Chinese crap has got me grumpy, I am so sick of everything that used to be made here in THIS country now being manufactured overseas in China at a lesser cost AND much lower quality. Why buy something if it doesn't do the job or hold up?
Has this country sold out?
yep we have. Years ago woodworking machinery started being made in Taiwan and it was cheap, sure because they pay workers peanuts and the quality showed. They got better as the years went by and now all machinery that used to be made here is now made in China:
It really pisses me off. One example of a company fron Canada that made some competitive stuff has gone to china also, but they still make some machines in Canada but they cost twice as much. One American company = Oliver for years made great sturdy stuff, now made in China, sure they do the wiring and motors here in the states but you still get the rest made in freakin' China so why such a markup?they charge way more than other companies with similar crap from china
I get so disgusted with everything. I bought a drill press last week thinking I was buying from an American company because that's what is leads you to believe on their website ( this is the only page left of their site
http://74.125.45.132/search?q=cache:...ient=firefox-a ) the guy at Beaver said the company Fisch went out of business last week
I get it home and I see on the box = made in China
Sure, just another kick in the ass
It's a Fisch 17-1/2" drill press and it is NOT made in America. If I had known that I would have chosen to go with a Delta knowing they are made you know where also
What a bunch of
I don't have the answers but I can see the writing on the wall. I try to look for older American machinery but since they are wanted so much they go for premium dollars. I'm just a little guy and can't justify huge expenses for high dollar machines so I settle for crap sometimes. The smaller power tools I buy are not chinese, I spend the dough on stuff like Fesstool and Bosch.
Even every day stuff is made in China now, you can't get away from it from plumbing supplies to auto parts to knockdown cheap-ass chinese cabinetry
sure put us out of business
These companies selling this chinese crap cabinets even solicit me asking if I will carry their line of stock cabinets some assembly required WTF, do you think I'm stupid, I refuse to give in and sell customers that junk, if people want cardboard cabinets, go to the depot and get it, they have it right on the shelves. It's hurting everyone in the country the more we import their crap.
Oh sure it saves you some bucks as the paying customer but in the long run we are only hurting ourselves and I don't see this country waking up to that fact any time soon.
Give me back the America I love and once knew 
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