Posted by Bret4207 on January 15, 2017 at 06:08:49 from (64.19.90.196):
In Reply to: Harbor Freight tools posted by LOU from Wi. on January 14, 2017 at 18:39:23:
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Okay, lets remember why the "cheap junk" is here in the first place. It started after WW2 when we were rebuilding the world. The idea was to take nations like Japan and Taiwan and give them an economic base that was stable. So we set up factories over there, and elsewhere, and gave them good trade deals. Over time they learned how improve their products and keep the bottom line in the black. Eventually they got so good at it that other nations, like India and China, figured out the system and started copying the paradigm. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, American companies believed they'd always be #1 no matter how they treated the consumer, American unions started forgetting the company had to prosper to keep the workers employed and the US gov't forgot that wealth comes from the ground or water and that you can't tax and regulate an economy into prosperity. So here we are. The few remaining US tool companies make products that are unaffordable for Joe Average, if he can even find an outlet. Many "US branded" tools are made overseas and are only marked as such through shady practices. Meanwhile, foreign products are improving while remaining affordable.
It is what it is. Until we start rethinking what we're willing to pay, what we're willing to work for and until the gov't stops putting roadblocks in the way of making a business a success nothing will change.
That being said, HF certainly isn't my first choice for tools, but if I have a choice between no tool or HF, I'll take HF.
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