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Posted by NunYa Bidness on 12/17/05 03:04
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 21:43:20 GMT, spam@uce.gov (Bob) Gave us:
>On 16 Dec 2005 12:40:09 -0800, tforms1@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>>I was in Circuit City the other day, and I saw a display for 40 Year
>>Old Virgin.
>>I took a look at the dvds, and noticed half the dvds have "Made In
>>Mexico" printed on the label.
>>
>>The UPC code had a UPC Code sticker over it.
>>
>>Is there a difference between the 'Made in Mexico' dvds and the
>>'regular' ones?
>>
>>If not, then why even print on the package that its made in mexico?
>>
>>Why was there a sticker of the UPC over the UPC Symbol?
>>
>>I thought it was strange that the display had the regular ones and the
>>made in mexico ones mixed in, I would have thought it would be one or
>>the other.
>
>Companies buy items in bulk and package them in Mexico. A lot of Radio
>Shacks commodity items (batteries, tapes, discs, etc) are "assembled"
>in Mexico. Cheap low-end labor.
>
>
Globalized economy. There are also pressing plants in ol' mexico
IIRC. Call it NAFTA... call it whatever. It is part of the reason
why we do not pay $35 plus for a DVD.
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