How important is where the product is made?
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When making a purchase, how important to you is that is is “made” in your country or a specific country?
This could include any or all of the following:
* Where the product is manufactured
* Where the parts for the product come from
* Where the headquarters are (foreign vs. domestic)
* Where the customer service people are located (i.e. call centers in other countries)Thoughts? Does your opinion differ depending on the item purchased?
How about paint finishing equipment specifically (paint booth, spray guns, paint, etc.)?
Really depends on the item. I try to buy American all I can but if there is a better product from another country I will buy it. It seems to be getting harder and harder these days to buy anything that at some point hasn’t been farmed out to another country at some point.
I try an stay away from anything Chinese because the quality just doesn’t seem to be there.
For paint finishing equipment the US can’t touch the Germans in the spray gun department. For booths it all comes down to who I get the best support from as long as it is a quality piece. The best booth in the world won’t do any good if it isn’t running.
As for call centers I hate being connected with people in other countries that barely speak the English. I have droppen credit card companies for that reason.
I give a *** where stuffs made … long as it works and I can get some ……. stop eliminating the stuff that does work you :cens :hunt
seems like soon as one finds something that does work , some white collar :cens takes it away :kofee
Tell us how you really feel stone. :exci
In this game it’s all about how it works, how reliable it is, and if it fails how well you are covered. (Time is cost)
I seem to more or less agree with the others.
I like the idea of buying local/supporting local/domestic products and services. But the #1 concern is the product itself, followed by price. All things being equal, I would obviously prefer the domestic stuff, but unfortunately most of the good stuff comes from elsewhere…
So many of our domestic products we buy are no longer built here. Check out this video on Ford’s newest assembly plant in Brazil. Listen to the last of the video, where Ford tells why they do not build a new plant in the USA.
Great thread, by the way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pczGghB8MKg
imagine that. A union fukin things up :whistle: :pcorn: :pcorn:
Yeah. One of the guys I showed this video to said “they are to busy guarding their old cheese, to worry about the new cheese”. :deadhorse
The Union screwing things up? Who’da thunk it. :whistle:
fochsml why dont you tell us about your buisness
it may just be me but it sounds like your sizing us up with these questions I dont mind telling you anythingbut lets hear what your doing or trying to do
are you a overseas buisness analyst workin for a company wanting to start a new up and coming bodyshop supply buisness ?
tell you what if you offer a good quality product that works as it should for a few years at a decent price (dosent have to be dirt cheap ) I can bet all would agree that we would buy it
[quote=”Wydir” post=17175]fochsml why dont you tell us about your buisness
it may just be me but it sounds like your sizing us up with these questions I dont mind telling you anythingbut lets hear what your doing or trying to do
are you a overseas buisness analyst workin for a company wanting to start a new up and coming bodyshop supply buisness ?
tell you what if you offer a good quality product that works as it should for a few years at a decent price (dosent have to be dirt cheap ) I can bet all would agree that we would buy it[/quote]
Excellent question. I am also curious about what your background and intentions are.
I was wondering the same thing about you two.
ya tru but she has asked some good questions an took the time ta post a pic of who were talkin 2 so im lookin foward ta seeing what she has ta say…..to me quality price an customer service is everything when i make a purchase dont seem ta make much difference on where it comes from thats just good salesmanship an theres money ta be made there;) no matter where ur at
hmm how do we know its a she? alot of china companies use female pics these days its just a front
it seems like quality parts can come from anywhere. The old days where anything good was ‘made in USA’ and anything crap was ‘obviously made in china’ – are over. Some very good electronics I sell are almost entirely chinese made, even though a lot of them are assembled in the US and allow them the ‘made in usa’ claim.
it seems to be all about the tolerances and specs of the company putting in the order, and the quality control of the chinese kids actually doing the work :clappy
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