Re: PICK 3 any 3


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Posted by Marty on Sunday, May 03, 2009 at 17:20:59 :

In Reply to: Re: PICK 3 any 3 posted by Todd Wilson on Sunday, May 03, 2009 at 12:09:05 :

But Todd,
The crap they sell at Wallmart is bought because people here prefer price to quality.
They sell chainsaws at Wallmart...& they probably sell more of them than Stihl sells. Guys go in thinking I don't want to spend big bucks on a quality saw...I only use this saw once a year so I'd prefer a "Cheap" saw. Then they proceed to buy a new Chinese saw every 2 years, forever more, costing 3 times more than the quality one over the course of their lifetime.

Same with bearings, brakes, stereos, toasters....hubs :)...you name it.
I just bought a toaster made in the US for $200. I don't care if it's quadruple what a Chinese one costs...I'm NOT supporting China if I can help it. We all have choices in life & that's mine. I don't complain about it, or try to talk anyone else into seeing it my way. It's just that every man has a breaking point & when I see people losing their homes & often families over it, then wondering how this has happened....I feel the need to vent from time to time.

I appreciate Dan Shockley & Ray going to Asia & making a good life for themselves over there. They're both great guys & now that they live there...I can see why they would support the local economy.
If people did the same here, the economy would be doing considerably better than it is now.

Dan's hubs that he's had built in China...I'm sure they surpass the quality of new Warn hubs of their day but so long as there's an American made equivalent...that's the one I'll be buying. Steve Fowler can raise the price to $1700/hub & if I ever need a set bad enough...I'll save the money & pay him. In fact, there's a perfect an-alogy(shesh, this anti-lameness software is thorough:).
Dan's hubs are made in China & he says he's selling them at cost. His cost is almost 1/3 of Steve Fowlers cost. Same goes for every other industry. How will the auto industry survive in North America, you ask? It wont.

Free trade hurts us because people buy the Imported products. If you stop buying them...they'll stop making them...it's that simple. The quality is actually irrelevant to me...I'm just not spending my hard earned dollars so the locals in China can make a better life for themselves while stores, machine shops, Shipyards, Auto manufacturers go broke. Every Wallmart/Home Depot that opens means more imported products & more unemployment in North America. It was no secret what was going to happen when they started opening up all over the place.

Costco opened up illegally, in my opinion. They made it look like they were wholesalers that were going to help small business buy good products at huge volume prices. You couldn't shop there unless you were a small business....now look at them. Who do you know that doesn't have a Costco card?

It's BS I say Todd.



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