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<blockquote data-quote="DaleH" data-source="post: 476007" data-attributes="member: 15636"><p><span style="color: #FF0000"><strong><span style="font-size: 26px">I agree ...</span></strong> </span>we need to find a way to SHUT THEM down! Of course, that means more $$ out of OUR pockets, but I think it is a choice that needs to be made.</p><p></p><p>I believe we all consciously need to ask our potential Vendors - <strong><em>"Where is this product made?"</em></strong> And refuse (where we can ... ) to buy it if sourced from China. That means no more Haba Freight tools, lol! What I did with friends and neighbors is to share tools vs buy them, at least tools I may only need once and previously would have considered the 'Chinese' option. </p><p></p><p>But then <strong><em>I also boycott Amazon</em></strong>, as Bezos has far too much $$ already. And I don't like his business model of helping to establish a product and then sourcing the same thing and under-cutting the previous source; much in the way Sears would build up a company, drop them, then buy out the IP and/or production facility for pennies on the dollar, and then go back in business owning it for themselves, ala Kenmore, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaleH, post: 476007, member: 15636"] [color=#FF0000][b][size=7]I agree ...[/size][/b] [/color]we need to find a way to SHUT THEM down! Of course, that means more $$ out of OUR pockets, but I think it is a choice that needs to be made. I believe we all consciously need to ask our potential Vendors - [b][i]"Where is this product made?"[/i][/b] And refuse (where we can ... ) to buy it if sourced from China. That means no more Haba Freight tools, lol! What I did with friends and neighbors is to share tools vs buy them, at least tools I may only need once and previously would have considered the 'Chinese' option. But then [b][i]I also boycott Amazon[/i][/b], as Bezos has far too much $$ already. And I don't like his business model of helping to establish a product and then sourcing the same thing and under-cutting the previous source; much in the way Sears would build up a company, drop them, then buy out the IP and/or production facility for pennies on the dollar, and then go back in business owning it for themselves, ala Kenmore, etc. [/QUOTE]
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