hobbyfarm
Veteran Member
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Face it, some import products are really good. )</font>
Yeah, I know that. But, it's a shame that the imported stuff is filtering through.
I've always bought "Made in USA" stuff whenever I can, but, with Toyota (et al) putting factories here, the lines are blurring. That money for the most part still gets turned into yen.
I was looking for a new pipe wrench, I've always been a Ridgid type of guy (they make great tools). And at the store, next to the Ridgid brand was an Irwin pipe wrench (Irwin is good stuff too), and it had a rubber grip and was cheaper, well, I picked it up, and the darned thing said CHINA on it (I dropped it like it was HOT /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif). At that point, I did not care if the Ridgid was twice the price, I bought the Ridgid.
Now, there goes another good old American brand shopping overseas. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
In case you are wondering, <font color="green">This</font> is some of the brands they have...some pretty well respected brands and they have their noses overseas. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Yeah, I know that. But, it's a shame that the imported stuff is filtering through.
I've always bought "Made in USA" stuff whenever I can, but, with Toyota (et al) putting factories here, the lines are blurring. That money for the most part still gets turned into yen.
I was looking for a new pipe wrench, I've always been a Ridgid type of guy (they make great tools). And at the store, next to the Ridgid brand was an Irwin pipe wrench (Irwin is good stuff too), and it had a rubber grip and was cheaper, well, I picked it up, and the darned thing said CHINA on it (I dropped it like it was HOT /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif). At that point, I did not care if the Ridgid was twice the price, I bought the Ridgid.
Now, there goes another good old American brand shopping overseas. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
In case you are wondering, <font color="green">This</font> is some of the brands they have...some pretty well respected brands and they have their noses overseas. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif