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I’d be willing to pay more for a product made in The USA. End China’s grip on USA economy.
I would be willing to pay more for something that does not break during the first 30 days of possession. I would be willing to pay more for something that does not break during first use. I would be willing to pay more for something not made of plastic when it should be made of metal in the first place. I would be willing to pay more for something that is guaranteed not to be poisonous or toxic to my health. I would willing to pay more for something made in America as long as I get a good value for my dollars.
What people say they will do and what they actually will do are two completely different things.
Finding U.S.-made goods becomes harder and harder as more companies offshore production.
There are some great options out there - you can equip your kitchen with All-Clad, Fiesta, Cutco, NordicWare and Lodge - but they're much more expensive than their foreign-made counterparts. The differential between an All-Clad saucepan and a foreign made saucepan is considerable. All-Clad is a once in a lifetime purchase, but most people don't think like that anymore.
Flip a plate in at least half of the restaurants in the U.S. and you'll find backstamps of either Homer Laughlin China Co. or Hall China Co. In March, the company reorganized, selling its food service lines and both the Homer Laughlin name and the Hall China Co. name to Steelite International, a British firm. The products may or may not still be made in the U.S., but they will no longer be made in West Virginia or Ohio. The new company is making only Fiesta, has laid off production staff, and closed the historic Hall China plant in East Liverpool.
I've always been curious to see if All-Clad actually honors their lifetime warranties. Particularly on non-stick, those just are flat out not a lifetime product. Over the years the coating will wear off regardless of whether you're scraping at them with metal spatulas (very quickly) and the scrubby side of the sponge or not. Maybe that's the "normal wear and tear" exclusion. Tramontina strikes a good balance between cost and quality. My aunt has All-Clad. They are nicer, particularly things like the handles are more comfortable. Whether or not that's worth the substantial price difference is a judgement call. I can see the case for it on non-coated stainless steel.
Wonderful. We already know that it's not easy. But nothing worthwhile is easy.
Now instead of acting like a defeatist negative pessimist, which is easy, please make a positive practical contribution.
Please list something useful that you have bought recently, or at least know of, that is Made in USA.
Thanks.
Last thing definitively American a Jackson Soloist Custom Shop guitar, made to order in Corona California. With Seymour Duncan pickups made by Maricela Juarez (MJ) at their factory in Santa Barbara California.
That said it's kind of unusual, and it has German made Bridge, Tuners, and locking nut.
I dunno what I've bought that's uniquely American except food.
The solution is that everyone pays more for US goods and services, good luck on achieving that beyond lip service.
It is easy to say in a survey that I would pay more for an American made product...and I do support local businesses even paying a premium for goods and services BUT.....will it pan out in reality.
Like it or hate it the following is only my opinion:
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You're not posting on here because of your toy. You're posting on here because there's a server with a web interface running vBulletin on PHP, with a MySql Store on some OS. Same applies to everything else you mentioned, there's also a fully functional Win 10 OS available for Raspberry Pi with a 64 bit architecture, it's still a toy.
I think most Americans say they would pay more for products made in America. That being said, if they're in a store with two similar products, one made in the USA and one made in China, they will tend to choose the lower priced option regardless of Country of Origin. However, this virus may change things, who knows. It will take a lot of changing though, try going into a WalMart and finding a non-food item that was manufactured in the USA.
It's ridiculous that the US allowed themselves to rely on just one country. There are plenty of third world countries that are available to exploit. Why so much emphasis on China?
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