From: vaughnsimon@gmail.invalid   
      
   "John Smith"  wrote in message   
   news:j8d29t$7gn$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   > Instead, we are a bunch of "moronic consumers."  Trained to buy products   
   which   
   > wear our quickly, so we will consume more   
      
   You get what you pay for; sometimes less.   
      
   Actually, Chinese generators aren't entirely bad.  I have a friend who bought   
   one post-hurricane and was very happy with the service it gave him over a 30+   
   day power outage.  It should surprise nobody that a $300 generator doesn't   
   match   
   the quality of a similar-sized brand-name unit that costs $1,500.  The problem   
   is distinguishing the ones that are total crap from those that are good for   
   occasional standby service.   There are so many Chinese-made brand names and so   
   much part cloning that they all look the same in the showroom.   
      
   Vaughn   
      
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