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Thread ID: 77811	2007-03-23 16:01:00	Made in China	tut (12033)	PC World Chat

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535301	2007-03-25 09:50:00	Kind of weird that someone should join us just to complain about peanut butter? If you are refering to me I am a long time reader of this forum but prefer to mainly keep my mouth shut and be thought a fool than open it and remove all doubt. Seriously though you can see that people are concerned. Products are being sourced in China to maximise profits and to compete with other manufacturers. There is an interesting book available, the name which I dont have in front of me but delves deeply into the effect that Walmart is having on the American economy. By screwing down their suppliers price it is forcing them to source products and parts in China. The results are starting to prove disasterous for American manufacturers and their employees. It is also happening here. I work in the electrical service industry and the quality of parts is becoming a concern to me. Daily I get asked to check house wiring because all the light bulbs keep blowing. Those from the Warehouse and the Supermarkets are sometimes lasting less than a week. Is this what we want? I dont think so but it is going to continue and there is nothing we can do about it. What will be the long term outcome?	tut (12033)
535302	2007-03-25 22:07:00	AFAIK, NZ does not and has not produced peanuts. They have always been imported. Over the last few years, Chinese peanuts have become available for importing. There have been some issues as to whether they are suitable for replacing the traditional peanut sources and this may lead to minor changes in the final product. Some project work was done a few years ago testing the peanuts and comparing them against the usual sources at that time. I don't see a problem with using China as a cheaper source of peanuts, after all, that's why a lot of our imported goods are now from China.	user (1404)
535303	2007-03-26 00:16:00	. . . I work in the electrical service industry and the quality of parts is becoming a concern to me . Daily I get asked to check house wiring because all the light bulbs keep blowing . Those from the Warehouse and the Supermarkets are sometimes lasting less than a week . Is this what we want? I dont think so but it is going to continue and there is nothing we can do about it . What will be the long term outcome? "There is nothing in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and he who considers price only is that man's lawful prey . " - John Ruskin Traditionaly the prey does not influence the predators actions too much except by migration, or by becoming extinct . Migration has the risk that the predators migrate also, but the prey can hide for a while among a population which may not be so skilled at avoiding the predators .	R2x1 (4628)
535304	2007-03-26 01:20:00	You can grow peanuts in NZ, infact one of my earliest memories is digging peanuts out of the vege garden when my parents lived in Kawerau (BOP), I just wish the bloody things grew down here in Southland.	Morgenmuffel (187)
535305	2007-03-26 02:13:00	"There is nothing in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and he who considers price only is that man's lawful prey." - John Ruskin Traditionaly the prey does not influence the predators actions too much except by migration, or by becoming extinct. Migration has the risk that the predators migrate also, but the prey can hide for a while among a population which may not be so skilled at avoiding the predators. I take it you do have a point?You and was it Fred Ruskin?	Cicero (40)
535306	2007-03-26 09:15:00	Those worried about China and it's impact on the world economy might like to read Jared Diamond's "Collapse" - very interesting...	johcar (6283)
535307	2007-03-26 12:27:00	I take it you do have a point?You and was it Fred Ruskin? Check the mirror :lol: You appear to have got the point.:lol:	R2x1 (4628)
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