Originally Posted by
adlai
I think the Chinese manufacturers have every incentive to make safe products. While they may not be able to be sued, bad quality unsafe products will be publicized on the internet. And basic desire to make a good product. Etc.
Unless the major brands are also running these parts through an ultrasound machine, how would their qc be much better?
If you are a no-name brand who cares. Heibei Houzun trading Co. LTD (a cheap carbon bar seller on Alibaba and his 40 thieves) is not a name anyone would remember or care about and if there thing fails not a problem for them because they can change to a different company name or different store or do nothing and nobody will care anyway. It is not a known product, it is not a known manufacturer and they have no real business beyond a massive internet market stunk full of tons of stuff so you won't notice if they are there or if they are gone.
You don't need to run things through an ultrasound machine, you need to do proper product testing and use quality materials and production methods you wouldn't be making a product to be cheap and look like something better just on the outside. You would probably first be designing these parts in CAD programs and using FEA before it is even produced then you have test products and all sorts of stuff to make sure your product is quality. Then you are going to have warranties so if something does happen they will make it right. If something happens to say Ritchey there will be a recall on the product and they will issue new products or credits or something and they will have a reputation to repair as needed.
A random no-name seller has no real reputation beyond just shipping the product in a timely fashion to get a 4-5 star review on the website that someone else runs. Even then they can say well it was shipping delays going from China to the U.S. and having to get through customs and all of that stuff so they can just deny that there was an issue and be done with it. They have no real worries and if someone does go after them it is unlikely a news story will break anywhere and nobody will really follow up on anything and those buying from Alibaba and his 40 thieves will just buy elsewhere not knowing anything or continue buying from that same seller. You didn't research the company involved because you didn't care to, it is beyond cheap and that is all you care about and that is really all anyone cares about.