Chinese Laminate?

[DFB]

I just viewed this online

Anyone else seen it yet?

Lumber Liquidators linked to health and safety violations - CBS News

 

[riptides]

I caught the story on 60 minutes last night. Doesn't sound good. Corporation, lawyers, state regulations. off shore manufacturing and Wall Street. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[DFB]

Love the honesty of the China factory manager

 

[tman1020]

Love the honesty of the China factory manager [/QUOTE




Right on. I'm glad he was up front and he states that they can build a compliant product. Makes me wonder who suggested the false label.

 

[Baby Grand]

Love the honesty of the China factory manager

It does make you wonder if he came to the conclusion that marking non-conforming product with a label that identifies it as conforming was his idea. If it wasn't his idea, then whose idea was it?

Hey, mister - watch where you're putting your invisible hand of the market!

 

[Winmac]

I didn't see the show so I don't know if it also ahead light on the fact that the wood is illegally harvested in Russia. Just adds another level of corruption.
Lumber Liquidators importing illegal hardwood flooring - EIA

 

[tnjind]

Sounds like the sheetrock gate a few years back. After a hurricane a lot of house were built with Chinese sheetrock. I don't remember the specific problem but quite a few had to be stripped and re rocked.

 

[Red Horse]

Sounds like the sheetrock gate a few years back. After a hurricane a lot of house were built with Chinese sheetrock. I don't remember the specific problem but quite a few had to be stripped and re rocked.

I think it was formaldehyde

 

[dmccarty]

Sounds like the sheetrock gate a few years back. After a hurricane a lot of house were built with Chinese sheetrock. I don't remember the specific problem but quite a few had to be stripped and re rocked.

I think it was formaldehyde

The drywall issue was due to sulfur. Sounds like this is due to the formaldehyde in the glue?

It sounds like the Chinese mill was told to produce a product at a given price point and that is what they did. The question is who told the mill and did they know that the lower price would require formaldehyde?

Later,
Dan

 

[EddieWalker]

I've never used their products because I've never found there to be a savings with what they have to offer. They have a store here in Tyler, but the prices are nothing to get excited about and most of what they sell is low quality junk that fails quickly. Just in the box at the store, you can see it chipping in the corners.

Eddie

 

[MoKelly]

Their stock price fell from $70/share to around $40/share yesterday.

That will cause a shock to the system.

MoKelly

 

[JDgreen227]

60 Minutes has long been one of my favorite TV programs, you may not like what it covers but I can attest it is informative and provokes strong opinions. I have gotten many mailings from LL but never had any use for the product they sell, and even if I did I would buy something of better quality. And I sincerely hope they have to pay huge fines and reimburse customers for the crap they sold them. What a farce.

 

[jimmyj]

There's a surprise, something really inexpensive from China was made with lack of regard to the health of the workers who made it or the end user. We get what we want, buyer beware.