Say no to Chinese Drywall

the builders, who gave good home warrantees, have been resheetrocking homes for the past 2 years. unfortunately, this is nothing new.

But Riversider supports outsourcing jobs to China. So enjoy your dry wall Riversider.

I support buying the best product at the best price.

i have yet to see a chinese anything, other than dim sum, that is the best product at the best price.

"I support buying the best product at the best price."

The best products are rarely at the best price. Say it with me: YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.

My grandmother recently bought a Westinghouse LCD tv made in China. It broke in less than a year. In contrast, I have a Sony TV made in the U.S. and have never had problems with it since I bought in in 03.

Was there much of this drywall distributed and used in NYC?

My understanding that this is almost exclusively a problem in the South...

I make an effort not to buy chinese junk if I can help it, but it's tough sorting out the "Designed in America", but "Made in China" crap. Just bought a set of All-Clad cookware because it's nice and is "Made in the US" - so I thought. They recently moved some or all of their production to China. Argh.

I would distinguish between produced by a Chinese concern vs an American or Japanese firm which owns a factory in China. That said there are very few Chinese companies that have attained international branding and a reputation for quality in the same way as the top German, Japanese ,Korean and American companies have. I had an IBM think pad, and a Lenovo think pad. The former was considerably more expensive but far better designed.

"My grandmother recently bought a Westinghouse LCD tv made in China. It broke in less than a year. In contrast, I have a Sony TV made in the U.S. and have never had problems with it since I bought in in 03."

My parents' Zenith console television -- made in the USA in 1975 -- is still going strong.

Ouch, those TVs are power hogs and the CRT is full of lead.

Westinghouse? Is that like Bell & Howell?

I'm handy enough and I have learned that even the stalwart of American blue collar tool maker Dewalt doesn't make their products here anymore. More "Made in china" junk.... and I use to like their yellow and black....

"Ouch, those TVs are power hogs and the CRT is full of lead."

Actually, that's wrong.

I have a similar television set that uses only 100 watts.

By comparison, however, today's flat screen TVs use an average of 338 watts.

And as far as the lead, don't worry ... we'll be careful not to eat the CRT.

The 1970s called. They want their tv back.

"The 1970s called. They want their tv back."

Not until the 2010s can build a better, GREENER set.

Plasma TV's are the power hog. LCD is not so bad.

And yet my 1970s TV is still the most power efficient.

I remember 1970's TV'S. They sucked.

For a few hundred dollars you can get a really nice LCD, which takes up no room and at 1080P you can actually see the Hockey Puck. First time I heard someone prefer a bulky CRT.

Who the hell cares about power consumption? I'd rather have widescreen and HD. I'm a power hog when I watch tv and I don't care. I've got surround sound, TIVO, the DVD player, Roku (for Netflix), etc.

I even turned a 26 inch LCD tv into my computer monitor, which I'm using right now. I love it. And I don't care about power consumption since I'm not some crazy tree hugger.

That big, long wall in China -- still holding up pretty well.

How do you know if you have it...the Chinese dry wall, I mean.

I wonder if the people who bought into this building in China got their deposits back:

http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2009/06/29/building_collapse_betting_pool_goes_international.php

NYRENewbie - "How do you know if you have it...the Chinese dry wall, I mean."

In the article's picture, the backside of the drywall said "China".
http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2010/04/02/PH2010040202237.jpg

Not exactly sure if all "Chinese drywall" are so neatly marked.

"That big, long wall in China -- still holding up pretty well."

LOL. And, built very inexpensively*

* albeit with slave labor. Can't have everything.