Pete, Thanks for the comment on Bosch. Sorry to hear about your DW. Based on my recent investigations, I am not at all surprised that you had trouble. I'm sure there are folks out there who are lucky and or careful or don't use their tools long and hard and are satisfied with their DW stuff. Now I wonder how long till my other DW fails and is more expensive to fix than buy new.
In the big scheme of things, I am told by a politically savvy friend, buying stuff from China is a GOOD thing. They will become ever more dependent on us as customers to maintain their cash flow/ballance of trade and less likely to want to rock the boat of political stability/world peace. So, NOTE to all potential do gooders: Buy DeWalt and other Chinese goods and participate in one of the first large international politico-economic behavior modification experiments of the century. Don't worry about exporting American jobs or the long term economics of throw away tools or even scarce landfill reserves.
//SOAPBOX MODE OFF//
Have a nice day,
Pat