Laugh or Cry?
#31
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: JAX
Posts: 673
My Honda is made in Japan. My Toshiba is made in Japan. Who cares where something is built as long as it meets our expectations? I care about child labor and fair wages. But country of origin should not be a concern. Workers just about anywhere are capable of building reliable technology, regardless of what nation's flag is flying outside the plant.
#34
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Seacoast New Hampshire
Posts: 1,181
Perspective: I work in manufacturing and they've probably outsourced it for cost. The assembly process and required materials list should be the same, as should the critical components and final result. Hopefully yours was put together by a fellow sewist and brings you eons of sewing bliss.
Does that help? lol
Does that help? lol
#35
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Western Wisconsin
Posts: 12,930
Perspective: I work in manufacturing and they've probably outsourced it for cost. The assembly process and required materials list should be the same, as should the critical components and final result. Hopefully yours was put together by a fellow sewist and brings you eons of sewing bliss. Does that help? lol
Last edited by Prism99; 10-15-2013 at 09:05 AM.
#36
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: dallas tx.
Posts: 5,172
The deal is we are outsourcing all our cars, machinery, sewing machines, etc until we no longer can buy anything made in the USA. So we are getting dependent on everything we have on other countries, and they are making all the wages. People in the USA have no way of making a living. Also those countries refuse to buy what we do make, because we charge too much for labor.
#37
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Anchorage, AK
Posts: 1,397
Our local Janome/elna/brother/etc. dealer reported two years ago that all machines are made in the Far East now...she may have overlooked one or two top lines, I guess, but she said all were....if it has the warranty and features I want, it will work for me.
#38
It's pretty much the same with everything. My Toyota was made in USA, most "American" cars are assembled in Mexico or Canada with parts from Korea. By the way, Janome is a Japanese brand, and frankly they have long been known for excellent quality. It's a global economy now, and a very small world indeed.
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