Nah I just would rather pay $45 for the real item vs paying $5 for a cheap Chinese knock off that looks the same, but lacks the quality.
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Other nations weigh in on effects of possible US-China trade war
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Nah I just would rather pay $45 for the real item vs paying $5 for a cheap Chinese knock off that looks the same, but lacks the quality.
Subduction Zone
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Let's see, what brands of furniture do you buy? Dog food? Toothpaste? Shoes? Clothing? I am getting you buy far more Chinese goods than you realize.
Subduction Zone
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I sincerely doubt that you put your money where your mouth is.
Yeah on most things I do. When I shop for shoes I try to stick to New Balance, they are one of the few companies that still manufacture in the U.S.
I try to stay away from Chinese goods as much as possible. Due to the amount of pollution, child labor, and civil rights violations if you really cared about any of these issues you would use less Chinese products as well. Granted you are correct to some degree, China does produce so much stuff it's hard to not buy Chinese.
But it can be done. China will be forced to renegotiate, and respect patents and stop stealing our intellectual property to reproduce for profit. Maybe we can get them to stop killing the earth with the vast amount of pollution they mindlessly dump into the oceans and air, while we are at it.
China has been playing the system for far too long and the bubble is bound to pop at some point in the near future anyways. The best thing they can do is get on board with the rest of the world and play on a more equal field.
Wait til the end of summer and use the back to school tax free period to buy those things, you can save money there.
Subduction Zone
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How much do you pay for your sneakers?
Subduction Zone
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That only is a discount from the store that covers sales tax. It won't touch the tariffs.
Depends, one shop I go to usually has a bogo half off sale. So I'll buy one set of New Balance for $50-$70 usually, and go ahead and pick up a second pair for half off. So $100 (worse case scenario) for 2 pairs of high quality shoes that last between a year to 2 years per pair, not bad.
It can be done with a bit of patience and just being smart about it.
Subduction Zone
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Those are not made in the U.S.. Only a small amount of their product is made here. They start at about $175.00:
Custom Shoes & Sneakers Made in the USA - New Balance
Subduction Zone
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Those are not made in the U.S.. Only a small amount of their product is made here. They start at about $175.00:
Custom Shoes & Sneakers Made in the USA - New Balance
It counteracts the tariffs though. Tariff increase is from 10% to 25%, that's a 15% increase. Sales tax is comparable in most places so if you wait for the back to school it can more or less counter the tariff increase on high dollar items like computers, tablets, not sure If cell phone counts but meh. You get the point.
Nope the last pair I bought was made in the U.S. I think I paid $70 for em, plus the aforementioned bogo half sale.
Besides your linking the custom shoes only. Of course they cost more. The premade ones in America are like I said about $50-$70.
Here ya go @Subduction Zone
Made in USA, American-Made Product Shopping, Support Our Nation, Made in America Puts Our People to Work
Support American workers!
Made in USA, American-Made Product Shopping, Support Our Nation, Made in America Puts Our People to Work
Support American workers!
Subduction Zone
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I can see that you do not understand retail either. There is almost always a "sale" going on. The reason for the discount is changed, but not the actual price you pay.
Huh?
I never said anything about a sale on computers etc.
Sales have nothing to do with the back to school tax break.
I think you might have got your wires crossed. The "sale" I was speaking of was about sneakers not computers.
Subduction Zone
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Here ya go @Subduction Zone
Made in USA, American-Made Product Shopping, Support Our Nation, Made in America Puts Our People to Work
Support American workers!
Not a lot of product there. Though I used to have a higher quality furniture store where almost everything was U.S. made, or for one brand Canadian. I may have even purchased from one of those companies. I did not sell too many, but I did sell American made flag. Like the ones from your source they were 100% nylon with sewn stripes and embroidered stars. I sold U.S. made lamps as long as possible too, but my one source was bought out and the company was stripped of its assets by a company that ran it like Trump would have.
Subduction Zone
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the sneakers you buy are probably from China or some other third world country.
The few New Balance made in the U.S. must be directly ordered.
New Balance do produce some in China, and Belgium? I think. But I always check the tongues it says where that specific shoe was made. Sometimes it's a pain to find the style you want made in the U.S. but it is what it is.