Break Your Chinese Shopping Habit for 2022: Here's How ( No, You don't have to give up shopping on Amazon or Walmart )

PJ Media ^ | 12/31/2021 | Athena Thorne

[SeekAndFind]

I don’t think I need to tell anyone who reads PJ Media that China is the United States’ greatest existential threat and geopolitical enemy. They steal our intellectual property. They hack us and spy on us. They trade and form military alliances with our enemies. They colonize, buy, and assimilate territory all over the world at a frightening rate. And they’ve infiltrated the U.S. to a shocking degree already, evidenced by our increasingly authoritarian government-global corporation complex.

Back in my youthful Ayn Rand phase, the libertarian in me loved the idea of a global marketplace. My strong anti-collectivist tendencies made me despise labor unions (I’m still not a fan) to the extent that I believed America needed to be punished by being out-competed until they reformed their Marxist ways. Now that I’ve matured a bit, I understand that our foreign competitors don’t play by the same rules Americans do: they straight-up employ slave labor, so of course their prices are better; they steal our intellectual property; and they place onerous tariffs on whatever we try to sell back to them, giving themselves a massive trade advantage.

I’ve also come to realize that it’s up to our great 50 states to outcompete one another in the realm of unionized labor and other regulation-related costs that are passed along to consumers. And these days, the interstate competition is white-hot. Freedom and commerce-loving states like Texas and Florida openly poach businesses away from restrictive progressive-fascist places like New York, California, and New Jersey. In return, these liberal states do whatever they can think of to keep driving businesses away. (Who can forget Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s euphoria at destroying Amazon’s plans to build a new headquarters in her district?)

[SeekAndFind]

HERE's AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO DO IT:

It’s almost impossible to beat the convenience of online shopping at Amazon, Walmart, and the like. Luckily, there’s a simple way to filter your search results for items produced by American workers in American companies. When you type what you’re looking for into the search field, first add the phrase “made in USA,” then type the rest, like so:



The search results will feature products made here at home, and not in China. But what if you really wanted Egyptian cotton, and none of the American-made products fit the bill? If your goal is not to buy anything made in China but you’re okay with most other nations, you can use the “Customer questions and answers” feature to determine the country of manufacture. This section is found on each individual product’s page. You’ll need to scroll all the way down the page, and the answered questions appear just above the customer reviews. Usually, someone has already asked where the product was made:



Voilá! Asked and answered. If no one has already asked where the product was made, you can do it yourself. You’ll usually get an answer within 24 hours.

[SeekAndFind]

If you want the wide-ranging shopping experience of a browser but with only American-made products in the search results, you can visit a site that limits products to items manufactured in the U.S., such as this:

HTTP://BuyDirectUSA.com.

Once you’re on the website, it works like your favorite big retailer website. If you’re looking for sheets, for example, you simply select “bed and bath,” “home and kitchen,” or something similar from the menu. The difference here, however, is that these websites don’t actually sell anything; rather, they direct you to American companies’ websites, based on what you’re looking for. So you’d have to click through to the recommended company’s website and complete your shopping there. If the extra couple of clicks frustrates you, just picture a massive, dimly lit room packed full of malnourished Chinese children, stitching away at their sewing machines for 14 hours while they carefully avoid eye contact with their supervisor.

[RebelTXRose]

https://madeinamericastore.com/

Check this site out. it’s local to western NY but they ship countrywide.

[Borderline]

You lost me when you stated: “no, you don’t have to give up Amazon or Walmart.”

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Bookmark

[SeekAndFind]

RE: You lost me when you stated: “no, you don’t have to give up Amazon or Walmart.”

I didn’t say that, I was just quoting the author.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Thanks

[semimojo]

Not optimistic this will work - it never has before.

It's a lot easier to point at the elites, big corporations, China, corrupt politicians, etc., etc. than to make a personal sacrifice and spend a little more.

Economic self interest in action.

[heartwood]

There’s old Yankee thrift. “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.”

There’s buying used. I don’t care so much about buying from China if China has already taken its cut.

Goods formerly made in China are now made in other Asian countries where labor costs are lower. Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam. China could be running those factories, the Second Greater Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere and all that.

Things get made or assembled in the US and other countries with components made world wide, and you’ll never trace all the parts.

Try not to entertain yourself with electronics, I type as I web surf .

[CaptainPhilFan]

I’ve been begging people for years in real life and social media to stop buying anything new from China, to the best of their ability.

This year I had to make a few purchases from the evil empire, after trying every other venue and running out of time.

I buy from thrift shops, yard sales, marketplace. Second hand from China is acceptable because they’re not getting any more money.

Anyway, here’s another resource for Made in America

https://www.madeinamerica.co/pages/thelist

[anonsquared]

https://www.allamericanclothing.com/

https://americansworking.com/

https://authenticity50.com/pages/a-guide-to-finding-american-made-products

http://ibuyamericanstore.com/

https://www.mastgeneralstore.com/made-in-usa

https://www.strictlyusa.com/

https://www.usalovelist.com/

[heartwood]

I’ve cut my spending way down, try to buy only necessities. That means if the Mexican extension cord is $18, and the Chinese is $10, I can afford the Mexican.

I recently assembled a table for someone, the brand was “American Classics” or the like. Made in China, cost $300. Veneer, particle board.

If I need a table, I’ll buy an old solid wood American table off Craigslist and I will wait a year for the right one.

Sometimes there aren’t options. You’re not going to ask if the sterile surgery pack is made in China.

Sometimes we’re talking about thousands of dollars instead of a few, and it would be harder or impossible to sacrifice.

The thing that makes the biggest difference for me is buying used. Forget the Joneses. Save the money. And make your choices.

[SamAdams76]

Does this include Chinese food that is cooked in America?

[anonsquared]

One more thing to add:
If the product you need is only available as Made in China, be sure to leave it a one star review. In the review state that it would be a much better quality product if it had been Made in America with less pollution to the planet. That last part really gets under the lefties skin.

[Pikachu_Dad]

But your really SHOULD “(No, You don’t have to give up shopping on Amazon or Walmart )”

GIVE THEM UP.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Get the Cultivate browser plug-in for Chrome or Brave - it pops up a little box at the top of each Amazon listing showing which country the manufacturer and seller come from. I'm surprised Amazon hasn't blocked it yet - it reveals information they probably don't want known.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Bkmrk

[Trillian]

I saw a post on another site where someone said they wouldn’t be surprised if someone named a city in china “America” just so they could say made in America. lol

[Scarpetta]

I’m a big thrift shopper and I still won’t buy anything knowingly made in China even if it’s secondhand and costs only 50¢.

I’ve been searching the Q&A section for products on Amazon for years and can find if it’s made in China in seconds.

I was looking for a weight bench and almost gave up until I found a US manufacturer that sourced materials from Mexico and assembled in the US. I’m okay with that.