Thread: Would you Aussies put up with this?

Originally Posted by slug_burner

You might know Wayne S the Marketing Manager?

Yeah very well . he also deals alot with the comercial side of things.
He was the chap i was talk about the clothes in china thing about, over a meal a couple of months ago. Here in Brisbane
So how do you Know Wayne then

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

I guess buying a sewing machine is like buying a 4WD none of them are made in Australia. So after having Janome (Korean manuf. not a Japanese one) and an Elna overlocker which was a dud after it was serviced by Elna Aust. I bought a Husqvarna, show me a reliable well made Australian sewing machine and I'll buy it!

mmm they are good machines . But most machines are made in Brazil now same reason that Pac brands moved to China. Even singer, bernina and brother
BTW Elna was a front for a gun making factory in Switerland ( my sis was Europe Sales Manger for Elna). Once went to the factory , also been to the Husqvarna factory. Both know what they were doing

Originally Posted by miky

Just occurred to me that here is a forum dedicated to an overseas manufacturer of motor vehicles with people complaining about products being made overseas

Because there is no Australian owned alternative........... just like it will become with underwear, work cloths, casual cloths et al.

My son owns a company manufacturing cotton material to specialist clothing makers, he cannot produce the material for double the cost of "ready to sell" clothing from China. Chinese material is only quarter of the quality though.

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

Were Range Rovers assembled in Australia? They certainly were not when I worked there. Straight off the boat and into the showroom then.

Yes, under warranty

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Because there is no Australian owned alternative........... just like it will become with underwear, work cloths, casual cloths et al.

My son owns a company manufacturing cotton material to specialist clothing makers, he cannot produce the material for double the cost of "ready to sell" clothing from China. Chinese material is only quarter of the quality though.

mmm but the problem is everyone says they will buy Aussie made and pay for the better quality . But then they are sat in Target looking at socks and see Aussie made and brand at $12 for 3 and then other brand from gods knows where for $6 for 3 pairs and hey guess which ones they buy

We all want to buy Aussie made but not if it is going to hurt our pocket . But unfortuatly it is going to

Apparently there are still going to be 30,000 workers in oz employed by Pac brands so if they save those jobs and "only" lose 1850 have they done a good job?

By the way execs job is not to save jobs it is to make profits or keep losses to a minimum, if they dont do that thay are braking Aust corporate law and can be held accountable. Unfortunatly workers are not protected by corporate law but profits are.

Originally Posted by Reads90

mmm but the problem is everyone says they will buy Aussie made and pay for the better quality . But then they are sat in Target looking at socks and see Aussie made and brand at $12 for 3 and then other brand from gods knows where for $6 for 3 pairs and hey guess which ones they buy

We all want to buy Aussie made but not if it is going to hurt our pocket . But unfortuatly it is going to

If we can have a system where all goods have a label stating if they are aussie made or not then it would make a difference. I, like others are willing to pay a bit extra to support our local industries