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Active8

Jan 1, 1970
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Here in the US, cheap DVD players are typically found in stores for $30-$40.
$35 is easily obtainable during holiday sales without the need for rebates
or other gimmicks.
Then I would like to know why Wal-Mart's price on DVD/CD players
(Apex) is still $79 US. Are they dicking these small towners around
because there's no competition.
 
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Rich Grise

Jan 1, 1970
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On 22 Dec 2004 08:29:28 -0800, in sci.electronics.design

I wonder what they send bck to china in the containers? I cant imagine
the chinese need much from the EU or US
Money, of course. ;-)

Happy Solstice!
Rich
 
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Pat Ford

Jan 1, 1970
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martin griffith said:
On 22 Dec 2004 08:29:28 -0800, in sci.electronics.design

I wonder what they send bck to china in the containers? I cant imagine
the chinese need much from the EU or US


martin

Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.

jobs, healthy economy? scrap steel??
Pat
 
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keith

Jan 1, 1970
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jobs, healthy economy? scrap steel??

Jobs don't take much space in containers. Scrap steel doesn't
containerize very well. That leaves a healthy economy. Have you really
looked at the Chineese economy? They need a *lot* more containers.
 
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me

Jan 1, 1970
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Cheap labor
No EPA
No Osha
No unemployment
no benifits
no welfare
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the list goes on
 
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Ben Bradley

Jan 1, 1970
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I wonder what they send bck to china in the containers? I cant imagine
the chinese need much from the EU or US

Huge numbers of loaves of bread.

Okay, not literally (at least not that I know of), but it seems I
just heard (from Clark Howard, and he would NEVER lie...) that the USA
exports large quantities of food to China as well as to other
countries.
 
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Spehro Pefhany

Jan 1, 1970
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Huge numbers of loaves of bread.

Okay, not literally (at least not that I know of), but it seems I
just heard (from Clark Howard, and he would NEVER lie...) that the USA
exports large quantities of food to China as well as to other
countries.

Sure, but wheat is exported in bulk carriers (with bribe automobiles
carefully wrapped up inside the wheat), or so I've heard.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
 
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Rich Grise

Jan 1, 1970
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jobs, healthy economy? scrap steel??
Pat

Actually, I think I saw a huge pile of scrap metal at the Long Beach
harbor, presumably being sent out, but I think the guy that pointed it
out to me said it was going to Japan.

I wonder what they take back on the car carriers?

Cheers!
Rich
 
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martin griffith

Jan 1, 1970
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Cheap labor
No EPA
No Osha
No unemployment
no benifits
no welfare
...................
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the list goes on
no christmas?


martin

Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
 
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Frithiof Andreas Jensen

Jan 1, 1970
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martin griffith said:
On 22 Dec 2004 08:29:28 -0800, in sci.electronics.design ..
I wonder what they send bck to china in the containers? I cant imagine
the chinese need much from the EU or US

Paint, for example ;-)

Used Car Tires is another: People pay here to get their tires taken away,
the Chinese pay to get the worn tires - as long as they are round and hold
air, they are Fine!

Scrap Metal, Plastics, and whatever other Junk it does not pay to recycle
here (or costs too much in disposal tax).

Off it goes.
 
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BobGardner

Jan 1, 1970
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No Freedom of speech.
No right to bear arms
No rights at all
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Heard a story on NPR about working conditions there... 12hrs a day, 7 days a
week, poor ventilation, no restroom breaks, 20 cents an hour or something.....
 
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Spehro Pefhany

Jan 1, 1970
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Heard a story on NPR about working conditions there... 12hrs a day, 7 days a
week, poor ventilation, no restroom breaks, 20 cents an hour or something.....

OTOH, the factories supply room and board for their staff. And most
are making *way* more than they would be in agriculture.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
 
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Richard the Dreaded Liberal

Jan 1, 1970
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OTOH, the factories supply room and board for their staff. And most
are making *way* more than they would be in agriculture.
Fifteen cents a day in a sweatshop beats zero cents a day on the street.

Thanks,
Rich
 
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