Posted by Sure.... on October 03, 2003 at 16:40:06:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Drang nach dem Osten for UMI? posted by C(G) on October 03, 2003 at 16:28:47:
... the folks importing all of that stuff are making big bucks and we're stupid enough to keep buying it. The sad reality is that now the cheap stuff comes from China and Taiwan. The expensive stuff comes from Japan! It's difficult to find ANYTHING that is totally made in the USA. Even if it's marked 'made in the USA', it's only assembly here from foreigh components. There is a local company that imports all types of sports equipment and repackages it in boxes labelled 'Wilson', 'Spaulding', etc. I suppose the reality here is that if the stuff was made in the US it would cost three times as much at the retail end.
Dan (an American out-of-work manufacturing engineer) Schultz
"You want fries with that"? or "Hi! Welcome to Wal-Mart. You want a cart"?