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Originally Posted by firstdown
That's what I don't get. Didn't the company making them have to buy the same equipment? Sounds like a company unwilling to chang with the times and that comes from a person who hates those new bulbs.
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I would
guess that...
...the labor part of the equation was why. They need to hire guys to take out and dispose of the old equipment, install the new ones, remodel the insides. Why bother when cheaper and less feisty labor is elsewhere.
...Since CFL production is a hazmat hazard, there also might have been extra expenses to ensure worker safety here. They would be able to skimp on those things in poorly regulated countries.
...And of course, the wages and benefits the workers in China get would be far less than what an American worker would be satisfied with.
...Lastly, I'm not sure if they actually do this, but they might buy the equipment in a foreign currency.
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