Thread: Australian Made vs Off-Shore.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Care to quantify your last sentence? I fail to see how you can accuse me of hypocrisy, when I have presented no opinion. I have only offered facts.

Wonder what the convicts were doing back in 1850s. I myself see no problem using prisoners as cheap free labour. I am not a lefty tree hugger mind you. Better to make prisoners productive then letting them enjoy themselves in a prison, waiting for the release.

Hypocrisy comes in when you ignore all the cheap slaves/labour working in the catering industry or as fruit pickers, etc.. who are mostly international students/visitors from Asia or Europe working in "third world " conditions and usually underpaid. Because young Aussies would rather be on centerline and enjoy a life style that is built on using international cheap labour and collectively as a country, selling raw materials to , allegedly our biggest enemy, China.

By the way, when we were hit by covid 19, we told the slaves to bugger off to where they come from. Wonder how ethical this is.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

MartnH, what a load of **** you have just espoused.

Still you can say what you like here.......

Freedom of speech mate.
Now your post, is it saying anything at all?

i think MartnH has hit the nail on the head here.

Originally Posted by martnH

Freedom of speech mate.
Now your post, is it saying anything at all?

it doesn't have to....if yours is bull**** so can mine be.

I paid $450 for my ozpig. Okay a beer keg shaped fireplace/stove for camping.

I spent this much of money because it is supposed to be made in Australia and I know how hard it is to do so and the high wage and constant harassment from health and safety department etc..

Guess what ozpig are made in China. This Australian company who paid the Chinese slaves/workers $10 a day, charge me $450 and still has the audacity to say they are "proudly Australian". Haha lying deceving bastards. Is this ethical?

This is the reality of many Aussie companies. On one hand, they benefit from the cheap labour overseas on the other they will be the crying babies and ask Aussie to support their products. They use and manipulate our fear of unemployment so they can benefit from it.

What is your opinion on this?

Originally Posted by martnH

I paid $450 for my ozpig. Okay a beer keg shaped fireplace/stove for camping.

I spent this much of money because it is supposed to be made in Australia and I know how hard it is to do so and the high wage and constant harassment from health and safety department etc..

Guess what ozpig are made in China. This Australian company who paid the Chinese slaves/workers $10 a day, charge me $450 and still has the audacity to say they are "proudly Australian". Haha lying deceving bastards. Is this ethical?

This is the reality of many Aussie companies. On one hand, they benefit from the cheap labour overseas on the other they will be the crying babies and ask Aussie to support their products. They use and manipulate our fear of unemployment so they can benefit from it.

What is your opinion on this?

Should it be called Chinapig?

Originally Posted by Gav 110

Should it be called Chinapig?

Nah, they look like this, although there's money in them too, I'm lead to believe.
cpig.jpg

What gets me is Aussie companies trading on past local made products now made in Asia but still with Proudly Australian all over it.

Eg a workshop compressor I bought..not cheap either..with that logo plastered all over it lasted 12 months b 4 failing. A warranty claim ensued during which I was without a unit for 3 weeks while parts were imported to fix it. I asked the repairer is any of this machine made here. Nope...he said..none of it. Even the Proudly Australian Co logo is applied in Asia.

But try to find a locally made one...so we are basically stuffed by greedy importers in many cases.

I overheard two guys talking about getting ripped off by an Asian agent who charged them too much for freight on chainsaw chains...so we're only gonna make 5 grand on that shipment he said. Poor buggers..I felt sorry for them😞

Wanna get rich.. start an import business...as I was told some years ago😎