Re: [CR]OT: Asian production of modern famous makes....

(Example: Framebuilding:Norris Lockley)

To: db@home-work.com
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 08:00:54 -0500
Subject: Re: [CR]OT: Asian production of modern famous makes....
From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>
cc: hturn@sbcglobal.net
cc: hturn@sbcglobal.net

db i'm not endorsing any of this. i'm just pointing it out. e-RICHIE chester, ct

On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 23:04:28 -0500 DB <db@home-work.com> writes:
> e-R writes:
>
> >none of these guys/firms ever said
> >they DIDN'T get their work from other sources; it's
> >the consumer's perception that all work is done in-house.
>
> Whoah there. Its the consumer's perception because all the promo
> material written by the PR people on the web sites and in the
> brochures makes it sound like the bikes were built by the marque's
> craftsmen in Milano, or where ever. I know, its up to the consumer
> to
> do his/her homework properly and caveat emptor, but the above
> perception you refer to is willfully created to fool the naive among
>
> us. It is deception by omission. Just look at the "Designed in the
> USA" flag decal on lots of Taiwanese-built bikes and then the tiny,
>
> easy to miss Made in Taiwan sticker place less prominently. Not
> misrepresentation in a court of law maybe, but certainly meant to
> mislead. You do not see 'Designed by Masi and built proudly in
> Taiwan'.
>
> -Dan Borden in Brookline, MA
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