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		themaninthedark 9 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What went wrong inside recalled Anker PowerCore 10... Value engineering is great and all but that doesn't sound like it is the only factor at play. > and that the product being given to you is even yours (delivering a knockoff at the final step, and reselling yours on the gray market).

maxglute 9 days ago | [–]

Many factors, including shady, I'm just noting it's not laziness / chabuduo culture driving behavior in these scenarios.

taneq 9 days ago | [–]

I mean, “keep the nice thing you built and send a dodgy knock off” sure does raise your quarterly gross margin…

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