Are you fed up with "MADE IN CHINA" stuff (VANITY)

Made IN USA ^ | July 24, 2007 | Chee Fulton

[CHEE]

If you are upset with the USA trade balance, as I am, then you may wish to check out some of the merchants on the Source URL.

[bert]

No....

I have several very good tools made in China. They were inexpensive and of very high quality.

The trade deficit is a media term so there will be something tho complain about. American jobs depend on exports and with a cheap $$ are putting our competition away.

It is noo longer 1950. We live in a world where we must compete. Russia is an excellant example. They can’t compete on a world scale and are in extreme economic trouble.

[Holicheese]

I only look for one label: Hand Rolled in the Dominican Republic

[vpintheak]

Except not every darn thing was made in Japan then. There are many times when I am actually trying to find something not made in China, and I can’t.

[tumblindice]

http://www.harborfreight.com/
From here?
Me too.

[twonie]

RIght here, on my desk, provided by my misguided employer is a pump jar of hand sanitizer - MADE IN CHINA!!! With all the recent scandals about the general level of filth in China, we have HAND SANITIZER made in China!! Now that is rich.

[HungarianGypsy]

My son’s Scout pants are made in China. I had no choice on that one. :(

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

I'm just as fed up as the next guy, but try getting Joe Consumer to pay U.S. made prices on his next TV or DVD player purchase.

I hate to say it folks, but that's capitalism. Business owners will seek sources of labour and low production costs so as to maximise profits, and consumers will generally seek whatever is lower priced and reasonably good quality (which, to be fair, increasingly does NOT include "Made in China").

[Red Badger]

Some things just CAN’T be made here.........

[chrisser]

After all, the communists are only selling weapons that kill our soldiers.

I trace the actions of the Democrat party to many actual American soldier deaths. How many can be attributed to the Chinese communists in the last couple of decades? Yeah, I'd say I do hold the moral high ground.

[Red Badger]

I remember my grandmother refusing to buy anything made in China back in the late 60’s, early 70’s.

We did not trade with China before Richard Nixon's historic trip to China. Perhaps she meant Taiwan aka Nationalist China......

[OB1kNOb]

Just because food says “produced in America” or Canada, unfortunately the food processors may use spices and other additives that come from China, which will not be reflected anywhere on the labeling. The only real solution to avoid it is to grown your own, or buy from local producers, and check your spice/additive purchases closely.

[dakine]

Lift your keyboard, mouse, etc...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I defy you to find a remotely reasonably-priced shoe of remotely reasonable quality that is made in America.

[CHEE]

If you are truly tired of “made in China” then you should never step foot inside of a Walmart store again. Same goes for MANY products sold at warehouse stores such as Costco and Sam’s club (relationship to Walmart noted).
STOP buying this crap and it will stop showing up everywhere. Pay for a quality American made or European made item and keep it. Buck the trend to be trendy.

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As the person responsible for this post I am ashamed to admit that, as I read your reply, my wife was backing out of our driveway. She is now on her way to Wal-Mart to procure me a supply of SONY CD-RW’s. I grabbed an empty box and read “Made in Tiawan”. GUILTY as charged.

[Holicheese]

So true!

[cripplecreek]

A story was posted here at FR a day or two ago about chinese weapons in Iraq killing our soldiers. Saddam Hussein was buying and using communications equipment from china that was banned under sanctions. The continue to screw us in the UN at every opportunity and they never miss a chance to deal with our enemies.

[pgkdan]

The problem’s not the Made in China stuff...the problem is that there are millions lining up to buy it. Open 2 TV stores side by side...one selling cheap Chinese TV’s and DVD players and the other selling American made only and guess which one goes out of business in 6 months. There’s a huge market for ‘Made in China’ and as long as it exists someone will work to meet the demand.

[yldstrk]

I am trying to avoid the Chinese garbage.

[Old_Mil]

we have HAND SANITIZER made in China!! Now that is rich.

That's probably one Chinese product you can trust...there's probably enough toxic waste in it to kill even the most resistant strains. Shortly after that, it'll dissolve your hands - but hey, what's death and disability in the face of important things like free trade and profit? /sarc