What do you think about the China drywall problems?
Filed in Chinese Drywall Feedback on Jan.15, 2011
With foreclosures still swamping the country, now we have this! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_re_us/us_chinese_drywall It seems to me that we need to have more restrictive policies about the composition of items that we import from other countries, especially China. What do you think?
January 15th, 2011 at 7:45 pm
that is a year old news story im pretty sure.heard about this along time ago.they have been selling us bad products since its been found out they put lead in childrens toys
January 15th, 2011 at 8:35 pm
I heartily agree. Items coming into the U.S. from ANYWHERE must be better regulated.
January 15th, 2011 at 8:58 pm
get, and they will continue to dump shoddy and unsafe product on us. If we value cheap over quality and consistent manufacturing process – like what we have regulated in this country – then we deserve what we get. If we allow our companies to outsource to get slave wages, and get away from manufacturing standards to get the biggest profit margin, we deserve what we get. If we continue to patronize companies that buy from China so they can get cheap due to slave labor, we deserve what we get.
Because you always get what you pay for.
January 15th, 2011 at 9:18 pm
..the problems with Chinese drywall is just one of the many shabby products that go into building such as concrete that crumbles in the face of water or wear, poor wiring, etc.
I have long contended that the products made for the US by China have been made to the specifications that have been given to their factories by us – this occurs in other situations and we end up blaming the Chinese. I dont believe that products manufactured out of our country are subject to the same quality control…and that is the reason why manufacturers go there…to save money.
But it seems to happen all over the world – I dont have a reference but recently saw storm damage in a country where they discovered that the building materials were not substantial enough to support the building.