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Originally Posted by 8gv
The foreign made products that I buy are of good quality and value. Yes there is junk to be found but I avoid it as best as I can.
My Subaru fleet seems to be holding up well. While not luxury cars, they hit the spot when it comes to value for the money.
I looked at some Hondas the other day. They were more expensive but nicer. Not as nice as my buddy's MB at four times the price but nice nontheless.
I have bought a few foreign produced items lately:
Yamaha 2.5 hp outboard
Abu Garcia fishing reels
Carhartt sweatshirts
Bluetooth iPad keyboard
Folding luggage rack
Trecking poles
As one can see, that's a pretty diverse list of foreign made goods.
I have found no quality issues with any if them.
If one wishes to avoid shopping at WallMart for any reason, that's easy.
Avoiding the purchase of foreign made goods is more difficult.  |
Sadly today if it has some sort of electrical component in it most likely some piece of that puzzle came from over seas.. I too try to avoid products like that but in reality i own a ton of foreign made products that actually work better than their American counterparts.. It's a 50/50 split for me when shopping domestic VS foreign.
Cars like you said is a perfect example, my Subarus have never had a single issue at what price like 26k. My Jeep was brought back with 4 miles on it for service and I paid almost double for it.. Wasn't happy!