[Elliott Jackalope]

There's another aspect to all of this. I've had a number of things break in my home over the last couple of weeks, all things that were supposedly good quality products, but that all turned out to be cheap "Made in China" junk. Brand name goods, top dollar things that were supposed to be good for years and years, but that didn't last 24 months.

From here on out I'm only going to buy what I absolutely need, only the barest minimum of that, and the cheapest, cheapest cheap cheap cheap of the cheap. Why not? It's not like you can buy anything of any quality any more. Nothing is made with any quality nowadays, the more you pay for anything the more you're getting burned. I've learned my lesson. From here on out I now realize that quality is an obsolete notion, it's only the cheapest of the cheapest for me from here on.

[kittymyrib]

I totally agree with you. My thesis is that nothing we buy at Walmart should cost more than $20, and most things should cost only a dollar or two. If Walmart is buying stuff made by a Chinese prisoner who is a slave to the PLA (Chinese army) factory he works in for only his two bowl of rice a day, whatever that item is, it should only cost pennies. Instead, Walmart charges as though products marked Black & Decker, Mattel, Hamilton Beach etc. were still made in the USA. It is a huge rip-off and I, too, am sick of the junk we are paying top dollar for.

[ColdSteelTalon]

I avoid moogasaki "made in china" brands as much as possible.