I have come to the point where I am beginning to think the reason we get so much crap from China, is that the end result is OK with those who sell it. Parts for almost anything, especially really good parts (farm machinery for instance) are getting fewer and farther between. The old stand bay dead bang good made in the USA is not, for the most part nearly as good these days.
I think the optics industry is a little bit different. Optics users give the sellers a lot of grief and sellers have responded with demanding better stuff from their Chinese sources. Companies are even investing in their own facilities there so they can have more control over the final product.
