Products that are not made in China
 

Anyone ever get sick of not being able to find a made in the USA version of a particular product? This afternoon I hit up NAPA, Autozone, O'Reilly's, Wal-Mart, Target, K-Mart (Craftsman), and Thiesen's Farm & Home looking for a floor jack or bottle jack that was made in the USA. Every single f'ing jack was made in China. Even the new rotors I picked up for my Grand Prix today are made in China.

Anyone have a recommendation on where to find a jack that is made in the USA? Even if I have to pay 2x what the aforementioned businesses charge for a Chinese jack, I will. It's getting a bit frustrating that virtually everything on today's shelves has a Chinese origination.

Re: Products that are not made in China
 

Why does it matter if its made from china or usa, and why would you pay double for something made in the usa?

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I'm not sure how you would get one, but how about Mac tools or something similar.

I know what you mean though. I've been looking for a fan for my apartment. Just a regualr everyday, spin the blades, move some air fan. I bought two, but one Im taking back. I'm not really satisfied with the one I'm keeping, but it's the lesser of two evils. I don't even need fancy remotes and crazy filters, I just want something that works. I would gladly pay good money for a quality product that doesn't look and feel cheap.

I think overseas maufacturing has its place, but I'm dissappointed at the lack of good quality home grown products.

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Welcome to America?

Not quite sure where to find a lot of mass made shit not made in China. There was a documentary on a couple that lived for one year without buying things made in China. It was ridiculously hard to find even an alarm clock not made in China.

Perhaps Harbor Freight? But I've heard they sell alot of shit products though.

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Made in the usa. LOL Like mike said, Who cares where its made? you can go right ahead and spend more for the same product. Go get a Ford (also not 100% American)

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Go look in china. ;)
Not sure where to find one, nor do I think it really matters. But if you insist...good luck on your journey. lol

Re: Products that are not made in China
 

If you look for an American based company that only manufactures overseas at least all the other overhead costs of the company stays in the usa outside of manu and the local employees still have jobs selling them.

It's a good compromise if a Made in USA product is not available.

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I tried using an American manufacturer for my Kracka Vents and they were complete junk; 9/10 were defective straight from the box so I switched back to my Chinese manufacturer and I'd guess only 1/100 are defective.

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Why does it matter as long as the US company stand behind their products. Unless you say the US parent company failed at inspecting their products before it is placed on the shelf. In that case it is the US company that is at fault and not the manuafacture of the product. Now if you went to dollar store to buy your tools and it fails than it is your fault. The only people I know that refuse to buy Chinese made products are people from Tibet. I can understand their point but in this case you are not making it clear on why you only want us manufacture products.

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Plain and simple: if I have a choice, in today's economy, I am going to put my money towards something that a fellow American had his/her hands on the manufacturing of.

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The real reason this is a problem is because many people don't have your attitude about american products. The majority of people compare on price. If you sat 5 jacks on the counter, 3 made over seas and 2 made in the US, priced them with a 35% profit margin, the american products would most likely be 2-3 times more expensive due to higher labor costs.

If you found 100 people who needed a jack, I be atleast 95 would take the oversees as it is cheaper.

Not all products we get oversees are cheap products. US manufacturers also look for cheaper input costs and most likely buy from the Japanese. So in a jack, your price difference would mainly be a factor of labor costs.

Not enough people are willing to buy local anymore, our values have changed. In the past it was lets help the local businesses as we know the people and they are our friends. Now everyone thinks that they are getting screwed when they walk into the local store to but a gallon of milk for $3.65 and they could go to Walmart and spend $3.15.

Why is Walmart doing so well right now???

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They are doing so well b/c they employee lots of otherwise unemployable people and they save everyone money on the stuff they need.