Way to be a team player, China

[island911]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

Corollary:

Stop shopping at Walmart and Costco who are little more than clearinghouses for PRC-made junk.

Change starts here. Now.

[tdw28210]

Get ready for the onshoring boom-lette.

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by 911boost

Not everyone lives in that society, but yes I agree that it would be a bright spot.

I understand and agree with you. But you and I and maybe 17 others don't constitute the masses of society. And the masses of society just want stuff.

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

If this doesn’t illustrate the error of our ways, nothing will.

I also agree with you, Matt. But I'm not as optimistic that we (societal masses) are smart/unselfish enough to figure that out.

Originally Posted by 1990C4S

People are keen to Buy American. Until their spatula costs $2.99 versus the same product from China for $1.29.

Or a TV...

I went shopping for a floor jack a few years ago. C'mon, everyone on the interwebs touts how their Harbor Freight or Costco jack only cost them $60 or so and does awesome, right? But based upon previous experience with one that I bought from my FLAPS, I decided to Buy American this time. Did you realize there are (or were back then, I haven't checked in a few years) only 2 manufacturers of floor jacks here in America? Milwaukee Hydraulic and Hein Werner. And their 2-ton floor jacks go for about $300. Even vaunted Snap-On only sells floor jacks Made in China. Sears/Craftsman was outsourced to China years ago. (I was too cheap to buy the Danish one sold here on Pelican, or the Spanish one sold by Griot's.)

[GH85Carrera]

I have not set foot in Wal Mart in this millennium. It has been over 30 years.

Mostly because I don't want someone taking my picture and posting it on the Walmartian site!

I do shop at Sam's but the vast majority of what we buy is fresh fruit or household consumables. It pretty much impossible to avoid China made electronics and I do buy a lot of that on Amazon. If I can find a non China product, I buy it even if it is more than a similar Chinese garbage product.

I really do hope there is a full court press to bring back manufacturing to the states or at least out of China controlled countries.

[vash]

Walmart sucks for a lot of reasons.

Even the store lighting gets me down.

[Zeke]

Walmart has good car batteries and cheap oil. I go in the back door and out the back door. If they weren't closer than the local FLAPS I would not ever go there. They used to have good prices on ammo.