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A picture says it all!
Well Ok, it takes me 3 pictures to say it all!
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Townsend MT
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Re: A picture says it all!
I HATE chinezee junk. If we all bought American, Just think of the work we would create for AMERICANS.
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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Re: A picture says it all!
Thats the exact reason i work for a company that uses oil that is american drilled,processed,bottled and delivered all right here. Chinese stuff is junk.
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Indian Trail, N.C,
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
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Re: A picture says it all!
but we are ALL at fault for the madin in china invasion.
You'll probably not be willing to pay the price for a naw american made piece, and will grumble when you open the package of the 'middle priced' part and see the same stampings. 99% of us do it... myself included. I HATE china junk, but I end up getting it and not even realizing it sometimes. I try so hard 1/2 the time when I shop, but the other half of the time I am either being cheap, being too broke, or, in too much of a hurry. |
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Re: A picture says it all!
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Re: A picture says it all!
Longhornman, I'm with you. I hate when I'm in a hurry a come home with china. I admit I never cared till about 2 or 3 years ago. Now its difficult.
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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Re: A picture says it all!
I had the outside door handle break a tab off the other day. At least these old trucks are easy and straight forward to work on.
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Wa.
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Re: A picture says it all!
I had the knob part break off my window crank the other day. So I guess a 40 year old original part is equivalent to a brand new China part?
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Re: A picture says it all!
Nah, the 40 year old part is STILL far superior. You can still roll the window down. If you could find a wooden thread spool it would be as good as new.
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Re: A picture says it all!
That third picture says it all. I am one who has always cared that things be made in the USA and am willing to pay the cost. I am American labor. What can't be made overseas,they come here to do and take the jobs. I buy local from small businesses as much as possible. It wasn't hard to see the writing on the wall back in the over 30 years ago and now here we are. The thing is,now the stuff isn't so cheap,either,now that it's all but taken the place of any alternative. There's a big box store filled with lower quality products made overseas for every niche in the market. Every city has the same big box stores and all only to broaden the profit margins for the upper few while they pay diddly squat to their employees in the stores. Oh yeah,and China is getting rich off of us while we're going broke. Is that worth the little saved on these products?
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Re: A picture says it all!
I rather pay more and never have to worry about it again thats pretty much in everything I buy..
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Its hard to buy American ,I have tried to buy American made brake rotors for my 72 Chevelle for 2 years now and cant find any .The chinese junk sux ,but what can you do.
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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Re: A picture says it all!
Well just maybe we're at a turning point, if people are fed up with this cheap crap on here then I'm sure they are on forums and towns and homes all over. And the economy going belly up has propably helped people see the light too, i.e buying cheap imported goods instead of made in America buy Americans will help?....no it didn't.
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Re: A picture says it all!
when i'm at the pull a part i grab orginal handles etc. off the trucks even if its just driver quality at least it will work!
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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Re: A picture says it all!
i broke a air chuck today
i looked at it and it said CHINA never noticed that before..
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Re: A picture says it all!
Mao wrote in his little red book that they would sell us the rope that we'll hang ourselves with. Maybe it was Lenin. One of them rat ba$tard commies, anyway. At least if it's Chinese rope, it'll break when it pulls tight.
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Re: A picture says it all!
I had this conversation before and was told Ace hardware carried a lot of American products and Napa carried more USA auto parts than the others, you do pay a little more but you get what you pay for. Been meaning to check it out for my self but I don't know where a Napa is in my area.
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Re: A picture says it all!
Oh yeah my door handles I rebuilt my windows a few months ago and went trough a dozen of those cheap handles before the windows broke in I put the knob on my old handle with a small bolt and washer, you can see the head of the bolt but it worked during break in.
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