No kidding. Also, I fail to see how facts can be bigoted. There is a difference between inexpensive stencil products and counterfeit products. Had you read my post, you'd realize my concern is with respect to counterfeits, not inexpensively outsourced manufactured goods. The fact is that regardless of where the demand lies for counterfeit goods, whether they electronics, instruments, clothes, movies, collectibles, Tiffany jewelry, or whatever else you can think of, nearly all of them come from China, not India, not Russia, not Mexico. While it is illegal to import and sell counterfeit goods in the US and most Western countries, there is no disincentive in China to making and exporting them, and Western trademark holders can expect no cooperation from Chinese law enforcement in preventing it. Ebay alone spends over $10 million per year trying to keep counterfeit items out of their auctions. Buyers who are specialists in what they are buying can usually tell bad from good, and often by the seller's location, but others are taken by fakes daily.
John Baumgart -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Gross Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 8:48 PM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Chinese instruments What a hoot! "No offense intended" then the comment about such a viiew being bigotted. On 5/2/08, Jeremy Cucco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John- > > No offense intended, but that is a rather myopic view on the subject and > quite biggoted against the Chinese to boot. _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
