By Andrew Mackinnon

Last updated: 14th August, 2024

I recently purchased an item on eBay from China because it met my requirements.

A thorough search on eBay confirmed that I could not source this common item from Australia because a large portion of manufacturing in Australia has been transferred to China, so that this item is not readily available in Australia.

This item arrived very poorly packed in ragged, broken pieces of white foam, taped messily together, so that when I took it out of its parcel, tiny balls of white foam spilled out and were repelled electrostatically by my hands, moving away, as I tried to gather them up.

In stark contrast, this item is very well-made, although it has an inane logo printed on both of its sides, which I will have to remove with 1000 grit sandpaper.

This item is variously deliberately covered in red grease, for which there is no justification whatsoever.

I have just realised that if I want to use this item, I will need to soak it for hours in kerosene, in order to completely rid it of red grease.

Apart from the logo, the unnecessary problems with this item that I have described have likely been caused deliberately by the Chinese supplier of this item as a Chinese expression of contempt towards me as a white person purchasing this item, on account of my last name, especially because the red grease that has been applied to this item prevents the effective operation of this item.

Plausible deniability dictates that these unnecessary problems are the result of a lack of sound judgement on the part of Chinese people but I am unconvinced. I have had enough interactions with Chinese people to know that they are vindictive towards white people and therefore impossible to deal with.

I have obviously left negative feedback on this item.

Australia needs to stop empowering Chinese people, which is self-defeating, damaging and embarrassing for Australia.