Would you still buy AGD products if....

[nathanjones008]

i would

I would by from AGD if it was made in china. WHy? Because AGD Is not doing so good right now. That would drastically decrease the prices and make the products more affordable to the ones who can not afford a new mag.

One more note. As long as there is not lead the parts!

[Bulldog]

Informative, but not quite the answer I was looking for.

I think it's because the situation you are suggesting isn't really likely, or even possible. You just can't get a part made to the standards it would need to be in China.

[robnix]

I think it's because the situation you are suggesting isn't really likely, or even possible. You just can't get a part made to the standards it would need to be in China.

The thread started off with a speculative question, so I add another one, Whether or not you can it done wasn't relevant to what I wanted to know.

[Zone Drifter]

1) no, i wouldnt buy an agd gun made in china, simply because the more we have other countries make our products, the more our economy will go in the toilet. People don't realize this, all they think about is making more money for themselves and not employing people, training them and giving them respectable jobs. Yes, it's cheaper to have china make stuff, but what you pay for is what you get, cheap stuff. Not to mention we should employ our own citizens so that we have jobs and keep our own country fed within financially.

2) Tom is the man, of course, but there are many more intelligent people in the paintball industry that can continue to uphold the innovation and quality that he has. In the name of all that is good, i believe that AGD will continue to be the quality leader in paintball markers. Tom is merely the founder, but companies can continue to do things right, so long as nobody else tries to change something for the worse.

[Bulldog]

The thread started off with a speculative question, so I add another one, Whether or not you can it done wasn't relevant to what I wanted to know.

Well, then I think the answer is rather obvious. At least for me it is. Go with whoever is producing the better quality part.

[Pacifist_Farmer]

1. Yes

2. No (I will need parts to keep my AGD markers running, and besides isn't he already out of the picture, for all intents and purposes?)

As others have pointed out, it does not matter where a product is manufactured, if the manufacturing stream is flawed you will get bad parts.

[Pacifist_Farmer]

1) no, i wouldnt buy an agd gun made in china, simply because the more we have other countries make our products, the more our economy will go in the toilet. People don't realize this, all they think about is making more money for themselves and not employing people, training them and giving them respectable jobs. Yes, it's cheaper to have china make stuff, but what you pay for is what you get, cheap stuff. Not to mention we should employ our own citizens so that we have jobs and keep our own country fed within financially.

We do live in a free market capitalistic society last time I checked, perhaps it is the responsibility of the individual to earn a living, and not the collective.

If you hadn't noticed even when our economy was good, Americans took advantage of one another and put it back in the toilet.

[manike]

name one quality item made in china

To develop the discussion...

Please name quality items in paintball and where you think they are made...

Rogue is 100% correct and that quality isn't cheap or easy where ever you make your products.

You can get quality out of China or anywhere overseas but you have to work just as hard at it, if not harder, than to get the same quality out of the USA or Europe. Sometimes it's cost effective, sometimes it isn't.

[68magOwner]

yes, it would be super cheap, and probably just as good.

[robnix]

To develop the discussion...

Please name quality items in paintball and where you think they are made...

Rogue is 100% correct and that quality isn't cheap or easy where ever you make your products.

You can get quality out of China or anywhere overseas but you have to work just as hard at it, if not harder, than to get the same quality out of the USA or Europe. Sometimes it's cost effective, sometimes it isn't.

What if AGD products were made in Australia? At least we could chant:

AUSSIE! AUSSIE! AUSSIE! OI! OI! OI! before each round.

[Zone Drifter]

We do live in a free market capitalistic society last time I checked, perhaps it is the responsibility of the individual to earn a living, and not the collective.

If you hadn't noticed even when our economy was good, Americans took advantage of one another and put it back in the toilet.

Three words from that: Responsibility and took advantage. That IS the sad truth, that because of competition through the market, things go that way. So there is really no way to argue it, it's all about the one vs. the whole, and everyone would rather make more than share it with someone else.

[lidocaine]

If automags were made in China I would not purchase them.end of story.

[ProblemKinder]

i have 3 mags already. as long as the 8 year old chinese kids can figure out how to make o-rings and bottle oil i think i'll be ok.

[maniacmechanic]

no I would not buy a chinese ADG product
The sad fact is even if they started making parts overseas WE still would not see lower costs

[RogueFactor]

Call Apple or Lenovo, they'll give you a list.

Will you be the first in line to purchase one of the new Chinese made cars? Seatbelt...would it really matter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F06LjugtIUo&feature=related

Or maybe you are into SUV's instead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Ts94rjr4M&feature=related