Comments on: Will You Stop Purchasing Chinese Goods?

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:19:00 +0000

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By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:14:00 +0000

A while back John Ratzenberger hosted a great show called Made in America. If you are interested in buying American made products you can check out the list of factories John visited here.

Oh and Amie -- I enjoyed the angry chicken link. I have never visited that site before.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:30:00 +0000

If American workers wouldn't insist on such high pay, we'd be able to produce more items, at an affordable cost. However, since we want all Americans to receive a good paycheck, it costs too much to produce items that we can all afford to buy.

Can't have it both ways.

By: Amie

Amie — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:17:00 +0000

There is a great post on this very topic over at Angry Chicken:
http://angrychicken.typepad.com/angry_chicken/2007/08/not-made-in-chi.html

I have been giving it some thought, and it is a sad truth that I don’t have the money available to invest in quality. We have to buy as inexpensively as possible (secondhand, if available), then use it until it breaks-then repair it. I have been learning to make more things myself, but as pointed out by Angry Chicken, you still have to watch your materials.

We really do need to change our attitude as a society.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:15:00 +0000

I think for a while people may think twice about buying something made in China but, in about a month everyone will have forgotten. People will think about their wallet first. I have to say I have been looking at my childrens toys and 95% of them are made in China. With all the recalls I have begun trying to find toys made in the US and it is very hard!! Crazy!!
Laurie