Mark Thorson wrote:
> John Doe wrote:

>> I am surprised that so many baby products are made in China,
>> including baby bottles, pacifiers, and teething rings. Apparently
>> saving a few pennies has been a consumers' only concern over
>> the last decade or so.

> I doubt the savings is really passed to the consumer.

They are anyway. Have a look at the prices we now pay for low cost
consumer goods, most obviously with the lowest cost T shirts etc etc etc.

> There's a certain price people will pay for such things,
> and you won't find these items much cheaper than that.

That is just plain wrong. The lowest price T shirts etc are much cheaper than they used to be.

Power tools etc in spades.

> I suspect Wal-Mart pockets most of the
> savings from moving production to China.

The consumer still gets much lower prices anyway.

And its completely trivial to cut out the middle man and deal with the chinese directly if you want to too.