To: Brian_Baldwin
You know those plastic Sterilite brand storage totes and containers they sell at WalMart, Target, and other places by the truckload?
They’re all made in the USA, too. I’ve been buying them for years and have never seen one that was *other* than US-made.
2 posted on
05/07/2008 10:57:33 PM PDT by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Brian_Baldwin
It is pretty easy to put "made in USA" on something? Did you look at the box they came in? Was the master shipping carton nearby? Ask the retailer if you can buy a case, see if he has a case in the back and get a look at the shipping carton.
Please do let us know what you find out.
3 posted on
05/07/2008 10:58:22 PM PDT by
gogov
To: Brian_Baldwin
Great! Now I don’t feel like such a hypocrite for shopping at the Dollar Store.
5 posted on
05/07/2008 10:58:38 PM PDT by
Califreak
(Hangin' with Hunter-under the bus "Dread and Circuses")
To: Brian_Baldwin
Stock up on this future Collector’s item, soon to be replaced by a Chinese fruit bowl!
6 posted on
05/07/2008 10:58:57 PM PDT by
SolidWood
To: Brian_Baldwin
My wife picked up sand toys and the bucket was quality, turned it over and it read MADE IN THE USA!
7 posted on
05/07/2008 11:00:24 PM PDT by
endthematrix
(Now that we use our corn for fuel, when do we eat coal for dinner?)
To: Brian_Baldwin
What is this phrase you speak of, “Made in the USA”? I do not understand your words.
To: Brian_Baldwin
Chinese companies buy former US manufacturing lines by weight (10 cents a pound?). Sometimes, things like moulds and dies are used directly without alteration. So, if the original mould had a ‘Made in the USA’ marking on it, the Chinese might have not bothered to alter it. (To the extent that they don’t care, an example would be how some Tibet protest flags were actually made in China!).
Of course, I could be wrong.
18 posted on
05/07/2008 11:42:21 PM PDT by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: Brian_Baldwin
I kissed the plastic fruit bowl.Dude. That's what your wife is for.
19 posted on
05/08/2008 1:02:34 AM PDT by
Jeff Chandler
(It takes a father to raise a child.)
To: Brian_Baldwin
If it was Dollar General, they indeed carry quite a few items made in the U.S. Seems that a lot of the other “dollar” stores do not carry as much.
20 posted on
05/08/2008 1:19:16 AM PDT by
kenth
(Just think, .000001783% of the population is screwing it all up for the rest of us.)
To: Brian_Baldwin
Not to rain on your parade, but the Dollar Store is where old merchandise goes to die. It’s stuff the manufacturers couldn’t sell or had laying around the warehouse or even found in a warehouse somewhere.
21 posted on
05/08/2008 1:20:35 AM PDT by
durasell
(!)
To: Brian_Baldwin
They could be counterfit? I’d have one tested for lead etc.
27 posted on
05/08/2008 4:23:03 AM PDT by
wolfcreek
(I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
To: potlatch; Brian_Baldwin
Made In the USA
I just got some great stuff purchased online.....
29 posted on
05/08/2008 5:03:26 AM PDT by
devolve
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To: Brian_Baldwin
Just as long as USA is not the name of some obscure Chinese village. 8^)
30 posted on
05/08/2008 5:47:50 AM PDT by
bill1952
(I will vote for McCain if he resigns his Senate seat before this election.)
To: Brian_Baldwin
I bought some wood dowels at Home Depot the other day. I happen to check out the label and I couldn’t believe they were MADE IN CHINA. WOOD !!!! We have trees in the US, don’t we?
To: Brian_Baldwin
Of course, the bad news is those ‘made in America’ stickers were made in China. ;-P
34 posted on
05/08/2008 8:59:10 AM PDT by
LongElegantLegs
(Kill them with kindness, then taser them for fun.)
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