Do you shop only based on the price, or do you try to buy goods made in your own country? What does "Made in the USA" mean to you, better quality, higher price, better for the economy?
2007-06-25 11:27:37 · 20 answers · asked by 2 Happily Married Americans 5 in Social Science ➔ Economics
I would if I thought of looking at the label on the package. For instance when I was buying socks a few months ago I saw the "Made in the U.S.A" writing on it. I don't recall how much more the socks were than the foreign made socks, but I did purchase them because they were made in the United States and because the quality was equal or better than the foreign made socks.
Quality has a lot to do with what people purchase which is why Ford and GM are really stepping up their game.
2007-06-25 11:33:57 · answer #1 · answered by Who Knows??? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Interesting question. I think, as a poor college kid, that I shop by price more than location of where it was made. However there are certain products that I won't buy because of previous histories of fraility and poor life-span. But because I'm home grown in America I think pride is a extranality in the pricing system. Peace Out!
2007-06-25 11:34:40 · answer #2 · answered by -*BeachBabe*- 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I saw a story about China-Mart on PBS. It was frightening. I remember when it was said that only US products were sold. That is no longer. They are selling junkier and junkier products and most from China. This film stated that CM dictates how a product will be made and what they will pay for it. Many of our companies are going out of business. Trade deficit is a serious problem and yet, it goes on with so many countries. It is also difficult to realize which companies are US and which are not. We are doing ourselves in-in every manner possible.
2016-05-20 02:04:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I don't buy into such hype. And to buy into such hype is to support weaker markets. (I'm actually Canadian, but I am reading the question as buy Canada as similar.) So, if all things were the same, I'd buy local. But if something is made better or cheaper elsewhere, it makes sense to buy that. It helps international trade, and it helps to support local products that are competitive, and not weak. Supporting weak uncompetitive products that are advertising solely on a buy local campaign actually is hurting the economy. Supporting quality or efficiently made products is what helps the economy.
2007-06-25 12:45:11 · answer #4 · answered by JuanB 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely! I buy based on nutrition, what is local and in season. I use to buy what was "on sale" a decade ago round the time I was in and just out of college, but I now understand the importance of eating healthy to be healthy. I buy when I can first organic, then local, then US, and last imported only for things like olive oil, my favorite Italian pasta, Turkish dolmas, etc. So I would pay and do pay more for local, it makes me feel like money well spent. Made in the USA means to me it didn't sit for possibly weeks on a ship crossing the ocean just to land on my plate. The quality has to suffer...
2007-06-25 11:41:30 · answer #5 · answered by Chrisrunty 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With gas, health insurance, and social security costing so much these days, I don't have the flexibility to shop for more expensive items even if they are made in the US. Maybe if US employers would pay 20% more to US workers instead of outsourcing our jobs to foreign countries, we'd have more disposable income to be able to buy more US products instead of just scraping by and buying the cheapest.
2007-06-25 11:39:14 · answer #6 · answered by tooblessed2doubt 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I shop based on quality. I'd be happy to by US made products, providing they aren't made to be pre-obsolescent, a real problem with US goods. But as for buying US made out of a sense of patriotism, I would point out that a lot of US companies are willing to outsource for labor, so why should I feel obligated to support companies that don't support US workers?
2007-06-25 11:31:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Why? I'm just as interested in saving money as anyone else. Made in the "USA" does not equal a superior product. There is the availability for quality merchandise that has been manufactured in all nations. Including ours.
2007-06-25 11:34:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
more foreign companies are investing in US workers and work then our own companies that are thought of to be 'American'.....what are we looking at when we say american?
"Hondas made in Marysville, Ohio, any less American than a Ford made in Canada or other country but sold in the U.S.?
My first car was a Tempo -- made in Canada. At the time, my dad drove a Honda Civic, made in Ohio. To me, his was more "American."
Most of today's automotive consumers are not hung up on the "made in America" label because we know how global the automotive industry is."
2007-06-25 11:59:00 · answer #9 · answered by brk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends, What I would realy like is to see wages go up in china. This will make our products more price competative with theirs, and make more of them able to afford our stuff.
This is already starting to happen. This is one of the things that is driving gas prices. A lot more of them can afford cars now that ten years ago.
2007-06-25 11:32:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋