Comments on: Resources to avoid those dangerous Chinese products http://www.bloggernews.net/110934 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:28:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: David Fordham http://www.bloggernews.net/110934#comment-1756524 David Fordham Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:17:41 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/110934#comment-1756524 This week I bought an electric kettle from ASDA without bothering to question where it was made because it is a 'Morphy Richards' kettle. On arriving home I decide to make myself a cup of tea. Upon half filling the kettle with water and placing it on its heating stand, I noticed it wobble. Knowing that this should not be so I took a closer look at the whole unit. Just as I thought, the base was/is buckled and will not allow the kettle to settle firmly on its base. I took another look and found that the base has many bumps on it. This does not allow the kettle to sit firmly whilst taking the current to heat the water inside. I knew immediately it could not possibly be a genuine 'Morphy Richards' as we would all know a 'Morphy Richards' electrical product to be. Chinese I thought to myself and immediately called 'Morphy Richards' head office to ask the question I already knew. "Yes sir, you are correct, everything is now made in China". I now intend to throw away this inferior item and purchase a genuine German replacement. A hard lesson, but in future I will check to make certain I am not buying rubbish from China. I make no apologies, and shame on the retailers who do not make clear where their goods are produced. David Fordham This week I bought an electric kettle from ASDA without bothering to question where it was made because it is a ‘Morphy Richards’ kettle.
On arriving home I decide to make myself a cup of tea. Upon half filling the kettle with water and placing it on its heating stand, I noticed it wobble. Knowing that this should not be so I took a closer look at the whole unit. Just as I thought, the base was/is buckled and will not allow the kettle to settle firmly on its base.
I took another look and found that the base has many bumps on it. This does not allow the kettle to sit firmly whilst taking the current to heat the water inside.
I knew immediately it could not possibly be a genuine ‘Morphy Richards’ as we would all know a ‘Morphy Richards’ electrical product to be. Chinese I thought to myself and immediately called ‘Morphy Richards’ head office to ask the question I already knew. “Yes sir, you are correct, everything is now made in China”. I now intend to throw away this inferior item and purchase a genuine German replacement.
A hard lesson, but in future I will check to make certain I am not buying rubbish from China.
I make no apologies, and shame on the retailers who do not make clear where their goods are produced.

David Fordham

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