Originally Posted by
Butterfli19
Perspective: I work in manufacturing and they've probably outsourced it for cost. The assembly process and required materials list should be the same, as should the critical components and final result. Hopefully yours was put together by a fellow sewist and brings you eons of sewing bliss. Does that help? lol
I think the biggest problems with this are typically quality control and tolerances. A lot of time the parts aren't machined to the finest tolerances. But then a lot of stuff made in the U.S. suffers from the same two issues........ My dh has taken apart a hot tub and couldn't believe they substituted a cheap plastic part for metal at a critical join, exposing buyers to inevitable failure after a period of a few years and potentially costly water damage. The company saved less than $1 per hot tub doing that!