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  • EroticySteve
    Confirmed User
    • Mar 2005
    • 4365

    #1

    Do you buy American?

    Does blind patriotism lead your decisions to purchase or do you buy the best product for the money regardless of origin?
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  • bringer
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    • Jul 2003
    • 13082

    #2
    best product dictates what i buy, not where its assembled
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    • ACU
      Registered User
      • Jan 2006
      • 19

      #3
      I gotta agree with Bringer
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      • jimmy3way
        Confirmed User
        • Sep 2001
        • 2508

        #4
        Originally posted by EroticySteve
        Does blind patriotism lead your decisions to purchase or do you buy the best product for the money regardless of origin?
        Yep, the good ole USA is a-okay with me. That's why I only shop at Wal-Mart!!

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        • Samuel_Lemke
          Registered User
          • Jan 2006
          • 44

          #5
          it's with the quality. not with the brand.
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          • BV
            wtf
            • Sep 2001
            • 10914

            #6
            i try too

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            • NoHassleSteve
              Confirmed User
              • Jul 2004
              • 450

              #7
              Originally posted by EroticySteve
              Does blind patriotism lead your decisions to purchase or do you buy the best product for the money regardless of origin?

              For many products, American-made isn't an option anymore.

              Or... at least not an option in the big-box retail stores.
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              • SilentKnight
                Megan Fox's fluffer
                • Oct 2005
                • 24812

                #8
                I prefer Maid in Canada

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                • Pleasurepays
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                  • Aug 2002
                  • 11913

                  #9
                  i pay for value, not a little white tag on the back. i guess i am mature that way.

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                  • GlydeGirl
                    Confirmed User
                    • Feb 2005
                    • 1516

                    #10
                    I try to buy local brands whenever possible, American OR Canadian!

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                    • Probono
                      Confirmed User
                      • Oct 2002
                      • 2731

                      #11
                      WalMart and others have made it almost impossible to avoid buying Chinese. Nothing seems to be made in the US or Canada anymore.

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                      • aico
                        Moo Moo Cow
                        • Mar 2004
                        • 14748

                        #12
                        Don't care where it's made, as long as it's good.

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                        • fetishblog
                          Confirmed User
                          • Sep 2005
                          • 5995

                          #13
                          I buy the highest quality shit for the least amount of money. Which usually means it's coming from somewhere Asian. ;)

                          We've yet to learn how to make good shit. Even our cars aren't that great anymore.

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                          • GlydeGirl
                            Confirmed User
                            • Feb 2005
                            • 1516

                            #14
                            Originally posted by fetishblog
                            We've yet to learn how to make good shit. Even our cars aren't that great anymore.
                            We can make good shit... we just demand to be paid a fair wage for it! And we like to buy good shit... we just don't want to pay that much for it!

                            Which is why most people buy foreign-made products -- decent quality, rock-bottom price!

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                            • $5 submissions
                              I help you SUCCEED
                              • Nov 2003
                              • 32189

                              #15
                              I am more of the latter. I don't look at country of origin. I look at quality/cost/ROI total value.

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                              • EroticySteve
                                Confirmed User
                                • Mar 2005
                                • 4365

                                #16
                                I'm the same way. I could care less where it's made if it's a quality product. There are many American made products that are superior, there are many that are inferior. It matters to me not where it's from but rather how good it is.

                                Then there's the patriotism side of the issue. If we can't build the best products and our economy suffers who's fault is it? Is it our fault for not buying these products or is it the manufacturers fault for making crap?
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                                • TreasureBucks
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Mar 2005
                                  • 1971

                                  #17
                                  I dont think it really matters anymore....

                                  I grew up in Michigan. Almost everyone in my family has worked for the auto industry, including myself....

                                  I used to make dash guages for GM and Jaguar.

                                  Back in the day.... It was a sin to buy anything other then American. You did not want to drive into your works parking lot with a foreign car. People were beaten up for driving foreign. The autoworker union guys were dead seriuos, about spreading the message "buy American".

                                  Since then, ALOT of GM jobs went to Mexico, and now we build Hondas and Toyotas at American plants with American workers.

                                  15 years ago, it may have made a difference, but not now.

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                                  • biftek
                                    So Fucking Banned
                                    • Jan 2005
                                    • 1030

                                    #18
                                    same as over here in australia , they did this big "buy australia made " problem was that australian made stuff is expensive compared to imported , then there is also the problem of finding austrlian made stuff

                                    even an Australian flash will have the lable "made in china "

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                                    • Ian
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Oct 2002
                                      • 1259

                                      #19
                                      I looked at all the presents this year under the Christmas tree and 95% of the stuff was made in China. I was surprised. Bought a lot of the stuff from Wal Mart and it seems that everything in that store is Chinese.

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                                      • Bluewire Ross
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Nov 2005
                                        • 2169

                                        #20
                                        it's the quality, doesnt matter where it came from...

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                                        • blazi
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                                          • Feb 2003
                                          • 4321

                                          #21
                                          as long as it's good and cheap I don't care

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                                          • pornguy
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                                            • Mar 2003
                                            • 62910

                                            #22
                                            Hell even some of the american made cars are made in mexico.
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                                            • PixeLs
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                                              • Jul 2005
                                              • 11922

                                              #23
                                              Whatever fits my taste and my budget..

                                              There are other ways of measuring someone's patriotic ideology..

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                                              • Martin3
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Oct 2005
                                                • 1529

                                                #24
                                                It's not blind patriotism for some one to want to buy products from their own country(which ever country it may be). But price is how most people shop, and that's almost always imported.
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                                                • Sly
                                                  Let's do some business!
                                                  • Sep 2004
                                                  • 31379

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by EroticySteve
                                                  Does blind patriotism lead your decisions to purchase or do you buy the best product for the money regardless of origin?
                                                  I don't think the people you're referring to only buy American products because of "patriotism", I think they do it because they think it supports keeping smaller shit jobs in the States and "fights" the Wal-Marts of the world.

                                                  Frankly, I think the Wal-Marts of the world are what will keep the States a superpower. By outsourcing "crap jobs" it forces our citizens to become smarter and stronger to stay alive. Thats just my theory, I'm not going to pretend to know all of the economics behind it.
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                                                  • reynold
                                                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                    • Oct 2002
                                                    • 51271

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by PixeLs
                                                    Whatever fits my taste and my budget..

                                                    There are other ways of measuring someone's patriotic ideology..
                                                    Right dude.

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                                                    • Ogix
                                                      Registered User
                                                      • Feb 2005
                                                      • 1025

                                                      #27
                                                      i will try too

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                                                      • Sarah_Jayne
                                                        Now with more Jayne
                                                        • Dec 2002
                                                        • 40077

                                                        #28
                                                        Living in the UK it really isn't something advertised. I wouldn't not buy stuff made in the US/UK but I also don't go out of my way.

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                                                        • SirMoby
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Jan 2003
                                                          • 583

                                                          #29
                                                          The USA has a 200 Billion $ trade deficit with China. What do you think most people are doing? It's necessary to have these cheap goods to buy the votes of those with low paying jobs. According to FOX News not buying goods made in China would be unpatriotic. Haven't you been watching the news?
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                                                          • Drake
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                                                            • Mar 2003
                                                            • 12508

                                                            #30
                                                            I don't care where it comes from as long as it's quality. Many of the companies are in bed with each other anyway, so something manufactured in China may still be partly American owned.

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                                                            • Sarah_Jayne
                                                              Now with more Jayne
                                                              • Dec 2002
                                                              • 40077

                                                              #31
                                                              Originally posted by SirMoby
                                                              The USA has a 200 Billion $ trade deficit with China. What do you think most people are doing? It's necessary to have these cheap goods to buy the votes of those with low paying jobs. According to FOX News not buying goods made in China would be unpatriotic. Haven't you been watching the news?
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                                                              • nico-t
                                                                emperor of my world
                                                                • Aug 2004
                                                                • 29901

                                                                #32
                                                                pretty damn lame if you buy products out of patriotism, its rediculous

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                                                                • G-Rotica
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Aug 2005
                                                                  • 4258

                                                                  #33
                                                                  UNless you buy it at a local crafts store, chances are it aint made here. Hell even Harley's are mostly Japanese anymore, so why bother. Buy the best product for the $, no matter where's it's made.

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                                                                  • BigPinPin
                                                                    Confirmed User
                                                                    • May 2003
                                                                    • 894

                                                                    #34
                                                                    "UNless you buy it at a local crafts store, chances are it aint made here."
                                                                    That´s it !!!

                                                                    Patriostism will lead you to buy chinese products with an american, german, uk, canadian......whatever flag on it. Don´t believe every shit (flag) they print on the box because they all want to earn some $$$...I buy the best product and it seems to be the best way.

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