Is quality assurance and quality control illegal in China? « on: July 09, 2021, 07:21:10 AM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
Since many light bulbs, ballasts, and fixtures made outside of China are good quality products due to manufacturers having quality assurance and quality control teams, I often see information about Chinese made light bulbs, ballasts, and fixtures often failing shortly after they are first being put into service. I wonder if quality assurance and quality control teams for manufacturing are illegal in China?
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	Re: Is quality assurance and quality control illegal in China? « Reply #1 on: July 09, 2021, 08:04:23 AM » Author: CreeRSW207
I wouldn't say illegal but I think they just don't care.
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	Re: Is quality assurance and quality control illegal in China? « Reply #3 on: July 09, 2021, 08:35:33 PM » Author: AngryHorse
Quote from: sox35 on July 09, 2021, 01:00:50 PM I may be wrong, but my feeling has always been that the Chinese will make precisely what they are asked to make. You want cheap crap, they'll make you cheap crap. You want top quality goods, they're perfectly able to make that too, but it will cost you. As the saying goes, you get what you pay for. And the other saying to remember is, let the buyer beware. No, that’s absolutely spot on!, the real reason a lot of garbage comes from China is us dumb westerners want it! Anything cheap and nasty and we’re salivating at it!, and places like eBay and alibaba are more than happy to pedal it! This is one of the reasons LED has a bad name, there are good manufacturers of both LED and HID lamps in China, but I remember James once saying, “ the good stuff made in China tends to stay in China “
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	Re: Is quality assurance and quality control illegal in China? « Reply #4 on: July 10, 2021, 01:49:08 AM » Author: wide-lite 1000
EXACTLY !!
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	Re: Is quality assurance and quality control illegal in China? « Reply #7 on: July 10, 2021, 11:46:51 AM » Author: funkybulb
Look at China made satco stuff and damar stuff lately these   Been comming out of china,  I never really have any problems   With them.  And they came from major lamp supply house too.   These cost bit more than crap u buy in stores.   Let look at all electronic ballasted CFLs  last time i bought  A CFL it still going in my old bed room at my moms house   A rare 6500K daylight one. Now back in those 2000 era of   CFL  u had good ones and bad ones.   U have a GE China made CFL last a long time,  and then u run across a cheap low quailty Trisonic CFL with halophosphor in them.  It lasted about  A week like bad quailty leds.  The saying goe This what u pay for and that what u get.  So  u buy crap then u get crap results.
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