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Posted by flying belgian on February 06, 2010 at 19:00:18 from (98.132.233.132):

Went to Maynards and bought some window shade brackets. 54 cents per packet. one pair per packet. Stamped in the metal bracket. *Made in China* Packaged in plastic about the size of a deck of cards. Cardboard rapped over opening of bag with a hole punched in it to hang on store shelf. Staple through cardboard. Now let see if I got this right. -Some metal stamping plant in China bought the steel and paid a chinese truck driver to haul it to their plant and paid a chinese worker to unload the steel in their warehouse. After which they payed a forklift driver to take it to metal punch press in plant after which they paid machine operator to punch them out and drop in pallet tub. Then pay forklift guy to take pallet to warehouse and store on pallet rack. Next forklift guy brings from warehouse to packageing machine where they pay someone to feed them in to machine and drop them in another pallet tub. Pay forklift guy to take back to warehouse until you pay a truckdriver to bring a shipping container to the loading dock. Now pay forklift driver to load in shipping container after which you pay a truck driver to haul it to a Chinese shipping port. Now they pay a crane operator to lift shipping container off truck and place on an ocean going vessel. Now the shipping co. gets paid to float it half way around the world to a U.S. sea port on our coast after which another crane operator is paid to off load container onto a truck where a truck driver is paid to haul it to a where house here in states. Now a forklift operator is paid to unload it and store it on pallet rack. Then a forklift operator is paid to load it on a Maynards truck where that driver is paid to haul it half way across the country as I'm in Mn. where a forklift driver is paid to unload it in back of store. Then another forklift driver is paid to bring it to correct isle in store where a worker is paid to hang it on the shelf. A final person is paid to check me out and take my 54 cents. Now I am told the Chinese don't pay their workers much but that is only part of the equasion. We do know they are paying them something. Can someone please tell me how the hell that can be sold for 54 cents? We have several metal fabrication factories right here in Mankato Mn. all within 15 minutes of the Maynards store. Wouldn't you think they could get them cheaper here. What part of this am I not understanding?

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