because of a bad experience with a Dole China grown fruit
351766
Had to cancel my S&S for Dole sliced peaches because I couldn't find out where the peaches were grown.  Unfortunately,  because of a bad experience with a Dole China grown fruit, I no longer trust the Dole name for good quality products.  Too bad.  When I was a child, Dole was the only canned fruit my mother would buy.
2307421
I remember this day, after 3days the fruits that i purchased went bad and thats when i stop hopping at amazon fresh
3458440
I have ordered winter hardy bamboo (from a different supplier) for the past several years as I am in zone 5b and sometimes they don't make it through the winter even with protection, depending on our winter.  But typically they grow so fast that it can almost be treated as an annual this far north.  This came small as expected but 2 of the 3 leaves were brown and the plant was wilted and in distress. I planted, fertilized and have been watering and tending to this little guy but he is still struggling.  Hope it makes it, but by far the worse condition I have ever received a banana plant.
1364722
I was expecting the 80 pack box like it shows on the product page, however the item came in a bag, and it wasn't 80 bags of the standard Mixed Fruit Snacks.  It was 80 bags of different kinds of mixed fruit snacks.  There's an assortment of the Standard Mixed Fruit, Fruit Punch, Strawberry, Tangy Fruit, Berries and Cherries, etc.  I wouldn't normally mind the different flavor options, but most of the other bags that aren't the standard Mixed Fruit are more difficult to chew.

I had to change my review again.  I ordered another one because I had hoped for either the same mixed bag as before, or the 80 count box that's picture.  The orignal 80 count box is the best, the mixed bag is okay, and honestly some of the new flavors grow on you (even if they're difficult to chew, that's part of the journey).  However this new bag is just awful.  The mixed fruit snacks (the one's picture on the box) are now awful in this current iteration.  They're marked as 20% reduced fat, so they're not IMPOSSIBLE to chew.  Also they've added another new flavor, and one of them is messing with my bowel movements.  They must have switched the sugar for a cheap artificial sweetener.  Do not buy until they start sending what's pictured.  I don't even want a refund, I just want them to send me what I purchased!
1925933
The package reads: "Product of USA, China, Thailand and the Philippines."

I was disappointed that the product contained product from China.  While I'm careful to review pet food packaging for products that come from China I'm learning I have to be more careful with my own food products as well.  While others might not be as sensitive to this issue I'm providing the information to make your own choice.

Ingredients: roasted peanuts, roasted almonds, raw walnuts, dehydrated tart apple chunks, dehydrated half mooned kiwi, dehydrated half sliced mango, dehydrated sliced papaya with lime, dehydrated pineapple tidbits, dehydrated whole strawberries, banana chips, dried tart cherries, raisins.

The ingredients have additional sweetening, flavoring, coloring and preservatives in the form of sugar, citric acid, FD&C coloring, sulfur dioxide, juices, salt, oils and "artificial flavor".

It makes for a very tasty blend but not pure in any way.
1728180
When I was a child, rice candy was the perfect ending to Chinese dinners, so when I found the opportunity to re-order Botan Rice Candy, I took it. The same red and green package...the same pale pink nuggets with rice paper "edible" coating... I really looked forward to tasting the subtle candy. But unfortunately - and to my big disappointment --  the candy was almost rock hard -- indicating it was OLD and STALE. Never again, would I buy from this supplier. Such a shame!
3913125
I've been a big fan of Bob's, but not when they try to pull a fast one and change from USA sourced seeds to China and their packaging tries to give the impression the seeds are from the USA.
I had previously purchased a 4 pack box of these seeds, and was ready to reorder when I noticed a substantial price increase and luckily that got me to looking closer and noticing the China connection. It should be the law to disclose the source and it is unethical not to disclose.
2169958
I had my hopes up, after trying a jar that I bought when I was traveling.  What was sent to me was awful.  Pickles are soggy; a though they were rotten at the time that they were made.  I hate throwing away food, but these apparently cannot be returned.
2270588
A lot of the pistachio's were bad.  Which you don't realize until you are eating them and you get a hard, shriveled up one.  I'm guessing this is due to the fact that they are un-shelled.
4365623
The fruits arrived with some of it bruised, rotting and with tiny fruit flies streaming out from the box.  It was very disappointing. The fruit was put in a large box without any fillers.  Because of this, the fruits were bounced around & bruised due to the delivery.  When I got it, when I saw these tiny fruit flies coming out of the box, I knew something was wrong.  I ended up throwing the whole box away. Did not want to bring any insects & that smell of rotting fruits into my apartment.  Did not contact the seller and did not want to get another replacement shipment.
4763834
First of all I do not have the opportunity to read this book yet, but as The Economist has a book review on this week's edition, I would like to comment something I witness first hand and probably the author has not addressed.

During a recent trade show in Hong Kong, where a lot of manufacturers located in Guangdong province participate, you can see many grim faces because the economy is bad and there are not many orders around to feed the hundred of thousands of people in the manufacturing/export industry.

And in many occasions, I was told by factory owners/managers that foreign agents, especially Americans I have to emphasize, would come to your booth and try to knock 30% of your already discounted, really low manufacturing price.  In the process they would even "wave" the order in front of you in humiliating fashion.

You really have to wonder if these Americans really expect everything to be dirt cheap or even free of charge in China.  They would just come and order eight thousand of that model, three thousand of that model, and you have to deliver by this coming Monday otherwise this would be a breach of contract and they would sue you for any damage.  And in the meantime, you as a factory owner, are actually not making any money because you just want to keep feeding your three thousand poor employees who are the bread winners of they families, located in some remote villages thousands of miles away from Guangdong province.

In conclusion, I think the poor quality of SOME of Chinese made products is a result of a vicious circle in which Americans are chasing after ever lower production prices, and quite honestly, this vicious circle is as unsustainable as the ever higher US house prices.

Nobody wants to harm any American children by putting lead in the paint of the toys.  By the way, the factory owner of this incident was actually duped, and has committed suicide.  But when American has this author to tell their side of story, I wonder when the Chinese can have their chance to tell their side of, most often, terribly sadder stories.
887526
The grower and seller sent some lovely American Beauty Dragon Fruit cuttings, but due to some very cold weather while in transit between Florida and California,  the 4 plants have all died from being frozen.  Not the sellers fault.  Bill
755065
I have always been happy with the WildRoots trail mix blends. But, there are some serious quality control problems with this one-- particularly with the apples. The last bag of the Simply Wild variety that I bought was inedible because the apples tasted like they had gone rotten before they were dehydrated for the trail mix. I tried just picking the apples out (which was nearly impossible due to the fact that they chop them up into pieces smaller than a sunflower seed, and about 75% of my bag was apple bits), but the flavor of the rotted apples had affected the flavor of everything else. I won't be buying any more of the WildRoots mixes that contain apples.
2649162
Fresh is seriously hit or miss with produce and i'm done taking chances. I've received a good batch a few times but its rare and pretty much just become a waste of money. whether its poor packaging that destroys the fruit in transport or simply unripened and poorly chosen fruit to begin with it's too unpredictable for my likening so shop at your own risk. Hopefully Amazon will come up with a better strategy for produce in the near future.
1324393
I just bought the goods not more than 30 days, the use of the Chinese mainland, has been broken, the electricity, the light does not shine, the experience is too bad
64506
fruit flys think its candy. When i called customer service, "we will refund your money if you have a receipt" when I told I did not want a refund, I wanted a product that worked, Sorry thats all I can do. Our Corp will study the complaints and make adjustments after. What does that do for me? I plan to never buy any product this Co makes. Seems to be a set up, buy this and take the chance, if it does not work, just refund those who complain. Mean while millions in bad product is tossed and the Co makes millions. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME NOR MONEY
2121165
I was really excited to try these and then when I opened the bag I was thoroughly disappointed. They don't smell like they would be dried berries; in fact they smell more earthy than berry-ish. Himalayan superfruit the package says.... These berries have barely any taste at all. I did not enjoy them. Then of course I pan around to ingredients and notice "product of China". I know the Himalayas run to China but still, why is it that it seems almost everything comes from China now? Given their terrible enforcement for quality control in everything across the board, including food production, I don't want to be eating any product coming out of China. Their terrible quality water supply and even worse air quality are enough for me to frown on anything edible coming from China. Not to mention their consistent history for allowing chemically tainted foods to be consumed by their population.