"Joe Analssandrini" wrote

Eton's products are in fact made in China, not Taiwan, by Tecsun, a
Chinese company.


Eton outsources to Tecsun. Tecsun has the financial interest of the CCP.
The CCP owned enterprises often sell products at or under cost. That
is the advantage of a State Owned/Subsidized Enterprise (SO/SE). This fact
has nothing to do with
Eton/Grundig which simply has a contract with Tecsun to produce so many
widgits at such and such cost. Eton/Grundig and Tecsun are not the same
company.

There are several Degen/Kaitos selling for between $50 and $100 which
offer far more than Tecsun's (Eton's) radios both in terms of features
and performance.

Again, Tecsun is capable of doing so for the reason sited above. Unlike
Eton/Grundig and most "western" country enterprises, the CCP owned
enterprises
do not answer to shareholders or anyone else for that matter. The CCP is
violating numerous trade agreements with impunity. They get away with it
because
so many western corporations have huge investments in China where these
western
corporations seek CCP political favour to "get a piece of the action".
Meanwhile,
western factories move to China. In the not so distant future you will be
driving a car
manufatured in China. Detroit will be an automobile ghost town.

One example is the textile industry. This past January textile quotas from
China
had been dropped in the EU and USA. There was a flood of imports of very
cheaply priced textiles. FYI: Clothes in China are incredibly cheap and the
quality
has improved. A decent designer T-shirt can be purchased for $1US (yes, one
dollar).
Even Thailand, India and other textile producing countries are suffering
from the CCP's
dumping tactics.

This is also happening in other areas of production. Soon this hardline
Communist
dictatorial country will be able to not only produce but also design
advanced electronics
micro-chips which will rival those designed in Japan. Japan designs and
produces the most
advanced micro-chips in the world of which the U.S. military is a very good
customer.
If the Japanese can not sell its micro-chips due to price under cutting by
the Communist
subsidized enterprises, the Japanese companies will simply have to leave the
business.
In whcih case where will the U.S. military go shopping?

The Sony ICF-SW7600GR is indeed a "steal" at $130. It was even a
"steal" at $160, which is what I paid for all five - no kidding, that's
how many I own - of mine several years ago. And it is made in Japan! I
recommend that anyone seriously interested in shortwave radio buy one
of these "while the getting is good." Both Amazon and J&R Music World
have the ICF-SW7600GR at low prices. As a "first" radio, as a "travel"
radio, as an "only" radio, you just can't go wrong, in my opinion.

Eton/Tecsun COULD be competitive if it truly desired to do so.

You are confused - Eton/Grundig is NOT = Tecsun!

Yes of course, Eton/Grundig can compete if the democratic and free Taiwan
government chooses to subsidize them and Eton decides to sell at or below
cost.

Sony,
though it makes the most technologically-advanced shortwave portable
radios on the market, evidently is no longer interested in shortwave
radio or the shortwave listener and hasn't been for some time. I really
wish Eton would become the "Sony" of the 21st century, at least as far
as shortwave radios are concerned.

You are witnessing the result of what I have stated above.


I would love to be able to support this company by buying its products
but I'm afraid that its current lineup offers no incentive for me to do
so.

That is EXACTLY what the CCP wants to accomplish.
It may happen that the next time you go to fuel your SUV the gas station
will be selling fuel owned
by a CCP oil company.

The CCP is using a Wal-Mart economic model on steroids on a grand global
scale.
The CCP controls the Horizontal (Yuan currency valuation) and the Vertical
(SO/SE production).

Meanwhile, the Chinese people suffer under the most brutal Communist regime.