ORIGINAL: isaacslaw
As far as arf's go, the Chinese aren't knocking anything off. They are OEM producers of EVERYTHING. Probably, I would guess this is a major brand's factory offering the same arf under a different brand name. I don't know of any arf currently produced outside of China, Taiwan or South Korea.
You are right, 99% of all ARF's are made in China. But QUALITY ARF companies, like Hangar 9, Great planes, QQaircraft, Aeroworks, Extremeflight, etc. actually spend the time to design their planes and contract with a manufacturer in China to build that design to their specs. Well, some manufacturers will build the planes and sell them as their own design to no-name Arf distributors, where they then end up on ebay. If this guy will not reveal the company, it is probably one of these "knockoffs". That's the short version of it - it can actually be very complicated.
I will not knock anyone for buying one, but you will hear an "I told you so" from me if/when you have problems with the plane, or break something, and you have no one to turn to for a warranty claim or even parts.