Actually no, you can buy a very well specified and built cycle for much less than they used to be in the UK, the same is true of clothing and a lot of other stuff.
The people getting stuffed are the ones who are losing their jobs to overseas manufacturers, and the people employed for pitiful wages by those overseas manufacturers. The rationale seems to be that we in the west have a right to cheap goods at the expense of other countries, which is something I personally have a lot of ethical problems with. On 2/15/06, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes. And still sold for the same 200 pounds to the UK customer. > > On 2/15/06, Wayne Putterill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >A Cycle which > > would cost £200+ to build here can be produced for a third of that in > > China. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:197132 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
