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Not really China, but all those companies you support have already sold out to the biggest cat on the block.
Felt like it was made out of really thick itchy pantyhose and what was supposed to be blue was purple. I should've paid a little more attention to where it was being shipped from.
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Also how many people buy American brands that are items made up of parts made all over the world? Look at US brand cars.
How many "Americans" go out of their way to support American made products regardless of cost knowing people have to earn a living wage and not get everything as cheap as possible? Obviously that's not really possible anymore. Sadly.
Sometimes not owning everything isn't the worst thing.
Early 80s, on th banks of the Chesapeke Bay we watched 1/2 of a massive blast furnace float by, on its way to China. EPA put them out of business.
Those blast furnaces are still making steel over here.
Mid 70s, the major car manufacturers were inviting Japanese auto engineers over here to see how we built cars.
Did a job for a guy in the early 90s, he was rich as hell. Said he made his money finding and selling looms, in any condition, for a customer in China that wanted all he could get. He retired when he couldn't find any more here in the USA.
Thing is, we've done it to ourselves.
Self greed, and laziness.
Anyone here gonna sit in front of a commercial sewing machine for 10 hours a day, 50 hours a week, with no airconditioning for .75 cents an hour?
It's not this generation that's got it bad, it's the ones 2 down the line that are fucked.
Get a Federal, or for that matter, any government job.
Ok pay, killer bennies and retirement, and when its quitting time those guys are gone living the bar b que on the deck life.
It's just the way it is.......
Manufacturing costs are cheaper, but if you think a set of gloves is $1 you are mistaken. Material specs, marketing, development, funding the industry we are in, rider support are all things to factor into that cost. Its difficult to make something great 1st time.
I hope those that buy knock off crap never get a penny off from their dealer in return for their total lack of support, there's a guy behind that counter trying to make ends meet at the end of the day. Every sale outside of there and outside of your country, is a sale you take out of your own industry.
Whats astonishing, is that there are guys complaining about moto going bad, and they're buying knock offs! Budgets, forecasts and marketing spends are calculated on a countries turnover. Congrats on shafting the people around you and generally driving down your own moto industry. This isn't US specific, i see it all over. Moto is expensive, but 3 year old gear from the guy who's looked after you 5/10/15 years is better than new style junk.
Oh, and there's no flame retardent material on most of these Chinese products
Some people aren't t playing the the rules.
I’m a businessman and business owner. I know the game.
And yeah, most gloves do cost a buck to make not including the other business costs associated with running the company.
We don’t have shareholders, I support a number of teams with product to keep them afloat and I support local and national riders where possible. This would not be possible if people buy from China.
There’s a saying, if your in a room full of assholes, chances are they’re not the assholes. Food for thought on why your local dealers try and charge you over the odds.
I do a ton to support the sport. And not just through my wallet. I just think half the people commenting here are a bunch of hypocrites who are full of shit and don’t follow what they preach.
I will continue to buy some parts from wish/ Joom but the majority of my parts now come from eBay!! There’s a shop that I could drive to but the cost of fuel ( don’t get me started on UK prices!!) negates that so I buy from him on eBay AND use a cashback website!
Rant over
Pit Row
Split hairs and nitpick all you want to justify the cheap Chinese crap your buying, but that doesn’t add anything back into the sport or industry. Their isn’t a Chinese Fox reinvesting into riders and technology, they’ve stolen something off someone and your just as bad
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