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    Posted: 28 Mar 06 at 6:25pm

sorry meant quicker in terms of time taken from order placed to order delivered!

lifes to short to sail slow boats!

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Slave labour ...... that's what.

Workers get less than the UK minimum wage (and then some), company directors get new cars (and yachts).

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Post Options Post Options   Quote bovlike Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Mar 06 at 10:46pm
well said that man... it is all about directores making higher profits and who cares about the uk employees that are now unemployed!!!!
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Post Options Post Options   Quote STEVEB Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Mar 06 at 8:40am

Hi,

 to be fair they probably also intend to sell more boats outside europe, after all lasers are manufactured in lots of countries including the uk

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Originally posted by STEVEB

 to be fair they probably also intend to sell more boats outside europe, after all lasers are manufactured in lots of countries including the uk.

Why ship the original moulds out then? Why not make another set?

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Post Options Post Options   Quote tack'ho Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Mar 06 at 12:25pm
mmmmm....the UK cannot support a large manufacturing base, our wages are too high to provide consumers with products which will not be undercut by foriegn imports, net result companies go bust emplyees still loose their jobs so steer clear of the union job protection mandate!  The employees may get less than the UK minimum wage but they are paid alot better than by local employers and genrerally have better conditions.  I know there are exceptions and as consumers we have the abiltiy to exercise our rights not to buy their products.  By the way these company directors who make money and buy flash cars! who sells them the car? who developed the car? who services the car? who refines the fuel for the car? where does the tax on the flash car go? need i go on?
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i know something about this cos we did it in "citezenship". if the countries are very poor ledcs with lots of debt then providing cheap labour is good because it means people get employed which means the government gets taxes which means they can pay off debt. so in theory we should buy cheap stuff from the middle east.
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Middle East?!?   I thought we were talking about Brazil.  Anyway some of those Middle Eastern countries have got more money than sense.  Okay they don't share it out that well but they've got it all there from their oil.  
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Shingle Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Mar 06 at 4:47pm
Obviously concentrated too much in citizenship and not enough in geography!
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Post Options Post Options   Quote bovlike Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Mar 06 at 7:14pm

tack'ho    here is one for you.who is undercutting the RS boats with foriegn inports? and are the new lower labour cost built boats any cheaper???

 

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