So now you're depriving some poor person in what could be considered a third world country of an income in order to line the pockets of some union steward. You can't win for losing. Jan On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 11:42, Daniel James wrote: > > How _do_ they make this stuff so damn inexpensive?? > > Because factory workers in China get 1 day off every two weeks, and wages > start at under 1 US dollar per day. > > Confronted with a Behringer B1 condenser mic with gold plated capsule, elastic > suspension and flight case - priced under 100 UK pounds - I asked myself the > same question, so I did some research. > > It does bother me, so now I'm using secondhand UK-built gear instead. > > Cheers > > Daniel