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Originally Posted by speeder
Getting weaned off of cheap Chinese crap will be difficult...we've gotten addicted to it. I feel like I should mention that the CEO/founder of Harbor Freight is a childhood friend of one of my pals and that he donated their entire stock of gloves and masks, (it's a nationwide chain), to hospitals and first responders. Guy is a total mensch and I won't forget it.
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I did it for several months, "Buy ABC". It's not hard but it is more costly. I paid almost $1000 more for my 2 post lift because it was Made in the USA. The seller was shocked when I answered their question of why I wanted the lift I picked over the cheaper one. I told them "Americans buy the items I sell. Until buyers from China start buying the things I sell, I'm going to buy products made by the people who buy the things I sell"
We need an awakening in this country. We as consumers have sold our fellow Americans out by purchasing goods made in countries with significantly lower wage structure and regulation. I've heard so many people complain about the lack of good paying jobs. I tell them "Look around your house. Look at where your TV, Appliances, Furniture, Clothing, Tools, Hardware items etc come from. Then you might figure out why we have no good paying jobs". A lot of people say we have no choice. It's more that people are too lazy to research anything.