Using local companies can be good!

We always try to use local companies but like most people we go to Leroy's Aki etc, yesterday we were in Aki and they had gas regulators piled up special offer around 16 euros including tube! we need on but were not desperate so i said leave if for now, the OH was in the
Ferretería Lo Marabú and saw someone buy the same so asked how much regulator and tube bought separately total cost 9.20 euros!

Worth looking closer to home sometimes.

Great Ironmongers and helpful too

Both our Quesada Ferreterias have good staff who are very helpful and as you say often not more expensive than elsewhere and sometimes cheaper.

One near consum (Lo Marabu) is called Cadena88:
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And the one in Quesada town near arches is called Jaqueline's :
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Jacqueline's charged me €11.40 for a ceiling fan switch.
Afterwards bought 2 spares from Amazon delivered from China, including postage £2.48

Need I say more !!!!!

Should have shopped round first .

Maybe quality could be different... perhaps the one from the ferret might be better quality..??..

I never buy electric stuff from the Chinese...and I know you didn´t buy your switches from the Chinese, but it is the same thing isn´t it?

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The trouble with getting stuff from China is the wait time and not much of a guarantee.

Never buy electrical copy items from China , just look at the telephone chargers as an example.
Yes it’s trure a lot of the original items are made under licence in China ( haven for bid providing working in your own country Apple etc!) but they have far stricter inspections and testing.

Have a good day all....

rfh40 wrote:Never buy electrical copy items from China , just look at the telephone chargers as an example.
Yes it’s trure a lot of the original items are made under licence in China ( haven for bid providing working in your own country Apple etc!) but they have far stricter inspections and testing.

Have a good day all....

How do you know have you actually been in the factory, I have and the quality control was not much different in the normal factory to the Apple one

I dont think you need to visit the factory to determine the difference in quality between Chino and Apple.