"Made in Murika"

[SephYuyX]

What type of people care about buying stuff that is made in America? Who gives a shit? Is there any benefit to buying items that are made in America? Buy it even if it's lower quality and much more expensive?

[Aristio]

I don't care about buying domestically. Best bang for your buck is the way I go. However, I do support local shops for dining, some groceries, and other things when I can.

[Jaybar]

The idea is that it promotes industry in America, meaning American jobs are benefiting from American consumers (and consumers abroad) for purchasing said products. The people that want to promote American industry are going to be the ones buying it, and I myself only buy niche products most often, so it doesn't matter for me where it is made.

I will find myself looking for the "Made in.." label and give a silent shout of joy when it says "America" for the very reason I posted above, but I don't go out of my way to find them.

In my eight years of working in a hardware store, only once have I encountered a customer who wanted a power tool that was made in America. The Capitalist society here seeks out the cheaper items bar none - quality be damned.

[Dimmauk]

I won't buy kid toys from China.

[Correction]

Desk at work is loaded with Apple products.
I just ordered a 3DS

no fucks given.

[Niiro]

The Capitalist society here seeks out the cheaper items bar none - quality be damned.

Capitalism is why nothing is made here.

Companies do business to enrich themselves (ie. their investors), not their customers and certainly not their employees.

[Byrthnoth]

I don't buy kid toys from China either. I don't buy kid toys, though, and if LEGOs were made in china then I'd probably buy them.


I attempt to buy food locally but find that "local food" is generally about as local as any other kind of food I buy. If the food is actually produced in my area (like milk) then I don't find that it much matters whether I'm buying the store brand or the special $1 more "local" brand. They both come from the same shipper.
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-...-of-your-milk/

I get a CSA box for produce during the summer, but if I want an avacado in the winter I just buy it and accept that it's was probably flown in from Mexico or somewhere. Trying to eat genuinely locally in the winter is either really expensive or very boring (hi potato and squash. nice 2 c u.)


I try to avoid chain restaurants when possible to support local cuisine/eccentricity in general, but restaurant managers have gotten wise to this and have started re-packaging essentially the same restaurant with different decor and a slightly different theme. I don't know how long it will be before this goes national. Also, I'll visit chain restaurants if the food is good (like Chipolte or Vapiano).


As far as other shit, my furniture is either handed down or from Ikea so I can't say I've really bought locally there. My dishware is a random collection of things I've picked up (some of it explicitly not local) and my linens are from wherever my girlfriend shops. Computer parts and all my technology come from China, so that's not local either.


If they're going to convince me to buy a chair from Amurika, it had better come with a video of it being hewn from a log by a lumberjack with so much chest hair that it cannot be contained by his plaid shirt.

[Helm]

Entirely depends what it is.

[Tyrath]

Entirely depends what it is.

This. Can't really give a straight yes or no answer to this.

[Penthesilea]

I try to buy made in america stuff as much as possible.

An entertaining read if you're curious about purchasing clothing goods made in the US.

http://www.slate.com/articles/techno...wn_to_man.html

[Hatedregret]

If they're going to convince me to buy a chair from Amurika, it had better come with a video of it being hewn from a log by a lumberjack with so much chest hair that it cannot be contained by his plaid shirt.

That had me laughing.

I can't say I pay too much attention to it when buying items from a store. I definitely love my apple/nintendo shit so meh. Just give me a good product. I don't care from whence it came.

[SephYuyX]

This. Can't really give a straight yes or no answer to this.

Why does it matter what it is? You either go out of your way, or you dont.

For example, I dont care where the item comes from, as long as it fits my desire.

It seems like you do go out of your way. Why and for what?

[Yugl]

Brand over locality and, around here, people care more about Jamaican products than American ones lol.

[Tyrath]

Why does it matter what it is? You either go out of your way, or you dont.

For example, I dont care where the item comes from, as long as it fits my desire.

It seems like you do go out of your way. Why and for what?

Actually I guess then my answer would be no. I care more about product quality than where it came from.

[GoggleHead]

It amazes me that we still have any manufacturing jobs in this country. No one wants to work those jobs, they don't pay well, and it's cheaper to just ship it out to some third world country anyway.

[tyven]

i like to eat and order from my local restaurants, shop at my local grocery store, and buy shit from my local comic shop even tho its a bit more than amazon. i respect their hustle in opening their own place of business. however my car is jap and my furniture is swiss.

GET AT ME

[Cream Soda]

Best bang for your buck is the way I go

This

[Melena]

It amazes me that we still have any manufacturing jobs in this country. No one wants to work those jobs, they don't pay well, and it's cheaper to just ship it out to some third world country anyway.

Depends on where you live in, if it's union, etc. I'd take a shit manufacturing job over retail any day of the week.

[Gwynplaine]

Buying domestically is a fallacy, and it is "unAmerican" to boot. It is collectivist, and nationalist as well. Globalism is everywhere like it or not its a fact. The stuff you buy has its resources taken from one country, created in another, put together in yet another, shipped and packaged elsewhere, and sold in still another. It's just a ridiculous and squirrely concept to even say something is "made" in X country.

Economically it is false. The best product is the one which gets the most value for you at the lowest cost, and if that isn't "from" America well tough shit. As always all stupid ecnomic thinking winds up being one facet of the Broken Window fallacy which focuses on the possibilities that COULD HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE.

If you save $2 buying something that is made in China you have TWO DOLLARS you wouldn't have kept otherwise. That money is going to be spent on OTHER things, tipping a waitress, or buying fast food or whatever. The point is that as an entire system, everybody wins when people save money. Spending more than is necessary for some dogmatic reason only rewards less productive merchandise and wastes your money.

[hey]

No way would i ever buy anything made outside of 'Murica! I'd never give my money to some dirty foreigners. Gotta keep the money in my local community! In fact, the more local the better. At first i thought i'd only buy products from my home state, but then i realized, that's not good enough either. So for a while, i was only buying things from my home town...but i realized, why should i give my money to anyone i don't know? So in the end, i decided to only trade with my immediate family.

Wait a second...if i don't ever buy anything, then surely i'll be better off, since i'll never lose my money/stuff! It's brilliant!