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Originally Posted by Begle1
(Post 817104)
Last I checked, our government isn't in the role of providing consumers with imported goods... I think the importing companies do that. :humm:
Check again. The govt. makes huge money on the imports with the huge tariffs they impose on them. ---AutoMerged DoublePost---
Originally Posted by scrotom
(Post 817333)
As consumers, we are the ones to blame....everybody wants a good deal, in the end you get what you pay for.
A big part of the problem is... the "imports" are buying all the imports bucause they are cheap and it's all they can afford. |
what a wonderful tread:pca1:
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Originally Posted by LORDDiESEL
(Post 817342)
Check again. The govt. makes huge money on the imports with the huge tariffs they impose on them.
---AutoMerged DoublePost--- If they don't put tariffs on imports, then we get flooded with imports and obviously The Government has a chubby for imports. If they do put tariffs on imports, then The Government has a chubby on imports because they make money on them. I question your macroeconomic reasoning. :tttt: Citizens buy what they want. The Government may occasionally gaff a market or two, but that's due to inept governmental foresight, not conniving governmental conspiracy. |
i think this guy is right. they wouldnt sell junk refrigerators with flatscreens in them if retarded people didnt buy them. people buy what they dont need because it seem society deems it the thing to do. gotta be on the up and up even if its junk.
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My big deal is with my steel toes no mater what brand I buy they are falling apart in a few months. Because they are cheaply built but still 100 plus bucks, It really pisses me off.
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Originally Posted by LORDDiESEL
(Post 817342)
Check again. The govt. makes huge money on the imports with the huge tariffs they impose on them.
Originally Posted by PSD-BLACK-CLOUD
(Post 817396)
My big deal is with my steel toes no mater what brand I buy they are falling apart in a few months. Because they are cheaply built but still 100 plus bucks, It really pisses me off.
Originally Posted by LORDDiESEL
(Post 816997)
Ford, GM and Dodge
Damn the big 3 as well. Greese zerks should be on all suspension parts. |
I buy a lot of parts and have ran into the same thing. I have approached all my suppliers about buying USA made parts even if they cost a little more, only to find out that a lot of parts just aren't made here anymore.
We run into it a lot on jobs that require a certain percentage of pieces be American made. It's tough to find them anymore. |
Originally Posted by pukie370
(Post 817002)
i agree, but what do we do? i think not buying cheap stuff with chinese label on would help, but the problem is our leaders let importes take over. even american names are not made here! you know i just bought water pump from napa for my cummins, and the guy wanted to sell me new one, i wanted rebuilt, he said new is better, but it come from china. i told him i want cummins casting, and he looked at me funny!
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Originally Posted by tiremann9669
(Post 821823)
If you want Cummins parts you gotta go to Cummins, tryin to buy Cummins parts at NAPA is like goin to a Chevy dealer lookin for a new F250. I do agree though stuff sold these days is not the quality it used to be. :c:
Hate to tell you this but now a good deal of Cummins parts are made in China and I would have to agree It really SUCKS! ---AutoMerged DoublePost---
Originally Posted by tiremann9669
(Post 821823)
If you want Cummins parts you gotta go to Cummins, tryin to buy Cummins parts at NAPA is like goin to a Chevy dealer lookin for a new F250. I do agree though stuff sold these days is not the quality it used to be. :c:
Hate to tell you this but now a good deal of Cummins parts are made in China and I would have to agree It really SUCKS! |
Originally Posted by LORDDiESEL
(Post 816997)
You know, I'm starting to get more and more pissed off as of late. Nothing is built to last any more. All this garbage coming from offshore is made to fall apart just so you have to buy a new one. We all know this. But what the hell can we do about it?
Big pissoffs.... Refrigerators. Back in the day they were built to last 25 years. Now they last 7 to 10 if you're lucky. Hot water tanks. Gone through 3 in the last 13 years. They were bloody GE's too! WTF?? Now here is a big piss off... Lawn mowers. Now when you spend 4K+ on a new lawn mower, You'd think it would be built to last. Yeah right! The tin foil deck is the first to go. Then the blade spindles die because you can't service the bearings. Ford, GM and Dodge Damn the big 3 as well. Greese zerks should be on all suspension parts. |
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