[sdiy] SMD experiences

[jays at aracnet.com]

On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:45:23 -0700, David G Dixon <dixon at mail.ubc.ca>
wrote:
>> No, but we're all responsible consumers (right?) so we want
>> to make sure that our money isn't funding stuff that we don't
>> approve of, like unsafe working practices for the
>> under-fives, or regimes with hideous human rights records,
>> or,...etc etc etc.
>>
>> Whether China is good or bad, and whether trading with China
>> makes it better or worse is your judgement call. But I would
>> ask you to think about it rather than merely choosing based
>> on lowest price. A lot of shit is justified by "economic arguments".
> 
> Have you read the labels inside your clothes, lately?  If you really applied
> this principle in earnest, you'd probably have to go naked!  :)
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And probably about 60%-90% of the components used in electronics are
from China also. I was surprised to learn that another big motivation
for moving electronic manufacturing to China is the cost of shipping. It
saves a lot of money shipping resistors (or pick another part) from the
manufacture in China to the build facility in China vs. sending stuff to
the states (or pick your country). Also helps on cutting down on
inventory since you don't have to deal with shipping delays.

Jay S.