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alright so im at high north right now. i was in the village checking out the gear for 07.. and on the volkl dogens for 07 there was a sticker that said 'made in china' WTF?!?!?! since when does volkl have their skis made in china?! idk if they really are or what... anybody know for sure? i love volkl skis... but if theyre gonna start manufacturing out of china... thats pretty.. uh... homosexual.
thats rubbish...not everyone manufactures out of china and there is good reason not to buy shit out of china cuz its not made with the intent of quality but quantity and speed
k2 are made in china and line will also be made in china. Pretty much everything is made in china. If a machine is pretty much doing everything, what does it matter if its a chinese dude or a mexican. the important thing is that the materials that the product is made with is of quality.
thats why a shirt (quiksilver for example) costs more than an average shirt from wallmart made also in china. (yes, part of the price is because of the brand, but a good % is because of the higher quality materials).
The reason people manufactor in China is because the workhand is is leagaly cheaper. And of course they also have quantity and speed in mind, what big company dosen't? It would be pointless for 4frnt to make stuff in china, because they would make way more than they could sell at the moment, but Volkl is a big company that sells skis all over the world and needs mass production to keep up. If they made them the same way a small company does they would make less money and in the buissnes world-money is everything.
and if "made in china"="gay", well lets just say we have gay stuff. the computer you are reading this off of is also most likely made in china
not buying something becuase its made in china is the dumbest shit ive ever heard. Volkl is a sick compnay regardless of where its made. There skis always are very well constructed and are some of the best in the industry. Atomics are made in austria and they have the worst quality ive ever seen. And austria is a rich country. So where its made really doesnt make a difference at all.