I just paid $1000 for a solid cherry TV cabinet made in America by Baker Road. Beautiful piece of furniture. No way I would buy a cheap piece of Souder crap from Wal-Mart. I've been buying a lot of furniture lately for a large new house, and I have bought American-made whenever possible, no matter how much I could save buying Chinese. (I did buy a Canadian bedroom set, but only because I liked the style so much better than any of the American stuff I saw, not because I saved money.) It has been depressing to hear retailer after retailer say that I should buy American now, because the American furniture makers are going out of business. You can easily see the difference in quality between a cheap Chinese made dining room set and one made in the USA. The Chinese stuff is just crap. American made furniture is the best in the world, but Americans don't seem to care about quality or craftsmanship anymore.
100 years from now, PBS won't be able to have an "Antiques Roadshow." There won't be anything left from the early 21st century, because it was all cheap Chinese crap that fell apart in 10 years. And good 20th century American furniture will be worth its weight in gold.
"100 years from now, PBS won't be able to have an "Antiques Roadshow." There won't be anything left from the early 21st century, because it was all cheap Chinese crap that fell apart in 10 years. And good 20th century American furniture will be worth its weight in gold."
Hey, Did not mean to say you could not purchase anything you want, anywhere you want from anyone you want. That is the beauty of America. We, you and I, have a choice.
"This quote ought to make everyone's hair stand up:
"Wal-Mart and China are a joint venture.""
May I ask the source for this quote? If not it will be accepted anyway.
At least 100 years from now "Antiques Roadshow" will have a "a solid cherry TV cabinet made in America by Baker Road. Beautiful piece of furniture" to spotlight on their show. In no way was there an intent to 'influence' your purchases.
Very glad that you had the means to acquire a great piece of furniture. (My wife likes Berkey & Gay. [They are already antiques that will be around also for the 'Roadshow' in a hundred years or so.])
Meant no offense just informing you of the 'DSA' intent to stifle 'capitalism', if I did not do that you have my sincerest apologies.
Have a Grandson, attending college here in Albuquerque, who has had to make purchases at Wal-Mart. I am glad that they were there for him. Being in a 'third world setting', New Mexico there are a lot of people who would do without if the Wal-Marts were closed.
Again no OFFENSE INTENDED. :^p ilgrim
"...100 years from now, PBS won't be able to have an "Antiques Roadshow." There won't be anything left from the early 21st century, because it was all cheap Chinese crap that fell apart in 10 years. And good 20th century American furniture will be worth its weight in gold..."
I've thought that, too. Go to a thrift store and you can still find wonderful pieces from the Fifties and sometimes Sixties that were American-made and are now considered collectible. But the stuff from the Seventies on is garbage.
We try to avoid buying made-in-China whenever possible - the furniture is all particle board and weighs a ton. That's how you can tell it's junk.