I figure that's where all the crap ends up that people are trying to get rid of because they lost the receipt or something like that... it just seems too iffy to me...
On another note, over "Christmas" with the in-laws, grandma got mom-in-law a grinder from Weston (#8). The casting job on that grinder was so pathetic that the hand crank wouldn't fit on the end of the shaft...
Yet more evidence that all the hand crank grinders are made by the same poor quality company in China... (unless you consider the $250 one sold at Lehman's that I can't afford or justify)