If each and every time you are contemplating a purchase, you contact the manufacturer and ask them where the item is made, we can begin to make some headway in our push to refrain from buying Chinese-made goods if possible. Not only will you beciame a better informed consumer, you will be putting pressure on manufacturers to move away from Chinese-made shit.

If no one asks them and if no one refrains from buying any of their Chinese shit, then they're just going to keep crapping this stuff on us and nothing will change.

As an example, I was interested in a product made by Snow Peak. I contacted them and received a prompt, polite response. Snow Peak is headquartered in the US, but...

"We manufacture most of our products in Japan with several other products made in Korea and some parts of China too. We will be making some unique US made products hopefully here in the not too distant future."

OK, that could be worse, but it could be much better.

I thanked them and let them know that Chinese-manufactured goods are going to start to become unacceptable in the US, for reasons which have become glaringly obvious.

Good point, and/or put it on their Facebook pages, where everyone can see the question and response, provided they don't delete it, which is a good indication of the source anyway..

Found that FB messages and posts in some companies are the preferred contact method...

That's a good idea for those who have a Facebook account, which I do not.

Lists are convenient and useful, but the act of contacting the manufacturer is important. Imagine a board meeting where stats are being revealed. What might a board of directors think, after receiving, say, a 6000% increase in such inquiries to their company?

A wise CEO would call this a clue.

I like it!

An industrious sort of fellow might take up this practice, even when he is not planning on making a purchase from this or that company.

We have to put manufacturers on the spot. If it's necessary for them to manufacture goods in China in order for their company to survive, fine, but say so. Compel them to answer such questions.

Think about how effective this could be if even 5% of Americans started this practice.

I’m in. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised that a light meter I’m looking at is made in Japan, and not China.

Also make sure if they are “made” in the states ask where they source their materials.

Example:
Baer Brakes tout being American made They source their steel rotor blanks from China. They just machine them here this still classified as “made” in America.

I informed them I would be purchasing from Hawk instead. Hawk sources their steel from Canada (I could find no one who uses American steel). I’ll take Canadian sourced steel over Chinese sourced.

It never hurts (while patronizing those who make US made products) to thank them for manufacturing in the US. That might sway them for offshoring in the future!

Recent experience: I bought an RFID Pistol Safe with my stimulus cash. Sold by Hornady. American company with a long time grass roots American history.
Safe made in China. And it wasnt cheap, either.
I should have checked more thoroughly before I bought.

I've been doing this on Facebook for a few weeks:

Whenever an ad pops up for some product, I check where it's made.
If it's made in China, I comment in the ad 'Made in CHINA - No Thanks'.

I'm hoping those comments get a good amount views - at least until Facebook deletes them.

Great idea, Para.

Those lying, intellectual property stealing, cheating commies have stealthy undermined the world economies and now unleashed mayhem on our health and future.
Whenever I buy consumer products, I look closely at the label for country of origin and for major purchases look online for their factories that may be in China. Many times those sneaky pricks hide the country origin by having things assembled in another third word country or by other means.
This is going to take a while to right the ship but the country needs to start right away.

Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind

I was just looking at red dots a little while ago. It was hard enough to find out from one company what the "country of origin" was that I just assume it's made in China until proven otherwise.

I don't know for sure because I couldn't find the article but I was told 47% of Amazon orders are for merchandise from China. Imagine the American dollars pouring into that country.

I started back in March when I was getting back into fishing mode. I bought some big ticket items in April and not one thing was Made in China because of the questions I asked. Fuck the Chinese Communist Party and Fuck the people that benefit from damn near forced labor!

Thanks Boss - I've become more and more cognizant of the importance of this. Did some online ordering recently and this is the first thing I looked for. The sellout of the American economy must stop. We can and should all do our part. Heck yes 5% should be easy to do if people just take the time to inquire.

I haven't contacted any company directly, but a good idea so the manufacturer knows people care if it's made in China. An example, Puma knives USA has a knife line (sgb) made in Asia , ? code for China. Then puma states wouldn't you rather a German blade than a Chinese blade.
Even if it's only assembled in China I'll pass.

https://pumaknifecompanyusa.com/SGB-C30.aspx

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Originally posted by Il Cattivo:
I was just looking at red dots a little while ago. It was hard enough to find out from one company what the "country of origin" was that I just assume it's made in China until proven otherwise.

Outside of Aimpoint and Trijicon, I'd say that's a very good idea.

I’m in a bit of a fix over this. I’ve been looking at battery powered chainsaws and I need new batteries for my Dewalt tools. I’ll go check now but I’ll bet most of that stuff is Chinese.

ETA: Well color me surprised, Dewalt has several plants here and a few in other countries including China.