U.S. trade deficit hits all-time high
02-11-2006, 04:10 PM
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the reason why chinese make so much is because people are stupid.
you buy chinese crap for half the price, and it breaks in like 2 weeks, then youre faced with a buying decision again...do i re-buy the easily broken chinese crap or the more expensive yet stronger american crap? of course reasoning is defeated by $ and the chinese thing is bought again, then breaks again, then again they buy the chinese thing.
now having bought the same thing 3 times, rather then the american thing once.
granted, some american things break faster then imports, case in point ford.
kevin.
you buy chinese crap for half the price, and it breaks in like 2 weeks, then youre faced with a buying decision again...do i re-buy the easily broken chinese crap or the more expensive yet stronger american crap? of course reasoning is defeated by $ and the chinese thing is bought again, then breaks again, then again they buy the chinese thing.
now having bought the same thing 3 times, rather then the american thing once.
granted, some american things break faster then imports, case in point ford.
kevin.
02-11-2006, 04:13 PM
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While there are exceptions, I will always consider an alternative to the cheap chinese ****. If I can buy what looks to be a better item for no more than twice the price, I will generally opt to buy the non-chinese made item. Admittedly, I am a freak, since an overwhelming majority of Americans buy the cheap ****.
02-11-2006, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by 1988RedT2' post='801028' date='Feb 11 2006, 05:13 PM
While there are exceptions, I will always consider an alternative to the cheap chinese ****. If I can buy what looks to be a better item for no more than twice the price, I will generally opt to buy the non-chinese made item. Admittedly, I am a freak, since an overwhelming majority of Americans buy the cheap ****.
youre not alone, i do the same thing. i hate buying cheap crap and it breaking.
the best are the people who are OK with it breaking, simply because it was cheap. ****, if you wanna throw out money ill gladly take it.
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02-11-2006, 05:03 PM
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This is a good example of what activist groups were trying to present when the "buy american" thing picked up. Now, you hardly ever meet a buy-american fanatic. I remember the good 'ol days when China made cheap plastic toys that you'd get out of a vending machine and that was it.
02-11-2006, 05:15 PM
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the problem is there is no non-foreign made alternative for a lot of things. more and more us companies are making their components in other countries, even things "made in the usa" are usually made of crap as chinese components.
i rarely by the cheapest of anything and it still breaks.
i rarely by the cheapest of anything and it still breaks.
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