Greenie said:
Ahem.....YOU former US car assembly guys should be the last ones shopping Harbor Freight, wtf is wrong with you?
Greenie, know why we were steadily losing market share thru the '70s, '80s and '90s?
Cause we were building over priced JUNK
ever hear of the "global economy"?
we'll never put the genie back in the bottle
Publicly traded Corps are wholly and solely interested in one thing...the most profit possible by any means
Of the top of line tools I own.
Bosch...made in Taiwan
DeWalt...made in Mexico
'Cept their drills, driver bits and blades (that are JUNK BTW) ..made in China
(HFs blades and bits are better!)
Milwaukee..Taiwan
Porter-Cable ..about the only one that has "some" of their products made in USA
Even at that, for all I know, 40% of the parts in my P-C router and generator were made in China.
Though they're proudly stickered "made in USA"
Made in USA doesn't mean what it used too.
It USED to mean quality goods made by quality workers that were paid a quality (livable) wage.
Those days are gone..forever
more will be leaving too.
But not cause we by from over seas.
It's more a result of corp greed and the search for the highest profit at any cost
"by American" just don't get it anymore.
and believe it or not, I do prefer to buy American "IF" it's quality and affordable
But I'll be damned if I'll pay $200 dollars for an American owned corp's air nailer that's made in China when I can buy the same Chinese nailer at HF for a 1/3 of the money
so chant that hollow mantra to your TV, stereo, computer, washing machine, and damn near every other consumer good in your house .
see if they get back on the container ship and head back home...
and RW, maybe YOU feel better about buying a Chinese POS Hudson sprayer for $99 bucks somewhere else.
I'd feel much better in the wallet if i bought the exact same Chines POS sprayer at HF for $59
..L.T.A.