Does made in America matter anymore?

Is paying more for American products worth it?

  • Yes

    Votes: 25 33.3%

  • No

    Votes: 7 9.3%

  • Depends on what I'm buying

    Votes: 42 56.0%

  • Depends on how much price difference we're talking

    Votes: 11 14.7%
  • Total voters
    75
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Bought a WIX filter the other day.

Made in China.

Maybe I was dreaming, but I seem to recall that these were still made in the US. Not any more. :-(
 
The CCP has it's dick in everything. 🤔

Will continue to use the K&N product.

In addition to performance air filters, K&N® manufactures a variety of other protection and performance products, including air intake systems, oil filters, fuel filters, cabin air filters, and home air filters. Over the course of five decades, we’ve built a reputation for exceptional quality and customer service that millions of customers trust.

K&N products are designed and manufactured on-site. K&NÂŽ is headquartered in Riverside, California, in a building complex spanning nearly 400,000 square feet, and also operates facilities in Grand Prairie, TX, England, China, and the Netherlands. K&N facilities include departments for engineering, product design, manufacturing, warehousing, test facilities, purchasing, sales, customer service, marketing, and corporate offices.
 
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JR-WNC said:
Our QA guys would literally check maybe 100 out of a 1,000. If a certain percentage passed they sent the whole box to assembly. A lot of times they didn't pass.
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MIL Standard 105 is your friend. :)

Statistical sampling is a very valid way of determining the quality of a population of anything.
 
fieldgrade said:
This might cause an uproar, especially with those transplanted from other parts of the country where union labor is more the norm, but when faced with the choice of buying something “proudly made with union labor”, or say, from Japan or Korea, it’s pretty much a toss up in my mind.
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You have a valid point…
 
fieldgrade said:
This might cause an uproar, especially with those transplanted from other parts of the country where union labor is more the norm, but when faced with the choice of buying something “proudly made with union labor”, or say, from Japan or Korea, it’s pretty much a toss up in my mind.
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When I was an infant my family had to move out-of-state to escape Union pressure to do illegal stuff. As in 'It's be a shame if your house caught fire' kind of pressure. I'll pay extra to buy something else if I see that label.
 
You have to decide which hill you’re dying on.

Made In America meant something 30 years ago because it meant it was supporting your neighbors jobs, your neighbors are decent people who know how to build something, your neighbors will be around to support it and you aren’t giving money to political enemies.

Now the fridge “made in Ohio” is assembled with Mexican parts, built by illegal immigrants and temps you wouldn’t trust with $5, and the company is owned by the Chinese.

The equivalent to buying American made is now buying locally made, but that’s nigh impossible for 90% of your needs.
 
HMP said:
Dont forget the BMW plant in Spartanburg etc
Everyone does it
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Everyone except American companies. They are fleeing quickly it would seem. Chrysler had the gall to give me two "Imported from Detroit" rah rah go America stickers when we bought our van. It was made in Canada. Maybe "Imported through Detroit" would have been more accurate.
 
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