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>"Americans will happily cheat you as well." I did not have too much experience with US manufacturers. I however can talk about Canada and Brasil. My experienc
by FpUser 1y ago
>"Americans will happily cheat you as well."
I did not have too much experience with US manufacturers. I however can talk about Canada and Brasil. My experience with Brasil was stellar. Canada - you better fucking watch. As for China - I did order directly high power DC/DC converters. Those were available in the US and China. China came 10 times cheaper ($25 vs $250 apiece). The devices where we have installed those still work like a charm more than a decade after.
- djmips 1y agoThat sounds like very specific anecdata for Canada vs Brazil.
- FpUser 1y agoIt is. I am pretty sure examples of this and that exist in either country. I am just telling my own very narrow impression.
- theLegionWithin 1y agoChinese manufacturing 10+ years ago is completely different to Chinese manufacturing in 2025. the other comment about "zero trust" is significantly more apt
- m-s-y 1y agoIt’s always different 10 years ago, though, isn’t? Everything is. Rose colored glasses and all. I remember these exact same “Chinese quality” threads 10 years ago and they read pretty much the same as this one, complete with the “well 10 years ago I got great stuff” and “yeah 10 years ago was different”. Cycles, man. Cycles.
- nomel 1y agoAnother explanation could be that things have continued to degrade.