Originally Posted by
patentcad
Products sourced from the rim that have big western companies stamping their name on them, warrantying them and providing strict quality control - that certainly isn't the problem. It's the Taiwanese or Chinese products you get from these cheesy websites that have no guarantees. The implication that there is any similarity is not only grossly misleading, it's quite naive.
I was half agreeing with you and supporting the point that it's the responsible companies that make it work, not the manufacturers of the goods. So Pacific rim products is a generalization with undeserving negative connotations...