Re: USA made or CHINAmart ? .... what diff would you pay ? ...
[Re: Sinitro]
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01/21/21 06:10 PM
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Add to you list : no brand name to protect its integrity. They don't care what they ship, as long as they get paid now.
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Re: USA made or CHINAmart ? .... what diff would you pay ? ...
[Re: Dcuda69]
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01/21/21 10:00 PM
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I'd rather go without than purchasing anything chinese made, although it is tough these days. Will gladly spend double for American made. Buy older, used items when possible. In the market for a flag pole for the house. Found a nice 20' thick wall telescoping aluminum pole...of course, made in China, $179. Asked about a USA made pole...they have them made to the same specs....almost $500. I'll be spending $500 unless I find something else USA made. Not hanging Old Glory on a China made pole!! This is a local company to me and worth a look. https://ezpole.com/
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Re: USA made or CHINAmart ? .... what diff would you pay ? ...
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01/24/21 09:50 AM
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I bought two quarter panels from Year One because they advertised Made In USA. When they arrived there were stickers that had those words on it. Then I noticed the corner of a sticker under the USA sticker so I carefully removed the USA sticker and there, plain as day was a sticker that had Made in Taiwan ROC (Republic of China). I've never bought from Year One again.
A perfect example of the difficulty of deciding what you consider patriotic vs economically sensible.. Taiwan ROC is NOT China. Taiwan is an island, and was a province of mainland China, to which Chinese Nationalist forces withdrew after their defeat by Mao's Communist forces. Taiwan was then protected from attack by mainland China by the US, and remains a US ally to this day. Taiwan functions as an independent country, but is not a separate member state of the UN, nor viewed as one. Taiwan is legally not a sovereign state, so.. ...Taiwan continues to be CLAIMED by the Communist Chinese mainland as a province of theirs. Fun stuff to consider as you go down the rabbit hole of the global economy .. ...do you buy from a US ally in support of their freedom and independence from Communist China? - Art
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Re: USA made or CHINAmart ? .... what diff would you pay ? ...
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01/24/21 06:01 PM
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My TV was made in Mexico. Are they no longer made there? My computer and phone were refurbished units, so the original manufacturer didn't get my money anyway.
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Re: USA made or CHINAmart ? .... what diff would you pay ? ...
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01/24/21 06:08 PM
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I do my best to buy things not made in China. Indonesia, South Korea, Botswana are all fair game as long as it is not China.
"Follow me the wise man said, but he walked behind"
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Re: USA made or CHINAmart ? .... what diff would you pay ? ...
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01/24/21 07:26 PM
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Y but yet, we all purchase big tv's, phones, and computers made [where else ?] in china. The question was how much more would you pay for USA products...that's assuming you have a choice. There IS no choice when it comes to phones, TVs etc. You could always choose not to have a phone or TV. Now I'm not saying it's a good choice but it is a choice.
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Re: USA made or CHINAmart ? .... what diff would you pay ? ...
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01/24/21 08:30 PM
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Today mainland China produces about 75% of all internal electrical components from resistors capacitors, transformers, integrated circuits, transistors, connectors that go inside of HD displays, cell phones, home theater components, laptops, tablets.... However the final assembly for those products is slowly moving out of China to Malaysia, Vietnam, India.. Just my $0.02...
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Re: USA made or CHINAmart ? .... what diff would you pay ? ...
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01/25/21 10:42 AM
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"Follow me the wise man said, but he walked behind"
'92 D250 Club Cab CTD, 47RH conversion, pump tweaks, injectors, rear disc and hydroboost conversion. '74 W200 Crew Cab 360, NV4500, D44, D60 and NP205 divorced transfer case. Rear disc and hydroboost conversion. 2019 1500 Long Horn Crew Cab 4WD, 5.7 Hemi.
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Re: USA made or CHINAmart ? .... what diff would you pay ? ...
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01/25/21 01:16 PM
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Anyone who considers spending money for ANYTHING involving China and the CCP is either not paying a bit of attention to what is happening - you know, virus and other stuff I won't go into on this thread, maybe drop down a notch for an education - or they flat don't care about the future of this country.
I will not buy or spend money on anything from Communist China if I have a choice - that means I must have it to function and it is not made anywhere else. I don't care if it's the best for the least, some things are more important. No shoes, clothes, tools, parts, nothing. Yes I will send it back if I buy it by mistake.
Additionally, I pay attention to content and double talk on "Assembled in US" stuff. Obviously, it's probably not possible to buy complex items - cars, computers, appliances, etc - that do not have some Chinese crap in them, but I try.
Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Europe, Mexico, Canada...no problem, although I do source US made as much as possible.
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Re: USA made or CHINAmart ? .... what diff would you pay ? ...
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Real quick ... ONLY ONE made in the USA circular saw manufacturer ... Forest Saw ..... ONE 12” blade ..., 90 tooth ....$ 165.00 ... I got a 2 pack of blades .... a 32 and 80 blade ..... take a guess!
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