Would you buy an American made (or grown) product if it were 20% more expensive than an import?
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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.
USA all the way whenever I can...the problem is the damn Chinese have flooded the place and it is hard to find anything made in USA
depends. if clothes, no iprefer imoprt with cheap price, but things like eletronic or something involove with tech. i prefer U. S product
it depends on the cost and the quality. if it's a 20.00 item, I'll spring the extra few bucks as long as it's the saame (or better) quality. unfortunately, though, on bigger-ticket stuff, the $$ versus quality is the bottom line. it's nice to be loyal to us workmanship, but I'm not loaded..
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?
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.
well i would buy here to support our economy,that's why were loosing so many jobs to other country's,because they can afford to make it for less,to sell here for less.So if we all decided to just buy u.s products made here our jobs would stay here,instead of leaving us.
Anything made anywhere in Asia would be last choice, price is not the option.
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!
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.
made in the u.s.a products are junk now a days
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.
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...
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."
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.
Within reason, I do buy (in my case) Canadian. To say to do so just hurts other markets, encourages inefficiencies... yada yada yada... is really taking simplistic economic models and superimposing them on an increasingly complex and interwoven world economic system. Such arguments don't hold water.
Peace
Buy by price and quality. That includes of course, after sales service.
If we do otherwise, we impoverish ourselves. Market Incentives are destroyed by "buying USA" just because its USA.
I try to buy "Made in Usa", but it is a rare commodity!
no, never im not stupid to buy an american product expensive forget about
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