Originally Posted by johnny99
I think Merida (a big Taiwanese bike company, similar to Giant) My Trek dealer claimed that Trek bike quality is higher than Giant, because Trek has their own quality control people on-site at the Giant factory. Who knows?
Quality control reps from Trek are Chinese people! Thus the quality control would be tainted. Electronics company say the same thing yet the quality of electronic products get worse the further east you get away from Japan. How much is a company going to complain when they pay workers 23 cents an hour with no benefits or lawsuits to worry about? So what something has to be warrantied, they glady warranty something they sold for 10 times what it cost to make and ship.