14 February 2007 - 17:09Massage Tables International Verses Domestic
There has been much controversy recently about quality verses price, domestic verses international, etc. All as it relates to the manufacturing of quality massage tables and massage chairs. There are a number of ways to look at this issue. Let’s explore a few:
Manufacturing Quality - There was a time a few years back where everything being manufactured overseas was perceived as being low budget and worthless. That couldn’t be further from the truth these days. Yes there is a pride factor associated with buying US but the “poor quality” argument doesn’t hold much weight any longer. That being said there are still manufactures in Asia that produce terrible quality products. They however don’t end up having anything to do with our quality driven products. We maintain a very strict quality control of all imported component materials.
Competitive Pricing - In this day and age where labor costs, taxation, union benefits, high overhead, aggressive taxation, a rising minimum wage and a hundred other pricing factors are all part of the cost of doing business here in the United States. Yes we would certainly prefer to buy from U.S manufactures and we do, however we have found that a balance of US and Offshore component gathering puts the Massage Table Outlet in a position of not only being a leader in the distribution of top quality massage table, massage chair and massage accessories at rock bottom prices.
14 Feb 2007 - 17:34
Competitive pricing is a dilemma for every American business. It is more than quite the trend to manufacture in China. We ship them materials and they ship us product. Over $1 trillion in debt to them. Let’s not make them mad.
I personally would like to see some federal regulation and domestic balance on outsourcing. Of course that would create great repercussions, but we need reverse adaptation regulation.
On a less political note, it’s great to see massage table outlet beating prices of all their competition. They are going to be quite the trend setter for this industry. It’s key players like this that make the industry decrease it’s prices. good job!