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Originally Posted by Skye
Bad form from Neil in my opinion. How to endear people to you and your brand, insult their intelligence! I am sure many people on oople have an understanding of the economy at least equal to, if not better than yours.
I also take issue with the point about manufacturing costs. Just because its a Japanese brand, doesn't mean it has to be produced in Japan. Apple are one of the biggest companies in the world, where are their products made? I don't see many people complain about the quality of their products...
I work for a global company with an annual turnover of £1.2 billion. A huge part of our business is our own branded products, which are almost entirely all manufactured in China and Taiwan. Yes there are some cowboys churning out cheap nonsense that is often dangerous, but we have our own compliance lab for that, we test all products to ensure they meet all standards, approvals and legislation before they are launched.
The result, high quality products at Chinese / Taiwanese manufacturing costs. If the products in question are not equal to those from Japan, the UK or Europe then we don't accept them, its as simple as that.
If the RC brands in Japan aren't capable of sourcing such products then maybe they need to look at their internal processes!?  |
It is half wits like you that give me little hope for the future. Neil is right. Look around at the number of Tamiya cars that race at your local club. In fact take a photo of ever Tamiya chassis that races at your club and post them on here. And then think about production cost, distributors profit, and retailers profit. And then think about flying a paid driver business class around the world, and then try to justify that cost.