I bought a 100 count box of Hillman 1/4-20 nuts from Lowes's Home Improvement (1,728 stores in the USA).
All the threads were slightly large and would not hold when tightened.
I had to stop what I was doing and make another trip into town.
I remember a time when the Quality Control department was harsh and you could lose your job if you made bad work at the factory.
Now the work is farmed-out to slave labor factories in Asia.
