Its all about margins and tool companies are shifting production to countries with lower labor costs....Wera (Czech Republic), Wiha (Vietnam), Mac & Facom (Taiwan), Alto (Hungary)......even Snap is moving production outside the US and not just on their Blue Point line. Here's a COO I've never seen before.......
Snap On finds companies that create a quality product and either buys them out, partners with them, or rebrands the quality product. I've seen plenty of people talk about their Bahco rebrands from Sweeden, or their adjustables from Spain, but IMO this is much different than sending a domestic line to Taiwan, or much worse, China. They are basically saying "if you can't beat them, buy them out". Instead of what Stanley is doing to its brands, which is "cut corners and make a ton of money off of the people that don't know better, or at least off of the ones that aren't expecting it."
Does it really matter that the quality isn't there anymore, when they'll still warranty the tools? IF they didn't warranty it, THEN I could see a where a complaint could come from.
I thought you were being sarcastic here as I can't believe anyone would actually believe this. Personally I look at the warranty secondary to the quality, but if you must have a good warranty, your hope has to be that you don't ever need the hassle with collecting on it right?
I'm just astounded with his reasoning in pretty much every post on the subject.
Even if all of them had the exact same quality and price, doesn't COO mean anything to you?
My brother, for instance, cares nothing about COO on any product. That too astounds me. I can see the temptation to buy strictly on price, and it is a widespread, almost unanimous phenomenon. But if all things are equal to choose the China brand?
Don't get me wrong, in no way am I suggesting all things are equal besides COO, but that alone should be enough.
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