Would you buy MADE IN THE USA if it were a more common option?

[JS80]

you're living in a fantasy land:

if large amounts of capital are not soon extraced from businesses and placed in the hands of the consumers, you're going to have the republicans wet dream: complete erasure of the home consumer market.

when the workforce can no longer afford to live, and completely stop buying goods and services, all that will be left standing is a few businesses who do nothing but sell to other businesses.

Wow, failpost of the thread right herrr.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Absolutely yes. I hate paying a massive premium on guitars that are made in the US. It's sickening. And honestly, at the base level, a Gibson LP Studio is not any better than a $400.00 Korean counterpart. The LP Studio runs a minimum of $800, for a very bare bones stripped down guitar. $400 Korean counterpart gets me an ebony fretboard, real MOP inlays, Alnico V pups, very solid wiring. Not so much with the Gibson.
(I am speaking from direct experience)

 

[Throckmorton]

You can buy American made jeans for as low as $35 http://www.stillmadeinusa.com/jeans.htm

 

[HAL9000]

Wow! My vote stands alone.

 

[Infohawk]

Wow! My vote stands alone.

Okay so why don't you want to buy American? You one of those people that thinks Germans build things better are you just a hater?

 

[xj0hnx]

Okay so why don't you want to buy American? You one of those people that thinks Germans build things better are you just a hater?

He's a pseudo-intellectual, British, wannabe elitist.

 

[Modelworks]

I already buy American whenever I can and have done so for years. Every time I go to the store and compare products on the shelf I always buy the USA version even if it cost more. The final straw for me was years ago when I was buying apple juice. If you didn't know it apple juice flavor varies greatly depending on the country of origin. I was drinking a lot of juice at the time and noticed that sometimes the brand I liked tasted bitter and sometimes sweet and saw that the bitter taste was usually on bottles stamped concentrate from China. The sweet tasting juice was from USA or South American countries. Now when I go to the store all I am seeing is juice from China. That is just sad that in the USA we cannot fill our shelves with juice from our own apple trees but tanker it in from China.


The government has it under control:
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90778/90858/90864/7203006.html

China's fruit juice companies will become more active in the United States, after the US Department of Commerce lifted the 10-year-long anti-dumping tax on the country's apple juice concentrate products following a full review, analysts and industry insiders said on Wednesday.

 

[Nox51]

Okay so why don't you want to buy American? You one of those people that thinks Germans build things better are you just a hater?

While I can't speak for him, you need to remember that America isn't the only country that this question can be applied to.

In fact, it is a cookie cutter question where it can be substituted for your local country of residence. Same array of responses usually.


A more amusing question would be what happens in the impossible when everyone decided to buy just from your country of residence?

 

[3chordcharlie]

Absolutely yes. I hate paying a massive premium on guitars that are made in the US. It's sickening. And honestly, at the base level, a Gibson LP Studio is not any better than a $400.00 Korean counterpart. The LP Studio runs a minimum of $800, for a very bare bones stripped down guitar. $400 Korean counterpart gets me an ebony fretboard, real MOP inlays, Alnico V pups, very solid wiring. Not so much with the Gibson.
(I am speaking from direct experience)

However, the American who built the Gibson was paid a couple of hundred dollars to do it, instead of (at best) a couple of ten dollars in Korea.

Don't get me wrong, I have a Korean made Standard hanging on my wall that I bought when I was 15. If I had it to do over, I'd like to think I would have bought the Studio or a US-made strat or something for not much more money.

In answer to the thread, everyone says they buy domestic when they can, but very few people actually do; you might as well count the folks who vote for higher taxes.

 

[werepossum]

You can buy American made jeans for as low as $35 http://www.stillmadeinusa.com/jeans.htm

Excellent post, thanks!

 

[Infohawk]

While I can't speak for him, you need to remember that America isn't the only country that this question can be applied to.

In fact, it is a cookie cutter question where it can be substituted for your local country of residence. Same array of responses usually.


A more amusing question would be what happens in the impossible when everyone decided to buy just from your country of residence?

Thanks Mr. Condescension. I didn't forget anything, I just realized this is a mostly American forum.

 

[Throckmorton]

Wow! My vote stands alone.

I'm guessing you would buy Made in the UK or Made in the EU

 

[Lalakai]

if i have the option, i will always buy American. good thread; i've added some links to my favorites, for places to buy American.

now you just have to look closer and read between the lines, when a product says "manufactured in USA or Mexico or India or Pakistan". Look for the flag; that's a good sign.

My biggest complaint is the food system. I work with farmers and know all the hoops and bs that they have to jump through; GAP and MAEAP certified are just a couple. These are above and beyond the requirements from US-FDA regulations. The big box stores are requiring these for products they purchase from the US farmers. But they can't give the same level of proof, for all the foods that come in from outside the US. Agricultural products from outside the US are very risky, and you are rolling the di every time you buy them. To my knowledge, only one orange juice producer will certify that ALL their juice comes from the US, grown, harvested and processed in the US. Look for the one with the flag on it.

 

[Throckmorton]

I got my Frye Cavalry boots, made in USA