I remember that the original Taylormade bubble shaft in a driver I had was manufactured in Mexico
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I remember that the original Taylormade bubble shaft in a driver I had was manufactured in Mexico
Moving house. 15 days to go and the massive declutter has started.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Did you not do a mega de-clutter before you moved out there? Surely other than a case of sangria & a funny hat you've not 'cluttered up' too much
Watch an episode of Sort Your Life Out on BBC iplayer, for inspiration
KenL
Tour Rookie
I think virtually all golf clubs are now made in China.
chico
Club Champion
Just about every old world industrial power has outsourced its manufacturing, mostly to China. That's why China is now the second largest economy in the world.
GreiginFife
Money List Winner
There's a little bit of chicken and egg at play with this. In the late 80's/early 90's (yuppie territory) the technological revolution really started to gather pace, the far east was the powerhouse of technology (mainly Japan) and some big companies did try to muscle in on it but found that they were starting the race too many laps behind.
At the same time, the consumerism age was also rising rapidly, people wanted fast produced items at low prices and big businesses couldn't deliver with the infrastructure that they had, and so the trade deals kicked off with partial outsourcing of parts that would eventually be assembled in the home country.
At this point, many big orgs had plans to catch up with Japan by creating infrastructure to match what they could do but realised that it was more profitable to continue the way they were plus outsource more to create even more profit. All the while the consumerism age was booming and people wanted even more for less.
By now, the cost of infrastructure and the time to implement makes onshoring a near impossibility which is obvious to all except a select few who think it will happen in a year or two (or possibly less).
Consumerism started it, profiteering continued it.
KenL
Tour Rookie
All to satisfy our greed.
chico
Club Champion
It's certainly someone's greed. As long as the main legal Priority of a plc is to look after the shareholders it will always be thus.
GreiginFife
Money List Winner
I think a lot of the blame always focuses on business profit but we are just as much to blame as a "fast fulfilment society".
I did some work with a large retail client last year, doing analysis across their customer sectors, a survey of just over 20k respondents threw up some stark results. Number one importance was availability of a product, 2nd was speed of delivery, 3rd was cost. Brand was a distant 9th in importance.
Their 2014 survey results for comparison, 1st Price, 2nd brand, 3rd availability, 4th choice of product... Speed of delivery was 8th.
We're now less brand conscious and more focused on "how fast can I get it" than we were even 10 years ago. The basic finding was that customers want fast and cheap above all else.
I am not saying that profiteering isn't an issue, far from it but it's the other side of the same coin.
RichA
Well-known member
Rather than pure greed, isn't it more of a shift from saving to own a few nice quality things to constantly buying lots of average quality shiny things? We're addicted to shopping because it's just so easy now.
In my lifetime household disposable income in the UK has more than doubled, but complaints about life being unaffordable have probably increased.
Bunkermagnet
Journeyman Pro
I don’t disagree, but are we that way now because of what we have been told or lead?
I know there won’t be much on shoring, especially over here, but how many companies are going to see the cost to onshore in the US and decide that the cost and time taken to do it isn’t worth it with DT only having 4 yrs left?
Likewise how many employees of the companies owned by the US govt members employ cheap to pay Mexicans or other South American cheap labour?
GreiginFife
Money List Winner
Likely that none will on-shore in the US (or very few) due to a) the cost associated is probably more than the tariffs will cost (as most will be passed on to consumers) and b) the uncertainty that the policies will even remain stable and tariffs will remain in place, even within the 4 year term.
On-shore manufacturing won't reduce consumer costs either, the increased labour costs, health and safety considerations and the infrastructure costs being passed on will probably match or exceed the tariff increases, at least in the short term.
The US has practically microscopic electronics manufacturing capability (save for a couple of exceptions like Intel, but then they are most expensive in market already) yet they are the single biggest foreign consumer of electronics products and I recall reading a piece that suggested that it would take the US at least a decade to create infrastructure and maturity to make a dent in that deficit.
I remember making 11 trips to the tip before we left the U.K. But we’re also down sizing from 3 bed to 2. More importantly, it’s a 5 min walk from the bowls club and 10 mins from the beach…
Sid Rixon IV
Head Pro
I have friends who have decluttered not because they're moving house but because they don't want their children to feel the pain of doing it after they go.
Sid Rixon IV
Head Pro
Seniors 4BBB yesterday.
Par 4 downhill.
The sun has shone for days and the ball is rolling.
My drive is way ahead of the other three and leaves me a gentle wedge to the pin..... which I shank into a ditch
The other three look as forlorn as me.
Par 4 downhill.
The sun has shone for days and the ball is rolling.
My drive is way ahead of the other three and leaves me a gentle wedge to the pin..... which I shank into a ditch
The other three look as forlorn as me.
Sid Rixon IV
Head Pro
In the same match my partner, a far better golfer than me, endlessly putts up then follows with "I'll just tap this in".
Cue me, yet again, not on the card
However, he's such good company I can't get angry - and he won me £15
Cue me, yet again, not on the card
However, he's such good company I can't get angry - and he won me £15
cliveb
Head Pro
Many years ago I played in a 4BBB roll-up and got drawn with a very good player.In the same match my partner, a far better golfer than me, endlessly putts up then follows with "I'll just tap this in".
Cue me, yet again, not on the card
When we handed the card in to the club secretary at the end with virtually no scores in my column, he looked up and remarked "you do know this was a pairs event, right?"
Put a load of stuff on FB marketplace earlier. Jeez! It’s been like a Boxing Day sale…
Bunkermagnet
Journeyman Pro
And it is also the largest holder of US debt.......
