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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2007 8:02:16 GMT -5
Barbie accessories part of latest Mattel recall
Lead paint may be on several hundred thousand Chinese-made goods.
The announcement marks Mattel’s third major recall of Chinese-made toys because of lead paint in a a month.
On Aug. 1, Mattel’s Fisher-Price division said it was recalling 1.5 million preschool toys featuring characters such as Dora the Explorer, Big Bird and Elmo because of lead paint.
In June, toy maker RC2 Corp. voluntarily recalled 1.5 million wooden railroad toys and set parts from its Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway product line. The company said that the surface paint on certain toys and parts made in China between January 2005 and April 2006 contain lead, affecting 26 components and 23 retailers.
In July, Hasbro Inc. recalled faulty Chinese-made Easy Bake ovens, marking the second time the iconic toy had been recalled this year.
With more than 80 percent of toys sold worldwide made in China, toy sellers are nervous that shoppers will shy away from their products in this year’s critical holiday season.
..... so really , are they saving any $ on cheap labor ?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2007 8:55:12 GMT -5
good luck there !!! but I totally agree , support the workers/buisness here first .
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Post by sasquatch on Aug 31, 2008 21:16:24 GMT -5
These matters tend to sort themselves out......
Largelly due to the efforts of the environmental/alarmist movement energy prices are going nuts. In 2000 the cost of shipping a 48' container from Shanghai to the US east coast was $3000..........in April it hit $8000.........
Expect quality to suffer in response to this.....
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Post by Truthknut on Sept 3, 2008 12:04:45 GMT -5
Pi$$ me off, ammo is becoming more expensive because of the metals it contains and lead toys are cheaper!!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2008 10:04:32 GMT -5
.... with the Christmas season approaching I'm sure we'll hear alot more about recalled toys .... .... and as for expensive ammo , Truthy ..... can't you bag it with 1 shot ....  |
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Post by Truthknut on Sept 9, 2008 11:55:09 GMT -5
.... with the Christmas season approaching I'm sure we'll hear alot more about recalled toys .... .... and as for expensive ammo , Truthy ..... can't you bag it with 1 shot .... 25 clay pigeons, a bunch of tin cans, a couple dozen ducks, some geese, a turkey , deer, moose etc in one shot? Girl, if you can shoot like that............... |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2008 15:49:39 GMT -5
.... off the abandoned old truck , big rock on the left , stop sign on the right .......... ;D
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Post by sasquatch on Sept 12, 2008 22:45:00 GMT -5
Well for shotguns, perhaps you should consider "rolling your own". I have a small progressive I got cheap by being in the right place at the right time-----this fool i knew had champagne tastes on a beer budget and bought it and tired of it and needed cash for his next toy----before the metering bar(ordered) had arrived. With a bit of concentration I can crank out a case in about an hour.....
It helps to scrounge empties at the trap field----I prefer AA Winchester hulls...
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Post by proudtobeadp on Jan 22, 2009 23:12:40 GMT -5
In Winnipeg the Feds and media announced at 30 plus Million Dollar contract to Gemini Fashions aka Peerless Garments to produce (not the first time) rainwear for the Canadian Forces. The pork barrel for political payoffs at work? This is the same garment company that was one of the first to subcontract work out to low wage countries decades ago from Winnipeg to maximize profits and would have the garments made overseas to almost the last factor where the garments would come back shipped to Canada to their garment manufacturing operations here to do some minor complete the garment sewing function under archiac Canadian rules that would then allow the garment company to affix a "Made In Canada" tag to the finished garment but in reality the garment was really almost wholly done overseas in sweatshops and sweated labour. Our mayor Sam Katz knows this is how the smata trade has worked in Winnipeg he hails from one of the most crooked industries to settle in North America and that made many of his brethern fabulously wealthy at the expense of the Canadian Taxpayer who's governments also give horrendous tax breaks too to compound the profits. Out of that 30+ million dollars for the military contract at least 10 and maybe more million will be pork barrel profits. If they own the overseas operations too, the profits will double. Investment and benefits to Canadian workers? Just a scratch! Some great contract EH?? clap........clap.........clap. Taxpayers being screwed again.  |
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Post by proudtobeadp on Jan 27, 2009 20:38:37 GMT -5
It seems that people got upset when the notion of subcontracting came out about this so-called 32 million military contract for outwear was awarded to Gemini aka Peerless Garments of Winnipeg. People ask how can all this be so as only ``Canadian companies`could have bid on the contract so awarded. What most don`t know though if not clearly stipulated in that the contract that the garment must be manufactured 100% in Winnipeg, Manitoba at Gemini aka Peerless Garments facilities completely it would be open to subcontracting even if it was to another company owned by Gemini aka Peerless Garments overseas in a low wage sweatshop with child labour even. The photo op used to promote and explain the military contract award of course showed supposedly employees of Gemini aka Peerless that was a unionized company in Winnipeg for years but it also was one of the first companies in Canada to export work out of Canada to these low wage countries to begin with only to bring the garment back almost finished, finish it and then add a `Made in Canada`label. It was this same company amongst a whole host of associated companies that defrauded garment workers of millions of dollars of wages, benefits and pensions in the garment industry that employed some 25% of Winnipeg`s labour force not that long ago. If normal patterns are held too, very little benefit from this military contract will actually generate much economic activity here or stay in Winnipeg. It will be pocketted elsewhere but hooted about locally as usual. All show but little else. |
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