Do you know what the average hourly Wage of a Chinese factory worker is TODAY? jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 1:28 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The JCO survey ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: The JCO survey > FYI, The K1000 was selling for $150 brand new > Well into the 1990's and its got hundreds > Of itty bitty parts that need delcate assembly > And It had ALL the parts for the aperture > Cam sensor included at that very low selling price at that time. > You are mistaken if you think the cost of the part > Is prohibitive to making a profitable camera model with it > Included. Pentax had to move production of that camera from Japan to China to allow it to be made cheaply enough, and they made a whole bunch of changes to the camera to cut cost corners. More plastic, less metal, esentially slave labour. When they couldn't continue to make is at a price that would sell, even with a cheap labour pool, they dropped production. The world has changed now, the Chinese aren't as interested in being peasant factory slaves nowadays, and well off populations need to understand that. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
