members
Registered members
Classifieds Member Feedback
Menu
Reply to thread
Forum
Car Audio Discussion
General Car Audio
What brands are not Made In China these days?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="3kgtAudio" data-source="post: 7027544" data-attributes="member: 565768"><p>I think people need to get over the 'Made in China' mentality. Manufacturing processes cost substantially more in the U.S. than overseas. Its a fact. The economy of this country has made this all possible, bascially because we went from being a buch of people that pissed money away right and left to now being a bunch of cheapasses because everyone finally realized they didn't have money to spend anymore. Thats why car audio brands right and left went belly up along with hundreds if not thousands of shops. I really get aggrivated when people complain about this, because its everyones fault. USA based companys are NOT overcharging you, they have to make a profit, and if they can't make a profit, they don't stay in business. When car audio was actually a profitable industry, you couldn't just be some dude that went on ebay and bought an amp for $1 over dealer cost and expected to get it installed for $.10, you had to go to a shop and pay retail, and thats the way it was, you know, capitalism??</p><p></p><p>The internet, and the economy ****** all of the money out of this industry and now the dust has settled, you get china, or you pay big bucks for the handfull of companies that actually somehow still scrape by. Now that being said, technology has came a long way, made in USA doesn't mean what it used to. It really comes down to the factory that makes it, there is genuine quality product that comes out of china, and there is junk too. All it takes is a little common sense to figure out the difference.</p><p></p><p>Now, i have a small shop, we charge fair prices, one thing i have to say to anyone who is looking for someone to install their product that they just snagged on ebay for dirt cheap, you are paying for our labor for an installation, i get it all day long, we drop our prices to insanely barely scraping by levels, and people STILL think its not cheap enough, by comparison what we charge is not even 1/4 of what you would pay for back in the day. All i have to say is take care of your local boys, and don't act like we should work for free. One day you might not have that shop on the corner who has someone who actually KNOWS what they are doing, and you might have to settle with best buy if you don't support us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3kgtAudio, post: 7027544, member: 565768"] I think people need to get over the 'Made in China' mentality. Manufacturing processes cost substantially more in the U.S. than overseas. Its a fact. The economy of this country has made this all possible, bascially because we went from being a buch of people that pissed money away right and left to now being a bunch of cheapasses because everyone finally realized they didn't have money to spend anymore. Thats why car audio brands right and left went belly up along with hundreds if not thousands of shops. I really get aggrivated when people complain about this, because its everyones fault. USA based companys are NOT overcharging you, they have to make a profit, and if they can't make a profit, they don't stay in business. When car audio was actually a profitable industry, you couldn't just be some dude that went on ebay and bought an amp for $1 over dealer cost and expected to get it installed for $.10, you had to go to a shop and pay retail, and thats the way it was, you know, capitalism?? The internet, and the economy ****** all of the money out of this industry and now the dust has settled, you get china, or you pay big bucks for the handfull of companies that actually somehow still scrape by. Now that being said, technology has came a long way, made in USA doesn't mean what it used to. It really comes down to the factory that makes it, there is genuine quality product that comes out of china, and there is junk too. All it takes is a little common sense to figure out the difference. Now, i have a small shop, we charge fair prices, one thing i have to say to anyone who is looking for someone to install their product that they just snagged on ebay for dirt cheap, you are paying for our labor for an installation, i get it all day long, we drop our prices to insanely barely scraping by levels, and people STILL think its not cheap enough, by comparison what we charge is not even 1/4 of what you would pay for back in the day. All i have to say is take care of your local boys, and don't act like we should work for free. One day you might not have that shop on the corner who has someone who actually KNOWS what they are doing, and you might have to settle with best buy if you don't support us. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forum
Car Audio Discussion
General Car Audio
What brands are not Made In China these days?
Top
Menu
Home
Refresh