Originally Posted by
manicmike
Imagine if all of a sudden ammunition factories cut their prices by 75% but the casings were of very thin metal and most of them not straight and differing amounts of powder inside each bullet. Would anyone be OK with that?
At the risk of sounding old, how have we allowed acceptable values to become so low? Organ are a reputable company, so are the needles knock-offs or are Organ now at the same low low standard of garbage we've come to expect from so many other manufacturers? It's depressing to keep hearing of people buying stuff that just doesn't work. In the future will it be impossible to buy anything that actually works?
Not good enough. Manufacturers are going out of their way to shaft us all and not even provide a basic level of quality in a product (that the things they take our money for actually work, don't shred thread, don't kill us etc).
Made in China... I'm thinking most of the time Organ needles are just fine. That must have been a batch of irregulars. By the time we figured it out it was past the date of 2 days to return stuff. I wonder if someone in China picked the trash and then decided to sell the irregular needles. The needles do work if you are punching holes in paper with no thread.... Before the return date, if you buy bulk needles check the grooves and the holes - look for bends and twists and odd shaped rough holes. I wish I could get a big enough clear picture. After that I buy Schmetz most of the time. I can get them with a half off coupon at Joann's or somewhere about the same as on line.