I bought some cheap Chinese 2-way radios. The packaging has a big American flag and a “Designed in U.S.A.” claim, which I suspect is bullshit given the company involved. Also, there are two Bible verses referenced. This smacks of pandering to a particular slice of conservative Americans. All I want is cheap radios for skiing with my kids next winter, not a reminder of my country’s socio-political bullshit.
As if conservative Americans have read the bible. They’d be the ones crucifying Jesus for being too “woke” if they knew what it was all about.
Did you get a knockoff? www.baofengradio.com is the legit url that I’ve bought baofeng radios from, and I just checked the boxes; no flags or bible verses.
Another commented mentioned this is from a US distributor that repackages Baofeng products.
But to be honest, there are so many Baofeng/BTech radios for sale on the internet I was never confident about which were legit and which were knock-offs. I just went for it and hoped for the best. They seem to work fine, at least so far.
Huh… I bought from https://baofengtech.com/ not that long ago and didn’t have pandering boxes… they are located in South Dakota so I guess I can’t say I am super surprised, just disappointed.
Could be that the packaging was redesigned recently.
Pretty sure coating the whole thing with black ink to make it look ‘manly’ makes recycling more difficult to.
black ink to make it look ‘manly’
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More options for you!
Hey, it’s hard to read a whole nine words. Probably fools a lot of them.
You bought it from the US distributor.
They buy the Chinese product and package it in their own package.
Am I missing something? What does your link provide that supports your claim?
I can’t help you if you can’t read “B-Tech Distribution, Inc.”.
The screen shot is what I see from the link provided. Where do you see B-tech distribution? Or what am I doing wrong to not see where you are getting that from?
Seems you don’t see the captcha… try printing the page using the button and closing the print prompt. should see a captcha show up.
Edit: Here’s the content for you. Seems that loading the page directly somehow breaks the captcha… No idea why.
That’s really interesting! I had no idea, but I not surprised.
Work a moment in the logistics world and you quickly realize our entire world is a fragile system of interconnected shipping lanes and if anything even touches it wrong millions of people will feel the impact or even suffer or potentially die.
That… Makes way too much sense actually.
Man you guys remember when that one straight got blocked.
Or when covid 19 hit.
She was so dummy thick she rerouted international trade for weeks
And that’s not ever a given.
Did you put half as much effort into making a complaint to the company as you did in making this post?
Without doing that, there is no point in making the complaint.
If you really think complaining about this is going to make someone doing this sort of thing stop doing so, you definitely do not understand the American right wing these days.
What do you mean? They accomplish almost everything they do through complaint campaigns. Nobody complains more than the right wing, and they are getting their way because of it. What am I missing? Please enlighten me.
If someone complains about such things in today’s political environment, odds are much higher that they are automatically dismissed as “anti-American libtards” and laughed at - all the while the company behind it will be patting themselves on the back for “owning the libs.”
And so letting others know vs. the company is more proactive.
Yep - the bottom line is what will get them in the end.
Unless other people find it interesting, or they want to vent, not complain.
Almost just assumed it was meant to be a Thin Blue Line flag because of the colors.
Yeah. I have seen the monochromatic flag referred to as a “no quarter” flag, and initially wondered if that was the intent. Or maybe they just wanted to minimize colors to reduce printing costs.
monochromatic flag referred to as a “no quarter” flag
Intent or not, that’s what it is, the black flag or no quarter flag is one that states I will kill you dead even if you surrender.
Chuds think this means they’re tough manly men, what it really means is a declaration that they cannot be trusted with anything for any reason. It’s broadcasting to the world that you don’t intend to abide by any rules of engagement so it’s best to just blow you off the map pre-emptively. Flying this flag, even if you don’t even engage with an enemy, is itself a war crime according to the Hague conventions.
Most often seen on an Under Armor t-shirt with the word FREEDOM next to it.
If they wanted to minimize color/printing costs, they wouldn’t color the whole box black.
Chinese OEM resellers will print anything on the product and the packaging. It’s just another sale for them. Same guy probably sells it with ten different brandings and flags and quotes and slogans for different markets.
You could also see it as a form of greenwashing, making you think you’re buying local, and thus greener, if you don’t look closely.
you gotta hand it to the chinese, they know how to play americans like a guqin.
We’re seeing this in Canada now too. Murcan products with a big maple leaf on them. Some stores are also slapping maple leafs on obviously Murcan products. We’re calling it Maple-washing.
I wonder what Murcans should call this OP example. Star-washing?
Spangle banging
On the first date?
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming, indeed.
“Freedom”
/jk
I’m used to ‘Packaged in the USA’ labeling on Made in [somewhere else] products. ‘Designed’…same-same, definitely since NAFTA, maybe before. The bible verses are new to me.
I was walking through a gift shop at a museum and the mugs had an obnoxiously large sticker on the front that said ‘Decorated in the USA’. Never came across that before. They bought made in China mugs and slapped an image on them in the USA. I guess that’s slightly better than ‘Designed in the USA’ as some factory here actually did some printing.
I looked it up:
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
So you have to believe that he existed, but not follow his teachings cuz they’re too woke. Got it.
Genesis 19:31
Ezekiel 23:20
The bible verses are new to me
Didn’t even see that. And it’s coded so you actually have to pick up your cipher book! Or maybe it’s a dogwhistle and every christofascist worth their salt knows what it stands for.
The second. John 3:16 is a very popular verse in the Baptist crowd I grew up around in the 90s. I don’t think it’s any more a fascist dog whistle than a Jesus fish. YMMV on how christofascist that is.
Like, I never went to church and it’s ingrained in my brain from my classmates and reading bumper stickers.
I believe the exact verse is:
“And that’s the bottom line because Stone Cold said so.”
It’s also printed on In-N-Out drink cups & Forever 21 plastic bags.
It is nearly always in the large crowds somewhere at sportball events.
What a difference in where one grows up. I have never once heard about John 3:16 and I had no idea what it is. You learn something new every day, I guess
John 3:16 is an all-time well known verse. Only one I could say without looking it up.
Ezekiel 23:20
Got me through some hard times.
This is one of my personal favorites as well.
My friend likes to use Hebrews 16:4… Because Hebrews only has 13 chapters. She uses it as a sort of litmus test to see if people actually know what they’re talking about. Apparently everyone she mentions it to just starts talking about how it’s such a beautiful verse, and they like it too. She said I’m the only person who has ever called her out on the fact that her “favorite” verse doesn’t exist…
I’m an agnostic atheist, and she leads her bible study group. She always jokes that I studied my bible better than anyone in her study group.
Right! So maybe “John-washing” cuz it’s all about the book of John.
yeah, the only one of the Beatitudes in Matthew they seem to like is the one where they get to adopt a persecution complex. The stuff about being meek and merciful is damned un-American.
Ah, right down the Old Glory Hole.
I vote for “orange-staining”
Burger-laundering
Hamburgling?
burger-washing
Hamburding
We need a distinctive and protected “Made in Canada” symbol.
The elites don’t want you to know this but the flags of the USA are free you can put them on your packaging I have 458 flags.
Weird, because baofeng is such an American name. Definitely designed in USA.
Ah wait. They mention package designed in USA. Yes that is totally believable. And then a unique color theme for the American version.
Ok but we are a nation of immigrants. I could see a company in America having that name. I’d just assume the founder was either a Chinese immigrant or the child of one.
I love when this happens so I know who to stop giving business.
Lol you’re gonna run out of companies to buy from and have to live in the woods like a hermit. Every company does this, not matter how big or small.
Like… farmers are mostly conservstive and likely voted for a fascist, are you gonna stop buying food grown by farmers and grow your own?
The last time I made that decision it was over a dietary supplement. There is quite a bit of competition there. I guess if you are the one with a hot comodity you can shove Jesus and Hitler down everyone’s throat all you want.
I’m sure Baofengtech makes a version for liberals too, probably in a brown box marked as recyclable.
I’ve bought 15 Baofeng uv5r radios over the years… Every single one has been packed in a plain looking brown box marked recyclable
LMAO, this immediately made me think of a George Carlin bit, "That’s the reality; angry men in combat fatigues talking to God on a two-way radio and muttering incoherent slogans about freedom are eventually going to provide us with a great deal of entertainment, especially after your stupid fcking economy collapses all around you and the terrorists come out of the woodwork and you’ll have anthrax in your water supply, and saran gas in your air conditioner, there’ll be chemical and biological suitcase bombs in every city and I say enjoy it, relax, enjoy the show, take a fcking chance, put a little fun in your life.”
Ooh I haven’t seen this one yet. Tbf I’ve only ever watched YouTube videos of his bits, might be time to grab entire specials.
For fuck’s sake, just fucking say fuck! FUCK!
FUCK!
I just woke up and that’s how I feel at this moment. It’ll fade.
