Thanks to our baby registry, we’ve been getting a lot of stuff from friends and family. The one thing that I noticed about infants and toddlers related electronic products is this — they are all pieces of crap with huge battery consumption requirements.
Sure, I can understand why most of them require multiple huge size “D” batteries, but why do manufactures have to make them with such low quality and poor craftsmanship? Does being made in China has anything to do with it? Why is it that low quality products are almost always associated with the notion of “Made in China”? And truly, I have not used anything decent coming out of China as of late.
Speaking of batteries, they are so darn expensive in the U.S.! What’s the deal with that? It’s not like Americans do any better job recycling the batteries. Is it because the manufacturers can charge any amount and get away with it? Or does it cost more to make them FOR the United States market while exact the same batteries are way cheaper elsewhere because they are made locally? I’d love to find some answers on the myth of high battery costs in the U.S.