Here is a story that probably will impact you fisherman in some way or another.... If change is good - then we're doing great....
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News from the Northwest --- just a sign of the times - cheap labor costs another 100 US jobs...
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Yup the high price of the low cost is at work .I really hate to see more american jobs outsourced to china.
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to see it happen, but you just can't afford to pay americans any more to do the menial tasks. You can pay a chinese worker a buck a day with no benefits....tought to compete against that.
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Anybody notice rapala's stock probelms?
All of a sudden, there was a huge availabilty issue this spring.
As all that stuff was going on, the service side of thier buisness went to hell.
Product availabilty was nil. Backordering was a mega problem.
But, thats the way it goes.
Theres no doubt you will see a change in the lures. It may be better, it may be worse. Only time will tell.
If you look at the company's history, its amazing how many changes they have undergone.
From hand carved european wood baits with foil finishes to american mass produced baits some made of plastic. To asain made mass produced baits.
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All of a sudden, there was a huge availabilty issue this spring.
As all that stuff was going on, the service side of thier buisness went to hell.
Product availabilty was nil. Backordering was a mega problem.
But, thats the way it goes.[/reply]
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ok dont know what happened to what i had typed...but was quoting ,and said that is what i meant about the high price of the low costs,and its not just fishing lures this is happening more and more in our economy.
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