I used to buy made America Levi jeans for $75 a pair here in Canada. I'd buy a few pair at a time, and buy more when they wore out. Went the last time, bought two pair, paid $55 each. Got home, was as if I bought two different sizes. Read the label, made in Mexico. Took one pair back once for an exchange, and the other pair twice, due to defects in workmanship. Call me fussy, but I kinda like both legs the same length and the buttons to line up with the button holes. They cost $20 less per pair than the American made versions, and I guess they stayed in business but they're the last pair of Levi's I'll ever buy.
Ed 300E. On 05/02/2008, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just because something is made in China does not mean it's cheap and there > is a huge difference in quality between Harbor Freight and Sears "made in > China" tools. > > And there is more to "made in wherever" than most who complain will ever > be > willing to understand. I "grew up" in telecomm manufacturing as a test, > process and quality Engineer and even back in the 70's, we would out > source > manufacturing to other countries. Most of these assemblies and products > were > too costly, dirty or dangerous to be manufactured here in the States. > > And the same process is still happening today. We hear of manufacturing & > goods moving off shore. But has anyone taken the trouble to look at what > is > really moving to China? It's all of the low cost, labor intensive > manufacturing jobs that no-one wants to do here. > > I remember when the last Lee plant in Tennessee moved - my sister in-law > worked there for 12 years, until they closed. She worked 12 hours / day, 6 > days / week at a base pay of $8.00 / hour. Also, she had no fingernails > left > from handling the blue jean material all day long. Neither did the > co-workers I met. Lee moved, not to save money, but to stay in business. > Market pressures kept their selling price down, they could not afford to > pay > higher wages and they could not attract enough workers to stay in > production > in Tennessee. > > Take a hard look at the other extreme - higher tech manufacturing and > you'll > find that jobs are growing in this country. > > Thanks, > Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > 256-656-1924 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Allan Streib > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 1:03 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] why america is finished NOW SEARS (was: pizza,not > mercedes) > > > Stop in at Sears today, interested in getting a small band saw and > drill press for my garage. Every single one of their bench power > tools, both the Craftsman and the Craftsman "Professional" is now made > in China. > > Guess they have to keep their prices competitive, but this is > disappointing. If I want to buy Chinese power tools I have Harbor > Freight and many other catalog/online options; Sears tools and "Made > in America" used to go hand-in-hand but not > anymore. > > Allan > -- > 1983 300D > 1966 230 > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.19/1257 - Release Date: 2/3/2008 > 5:49 PM > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
