sixofone;208847 Wrote: > The labelling may well have complied with the strict letter of the law; > however it would appear that the USA "manufacturing" operation amounted > to no more than screwing circuit boards made in China into cases. In > other words the product was, in dictionary terms, being assembled in > the USA. This is a distinction that many manufacturers choose to make > plain with the tag: "Assembled in......". The fact that Slim chose not > to do likewise suggests an intent to obscure the true origins of the > product.
I have worked in the electronics industry in the UK for over 20 years and this is how you label products, you don't get a choice on how to do it as you have to comply with international regulations regarding import/export and it has absolutely nothing to do with SlimDevices (or any manufacturer) trying to pull the wool over anyone's eyes. I think you're playing with semantics regarding whether something is "manufactured" or "assembled" and if you ask 100 people what they think that means you'll get a stack of different answers. If the slimdevices label said "assembled" we'd still have people on here saying that it shouldn't say "assembled" it should say "9 screws, 2 cables and some snap plastics fitted together at 29 Somewhere Street, USville" -- killie99 Primare D30.2 CD player, MF 24/96 DAC, MF A1000 Amp, Impulse H2 speakers oh, and an SB3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ killie99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8337 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35899 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
