Buy american?

Quick question for you, would you be more incline to buy if it is writen made in america on the box of something you want to buy?

Not me.

I'm not American, so of course not. I'd rather support my country.

I want to say yes. But in truth I never even consider it. There are too many things that are not made here to try to keep track of what is and is not.

I'm canadian and I know some people in the us might buy more if the product says made in america. The product is made in canada which is in America.

You might want to rephrase that. They way you say it makes it look like you think Canada is a state. Canada in in North America. Not 'America'. What is commonly short for the USA.

Interesting question for an international forum run and owned by Pekka from Finland. (look at the very bottom of this page)

I only have one piece of kit with Made in America on it, but it is a Harley-Davidson

Mark1 wrote in post #7387068
You might want to rephrase that. They way you say it makes it look like you think Canada is a state. Canada in in North America. Not 'America'. What is commonly short for the USA.

well I guess you're right, it should say (made in americas).

Honestly, How much product used in the photography business is really made in the USA or North America for that matter.

My number ONE priority in considering a purchase:

QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY

My number TWO priority in considering a purchase (if quality being about equal):

is to support my country's economy. I'm an American, and I want to buy things Made in America, but I'm absolutely against rewarding poor quality products that would continue to encourage producing poor quality products. When I first purchased a Ford, it nearly d*mn killed me. It was one of the saddest days in my life to see the major US automakers's CEOs flying to DC on their private jet planes to beg for a bail out. Pathetic... No choice but to bail them out since the U.S. economy is so interconnected with the auto industry? Good, they know it and used such logic in begging, so there's no incentive for them to do any better when the government is there to serve as their security blanket...

Yea, I want to buy Made in America DSLR cameras and lenses rather than Canon. That ain't gonna happen in my life time or my children's... So I continue to buy Canon. So many products sold in the U.S. has Made in China label (enough for someone to write a NY Times best seller book about it) that I'm afraid the U.S. is going to lose their ability and the knowledge to make things at this rate of China-dependency....

All other things being equal, I prefer not to buy things made in the USA, especially if they make a big deal about it. That includes burgers and soft drinks. But if it's a good product and competitively priced, I may well buy it anyway.

As long as it is a quality product I don't check which country it was made in. I would like to think that it is made by free and fairly paid people but it is difficult to be sure.

neil_r wrote in post #7387111
I only have one piece of kit with Made in America on it, but it is a Harley-Davidson

My first bike, when I was 16, was a Harley. It was all I could afford.


But I still have my Harley T-shirt:

number six wrote in post #7389121
My first bike, when I was 16, was a Harley. It was all I could afford.

But I still have my Harley T-shirt:

WANT!!!

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #7389147
WANT!!!

I doubt it's around any longer. I bought it about 15 years ago.

-js