China Import Glass vs Domestic

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Beachwalker

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del taco lover said:
I know this is an old thread, but I love Chinese glass. I bought a knockoff flower piece that was retailing for $460 from a well known American glass company for $35 shipped straight from China. I want to support American glass, but when I can get nearly the same identical product for 1/10th of the price it's a no brainer.

BTW I compared my flower piece to the real one side by side and you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference. And people like to talk about the quality of glass...they're both made of glass, nuff said. And if I break my piece I'm out $35 instead of $460.
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This is your first post in 9 years
 
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MolinoGlass

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del taco lover said:
I know this is an old thread, but I love Chinese glass. I bought a knockoff flower piece that was retailing for $460 from a well known American glass company for $35 shipped straight from China. I want to support American glass, but when I can get nearly the same identical product for 1/10th of the price it's a no brainer.

BTW I compared my flower piece to the real one side by side and you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference. And people like to talk about the quality of glass...they're both made of glass, nuff said. And if I break my piece I'm out $35 instead of $460.
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When this thread was started the glass from China was inferior quality, but that was many years ago. The Chinese have really improved their manufacturing skills in the last 9 years since this thread was first opened. There are still cheap, low quality glass bongs available from China but you can also get very high quality pieces.
 
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myvoy

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I buy and have enough cheap imports around the house and I'm sure I'll continue to buy...... But, when availability and affordability allows, I'll support local artists and businesses 100%
 
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