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That may be - the overall impression is the sum of all the incidents.

And that has happened in the past, with American manufacture, too. How the company exerts their view of inspection and manufacture is what counts. Insist on top flight quality, and you get it.

The Iphone isn't plagued with quality issues. It's entirely made in China. Point being, if you feel Eagle has quality issues, I have little to say in denial. Beating on China, however, is a very lame point when someone has to beat on a Chinese made keyboard, thru a Chinese made circuit board, and view the results on a Chinese made LCD display.

It's not about China, it's about who's quality is being purchased. Anybody can make junk. Americans can do it just as well as the Chinese, and the impression lasts for a long time. Ask someone who bought a Dodge in the '70s - and may I point out they were union made, too? All those quality made union built American made cars ran the consumer off to the Japanese.

Trying to squeeze too much profit out of the system is the problem, not what nationality. It's not China - it's the mindset of the specific Corporate culture. In this case, Eagle comes up a lot shorter than Scat. That can change, it has to be constantly monitored. There are no guarantees.