SnappingTurtle
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I know I said I would stay out of Dockside chat, but I am back already. I lied, so what. 
I am painting the apartment top to bottom, and I need excuses to not paint, I am getting bored. My “Honey 2 do list” is long, and I am trying to work some of it off. It is almost as bad as sanding fiberglass.
Anyway I was thinking. I know here we go again ...
My girlfriend brought me a little enamel metal shield for the refrigerator last year from the States, as a joke. She bought it at a “All American” shop in Dallas.
It said ...
On the package it plainly said “Made in China”.
That was the joke, but it wasn't all that funny. I am sure the Chinese were laughing themselves all the way to the bank at that one.
Year before last, we went to an government funded, official, “Native American Culture Center” in Oklahoma. It was not one of the tourist traps lining the highway.
Half of the "Native American" jewelry they were selling was marked as “Made in China”.
When I asked the curator/director of the center what this stuff was doing in here of all places, he looked at me funny like he didn't understand. I repeated the question, and he nervously said they needed products at all price points, and these were for the poorer visitors, and they didn't care if it was really from China. The pieces weren't cheap, they were just as expensive as everything else they had.
We have now not only exported our patriotism, but our culture also, for production in Asia.
I have two exact shirts from Timberland. One was purchased in a official Timberland shop in America, one was purchased in a official Timberland shop in Beijing, China.
At the shop in America I asked why Timberland sold Chinese shirts now, managers answer, people in America want cheap. China is cheap. It wasn't cheap, it was expensive.
The same question was asked in the newly opened shop in Beijing, the Timberland representative said their Chinese customers want quality, American quality, not cheap copies. They won't buy it if it is not official, and “Made in America”. They have money to burn, they want imported products, and if it was “Made in China” they wouldn't buy it. The “Made in America” shirt was cheaper in China, than the “Made in China” shirt was in America.
I can't find anything different in the shirts, except the “Made in ....” label.
“Made in America” is now too expensive for Americans, but not for the Chinese. HUH?
Yes it is a real, true story.
Are we stupid, or what?
I am painting the apartment top to bottom, and I need excuses to not paint, I am getting bored. My “Honey 2 do list” is long, and I am trying to work some of it off. It is almost as bad as sanding fiberglass.Anyway I was thinking. I know here we go again ...
My girlfriend brought me a little enamel metal shield for the refrigerator last year from the States, as a joke. She bought it at a “All American” shop in Dallas.
It said ...
Made in America
by Union Workers
and Proud of it!
by Union Workers
and Proud of it!
On the package it plainly said “Made in China”.
That was the joke, but it wasn't all that funny. I am sure the Chinese were laughing themselves all the way to the bank at that one.
Year before last, we went to an government funded, official, “Native American Culture Center” in Oklahoma. It was not one of the tourist traps lining the highway.
Half of the "Native American" jewelry they were selling was marked as “Made in China”.
When I asked the curator/director of the center what this stuff was doing in here of all places, he looked at me funny like he didn't understand. I repeated the question, and he nervously said they needed products at all price points, and these were for the poorer visitors, and they didn't care if it was really from China. The pieces weren't cheap, they were just as expensive as everything else they had.
We have now not only exported our patriotism, but our culture also, for production in Asia.
I have two exact shirts from Timberland. One was purchased in a official Timberland shop in America, one was purchased in a official Timberland shop in Beijing, China.
At the shop in America I asked why Timberland sold Chinese shirts now, managers answer, people in America want cheap. China is cheap. It wasn't cheap, it was expensive.
The same question was asked in the newly opened shop in Beijing, the Timberland representative said their Chinese customers want quality, American quality, not cheap copies. They won't buy it if it is not official, and “Made in America”. They have money to burn, they want imported products, and if it was “Made in China” they wouldn't buy it. The “Made in America” shirt was cheaper in China, than the “Made in China” shirt was in America.
I can't find anything different in the shirts, except the “Made in ....” label.
“Made in America” is now too expensive for Americans, but not for the Chinese. HUH?
Yes it is a real, true story.
Are we stupid, or what?
