Poll, Two items simular in features and construction, which would you buy?

[forging1]

Imports whether tool, or cars are like cancer. Like most types of cancer you can survive for awhile but it’s going to consume you until all which is left is a lifeless shell.
Our forefathers understood that a healthy economy stood firm based on exporting more than you import. I believe its that simple.
Imports are getting better but when the sweat meets the steel and USA ((we)) put our minds to it our products far exceed lousy imported xxxx.
I know Im going to take a bashing for this next statement but so be it.....you import car drivers make me sick!!!
Why?? When you’re tooling along and pass a person of Asian descent 99% of the time they are driving an import. They have more loyalty to their own than we have right in our back yards! Sometimes there is no choice but come on struggle a little show some patriotism!

[jayco]

This poll really made me think about tools and quality. Thinking is a good thing.I found myself asking other questions, like.....Why does the quality of tools and other products made in different parts of the world vary so much?

I think the responsibility for quality rests on the shoulders of the company or manufacturer. The 'better' companies make 'better' tools........largely because they WANT to make 'better' tools.

If the company is proud of it's name and proud of it's products and the employees are valued for their skills and paid accordingly.....then everyone is part of the "team". Good work and good tools are the end result.

If, on the other hand.....the company merely exists to make a profit...then you find poorly equipped factories set up somewhere around the world where it is easy to exploit workers and skirt environmental laws(if they even have any there).....(i.e. sweatshops)

And because there is no "team" of people striving to produce a good product......you get instead,....cheap,shoddy,imported goods.

And finally,the company that cares about it's workers probably cares about it's customers as well.

The company that doesn't care about it's workers probably views it's customers as someone else to exploit.

Well,time to get off my soapbox.........James