Not me,I’d pay much more for USA quality.
More frequent replacement cancels out any savings.
This is a problem with modern society’s disposable goods mentality. Used to be that clothes were mended, vehicles fixed, toys made by hand. Nowadays, clothes are thrown out at the sight of a loose thread or a lost button, vehicles are scrapped after a check engine light comes on, and toys are made with cheap plastic that breaks in less than a year of regular use.
I’m 36, and my wife, who is older than me, “hates” that I fix everything. I grew up with a single mother who worked three jobs to keep a head over my brother’s and my head. We mended our own clothes, wore shoes until they fell apart, and fixed our toys when they broke. If we went back to the mentality of resilience and self-sustenance, we might realize savings over the long haul, but Americans are so conditioned to just throw away things that aren’t like new, I doubt we’ll ever see the old days again excepting maybe a severe depression.
Well the article said 67% preferred the lower-priced product, which meant that you fall into the 1/3 that doesn't.
For some goods "American-made" is a positive. For others, it's not. For a long time, Japanese cars were better made than many of their American counterparts. Even now, there are still an awful lot of goods -- particularly electronics -- where certain foreign goods are simply a much better value for the price.
Without competition that would be USA crap.
You want to go back to the 70's and 80's and buy a big 3 union made US Automobile that would typically be in the shop within days or weeks of purchase. It was competition from abroad that forced the US automakers to actually make a decent product.
We bought cheap made-in-China kitchen stuff including can openers for years. Over and over.I think I needed a new one every year.
I finally paid extra for a made-in-America can opener and it’s now about five years old. Saved me money.