yesterday I went to my classroom to do a little work, I was bored ( Lee did I spell bored right this time) my kids come back next week...I wanted to sharpen pencils and one of the pencil boxes contained pencils made in China...and I must admit I was a bit concerned with all the call backs and problems with Chinese products.....Ed Hill --- On Fri, 10/10/08, Liane Fossland <lfossland@xxxxxxx> wrote: From: Liane Fossland <lfossland@xxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Not Dog related - or? To: Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Friday, October 10, 2008, 8:59 AM For some time now I have been wondering what you all think of the imports of any kind that have swamped our country. I am expressly talking about those items imported from China. In my experience I have returned numerous items that were "Made in China", anything imaginable. Everything so far that I have bought was inferior to the point that it was not usable. I spent more time in line for a refund than I do shopping. Problem is you can hardly find anything that is not made in China. It may be cheaper and perhaps that is why people buy these things, however, in the long run it costs you more just to replace them. What are they thinking up there letting all this garbage into this country and expecting us to accept it? No griping, letter writing or talking directly to the CEO's has helped to put a stop to it. I guess they get paid pretty well for this. Obviously those in charge of Export/Import should be held accountable. My apologies to the Admin. since this is not dog related - or perhaps it is. Lee F. ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================