Not all products made in China are crap Raider. If every product was manufactured in America the cost would be enormous to the average American consumer. If a American company wants to produce their goods here and can keep the price reasonable I'm all for it.....if not they will have to find alternatives like overseas manufacturing to survive..
I understand your point, Perhaps I should not of used the word "All" but rather "Most"...
I've had enough bad luck with Chinese products to know that MOST of it is crappy, You cant tell me that when you buy Chinese that your not buying the same product over and over again, either because it broke, wore out or the finished deteriorated... I cant tell you the number of Garden hose nozzles I replaced, Make-up mirrors, Light fixtures, Plastic chairs, Rice cookers, The list goes on and on. Chinese products are simply NOT made to last.
We recently bought a Patio set, couldn't find one made in America so we had no choice but to buy Chinese..... We paid over $1400 for this set, and already the Wicker is falling apart, It's still under 90 days so it's going right back...
We have 4 Casablanca fans in our house, each of them is over 12 years old, all were made in the USA and have been problem free... We recently bought a new one for another room, Same brand but made in Taiwan, we paid nearly $500 for it, Not 2 months went by and the circuit board inside burned out, it took the store 6 weeks just to send a repair guy out.
And don't even get me started on Furniture, Most furniture stores import from China, same for Kitchen Cabinet stores... It may look real nice, but it's CRAP, All of it.... Not only is it poorly made but they use only the cheapest materials... I don't know about you guys, but I'd rather spend $10,000 on a nice living room set that will last a lifetime, (Made in the USA) than spend $3000 on a set that I'll have to replace in 2 years.
Yeah, it's cheap and affordable for most of us to buy Chinese, but in the long term your spending more to re-buy that product than you would for an American or German made product....We recently changed all the plumbing fixtures in our home, We went with "Grohe", which is German made, If you know anything about Grohe, you will know their made to last a life time. Now unlike the Chinese or Made in Mexico faucets, we wont have to pay a plumber $75.00 an hour to change them out every 2 to 5 years.
Disposable Chinese products such as party supplies or kids toys are OK, but for products I mentioned above, forget it.
The point is; We need to do something to bring these products BACK to America and put Americans back to work.
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