True. Particularly, I hadn't considered that it might be a pull. Guess there's no shortage of those there, either. cheap labor, lots of discarded equipment and zero testing might just be profitable.
:-( On Nov 4, 2015 8:34 PM, "John Gardner" <gof...@gmail.com> wrote: > ...seems like an *awfully* generic and low-cost part to bother > counterfeiting... > > Nothing is thrown away in China. > > When times are good, a goodly amount of "counterfeits" are factory > > production rejects. When times are less good and demand slackens. > > value is engineered out at the factory to suit whatever price the market > > commands. > > And then there are the "real" counterfeiters... :) >