PEs. Made in China?

CrankSkimafia

CrankSkimafia

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So after I bought my skis and had them mounted(today), I turned them over to see a little sticker -Made in China-. Cool, I ski on skis where they REALLY know whats going on, China. Im such a little bitch.

 
yes yes, u r quite the little bitch

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i hate posers. thanx to harvey and all who contribute to the site for makin it so kick ass.

if people dont like what ive created, fuck em, because somebody else does-TANNER

can you see what's down there? me either.-seth peering down a cliff before he drops it

 
go to k2's site for their factory team (k2factoryteam.com) and you see the different stages of the way the PEs and Pistols are made. so what if they are made in china? they are developed where it actually matters, so if they are made in china it just means the skis are cheaper for us

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Formerly NOFXpunkAF

Representing the KPP
 
It really doesnt bother me that they are made in China, I just didnt figure thats where they would come from. I figured France or something, but thats Rossignol, right? I wouldnt have bought them if they were made in the US

 
dynastar is made in france too. of course, dynastar is owned by rossi, but whatever. i think salomon makes some of it's stuff in france as well

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Formerly NOFXpunkAF

Representing the KPP
 
i read something from k2 about moving to china, the guy who wrote it was trying to play it out like since they were moving to china and they had to pay the workers like 25 cents a day that they could afford to have more quality control. My ass you greedy corporate sons of bitches. But its all love, cuz they got pep

Originally posted by Phunk

'Nobody will see your nice skis while you're crying in the dark, pussy.'

Captain Planet... hero to all?
 
lol i saw that too but oh well they are good skis, made in china just means its gonna be cheaper for us

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yes... its true... there is an asian skier on ns
 
and... lower quality. they are getting paid less, less incentive. lower costing material, worse ski. thanks very much but ill pay an extra $50 if the ski is better. and it really isnt saving us that much money. the company is just gonna take like 5% off the price even tho they save 99%. its bull shit. gimme some uh-mur-ickin skis

remember; i cant be trusted, becase the only ski movies ive ever seen were the warren miller ones, and in the haze.

and yes, i am in love with (a) sam caylor and (b)harvey.
 
at the shop tho like allll the skis are made in austria or japan

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yes... its true... there is an asian skier on ns
 
Yah k2 moved their production from vashon to china last year...there was a article in freeze about it or somthin.

better to burn out...

...then fade away
 
They may be nice skis and it may just make things cheaper for us but I think having skis made in China is the begining of things just becoming really cheap. I guess? I really have no idea actually... I just think that soon everything will end up made in China and be shitty quality because companies will start to realize they can focus on making money instead of making nice skis.

-Lauren
 
It would be cool if they were made by fools in the US, because then the US peeps would get paid and spend the money in US at US businesses..

But the ski is dope either way. Alot of the reliable shit you use everyday are made in China, Hong Kong, etc..

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I don't look for trouble, I'm already trouble..
 
you people have no idea on how international business actually works... its pretty funny to see you all discuss this 'they sell them for 5% off and only pay 99% of that' sure they do buddy... im sure they still have to import the materials to the china warehouse where labopur is just a lot cheaper... and it doesnt mater what kind of incentive you have over there, those people need jobs and they are not going to want to use them.... and im sure that K2 is making money off the ski's but it is definatly not 99%, if anything producing them in china will allow K2 to have better materials IN their skis and still sell them for cheaper than everyone else...

What the hell were they doing with a car on the moon?... havent they gone far enough?
 
Watch out for the Chinese aerails team next olympics,

Xiac Chann is looking really strong for the female side, of the team, oh wait, they don't know how to land, scratch that, ....

M.D. Faller

(medically dope)

'I'm still Ugly'
 
there was an article in SKi magazine about them in China with some pics. They had a little cartoon of a Red White Blue ski with 'made in china' stamped on the front of it.

Latvians rock harsh
 
i read that...the move makes sense in an economical sense because labor and land are cheaper over there. lots of companies are moving production else where because truth be told a lot of the items 'made in the USA' aren't very high quality. u don't know the skis might even be better off being produced in china because even though those people are making very little cash making the skis. thats the only way for them to have any sort of income at all. so if they make shitty skis they're gonna get fired and have no income for food clothing etc...

But on the flip-side think about how the move to china for production will effect buyers loyalty to k2. everything is based on the market and on how we buy so if the move to china doesn't go over well they might move production back to vashon. alright thats my 2 cents

Phree Stylez
 
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