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@bob2 posted:

Boo Rim does not pay US wages, I bet.

one could buy several hundred and ship to Boo Rim for assembly?

Well Duh!  Why do you think no model train manufacturer builds stuff in the U.S.  Nobody in the U.S. manufacturers much of anything anymore except maybe cars.  Because in China/Korea there are not all the health and safety stuff and unemployment insurance, 40 hour work weeks (had to laugh at that one), pensions or IRAs, minimum wages, blah, blah, blah.  All said and done U.S. workers make 2X to 10X or more what their Chinese/Korean counterparts make.  While McDonalds employees here want $10+ an hour McDonalds employees there make less than $10 a day and work 12+ hours a day.  And there is a line to take the job if you're not OK with that.

You said you wouldn't do it at any price.  They do not have that choice.  That is why things like squid games happen.

But you cannot take the parts and ship them there for assembly because they won't accept them unless they do the whole thing.  My guess is that the parts are cast in Asia anyway.  All of those rules also make foundry work restricted/regulated in this country.

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