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I went to NAPA today to purchase a filter wrench. The only ones they had were made in Taiwan, so I declined to buy one. Went right next door to Carquest and purchased one made in the USA. Difference in price? About a dollar.
Last week, I was in Walmart, no less, looking for a teflon coated skillet. The only one they had made in the USA was also the least expensive. All the rest were made in China and were a few dollars more. Guess which one I bought?
The point is that American made stuff is out there if you look for it. And, that imported crap isn't always the cheapest, which gives the lie to the old excuse that out-sourcing our jobs keeps prices down. BS. Too often, it just means higher profits.
Anybody else have some successes at buying American they'd like to share?
About six months ago, I went to Bed, Bath, and Beyond to buy a clothes hamper.
They had two kinds, one made in china and one made in the USA. They were both the same price.The chinese one was already falling apart on the shelf, before any actual use. It was poorly made.
The American one was strong and sturdy. It has even held up against one of my cats clawing it!
Of course, I bought the one made in America. I would have even if it had been twice the price of the chinese crap.
I will not buy ever GM because they consfiscated the ownership from stock holders and gave it for no good reason to the unions that caused them to collapse.
Case by case basis IMO. We want to support American companies IF they are acting like American ones.
I was pleased last summer on our cross country trip to WA - we stopped at Yellowstone and Mt. Rushmore - they had tons of merchandise made in the US. In fact, I don't think they had any Chinese made products.
I really couldn't care less about buying American.
I am going to buy whatever gives me the best quality for the best price, regardless of where it is made. This isn't 1965 any more. Globalization is here, get used to it.
I went to NAPA today to purchase a filter wrench. The only ones they had were made in Taiwan, so I declined to buy one. Went right next door to Carquest and purchased one made in the USA. Difference in price? About a dollar.
Last week, I was in Walmart, no less, looking for a teflon coated skillet. The only one they had made in the USA was also the least expensive. All the rest were made in China and were a few dollars more. Guess which one I bought?
The point is that American made stuff is out there if you look for it. And, that imported crap isn't always the cheapest, which gives the lie to the old excuse that out-sourcing our jobs keeps prices down. BS. Too often, it just means higher profits.
Anybody else have some successes at buying American they'd like to share?
I went to NAPA today to purchase a filter wrench. The only ones they had were made in Taiwan, so I declined to buy one. Went right next door to Carquest and purchased one made in the USA. Difference in price? About a dollar.
Last week, I was in Walmart, no less, looking for a teflon coated skillet. The only one they had made in the USA was also the least expensive. All the rest were made in China and were a few dollars more. Guess which one I bought?
The point is that American made stuff is out there if you look for it. And, that imported crap isn't always the cheapest, which gives the lie to the old excuse that out-sourcing our jobs keeps prices down. BS. Too often, it just means higher profits.
Anybody else have some successes at buying American they'd like to share?
I'm the same way and I think more and more people are becoming that way. I know that I have found some things less expensive that were made here, but I never took note of which. I have been wanting to start a list though. I think that the only thing it does is take away the myth that just because something is made overseas that it is saving American companies money.
The irony of me reading this thread right now is that I just got off the phone with an outsourced customer service about 5 minutes ago. That was not a pleasant example of taking business overseas. They could not understand a word or letter (as I had to spell out things) of what I said.
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