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Originally Posted by jamesqf
Yeah, it sure is unfair of those Chinese to make stuff that American businesses never bothered with - or if they did make it, never bothered to sell the stuff to ordinary people at prices they could reasonably afford.
Look at tools, for example. These days you can go into Harbor Freight or one of the other tool companies, and find the a range of tools - everything from simple autobody dollies to lathes & welders - that 20 or 30 years ago you'd have to order from a specialty house, at many times the price. Or tractors: if you wanted a small tractor for the family farm, you had to keep the old Allis-Chalmers or Massey-Ferguson running with spit & baling wire, 'cause American companies were only interested in big stuff.
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Sure tools makes my point well. We have a Home Depot here. They used to sell USA made Black and Deckers at a certain price, and now they have switched all of thier power tools to ones from China, yet they never lowered the price. Rumor has it by changing the tools stocked in their stores to one made in China and NOT lowering your customer;s price makes buho bucks for stores.