[Chi-townChief]

'And the Milwaukee employees of Master Lock who shopped at Wal-Mart to save money helped that hand shove their own jobs right to Nogales. Not consciously, not directly, but inevitably. "Do we as consumers appreciate what we're doing?" Larrimore asks. "I don't think so. But even if we do, I think we say, Here's a Master Lock for $9, here's another lock for $6--let the other guy pay $9."

I've tried to make this point countless times and generally get burned for it.

[CWOJackson]

We must be missing out here in Washington state. I keep hearing where Wal-Marts don't carry American made products, they only sell underpriced Chinese products, etc.

Here in Washington our Wal-Marts carry the exact same merchandise as Fred Myers, K-Mart, Target, etc. Here you can get the master lock or the $6 lock at all of the above. Sometimes Wal-Mart have the better price, sometimes they don't.

Darn...I feel cheated.