They’re not going to change practices until we stop buying the imported junk. They have a better profit margin selling this defective stuff even if they have to occasionally pull a product and pay-off a couple Plaintiffs here and there.
I’m not singling out Wal*Mart, it’s most retailers.
To be fair, American manufacturers (those that are left) have to get on the ball and start producing a quality item, American unions need to release the stranglehold on companies that’s forcing them to take jobs overseas… but none of that will matter if we’re just going to run out and buy the products off a garbage barge from China.
It’s getting harder and harder… especially to find a quality product as comparable prices.
I was recently in the market for a new road bicycle, I have several options available to me (Cannondale, Trek, Specialized, Giant, et al). I chose the Cannondale because it was still “Handmade in USA”. I paid a premium of about 10% to buy American but am proud to ride the last “professional grade” mass market bicycle still made in the US (to the best of my knowledge).
I just learned that even Cannondale will be exporting (at least the vast majority of) its manufacturing overseas in the next few years which will make my next decision more difficult.
There’s still American made products but more and more, companies realize noone cares about that label anymore (at least not as much as a Nike Swoosh label), few are willing to pay the premium for American made, and the profit margin far offset the minor loss of loyalty when they outsource.
I for one try as hard as possible to buy American products, avoid technology that has outsourced technical support, and support mom-and-pop brick-and-mortars when possible. But it’s becoming harder and harder when there’s no market to cater to -1% of the population willing to go the extra mile when the other 99% is happy to buy gobs of lead paint for their kids and wonder where all the manufacturing jobs have gone.
Union people who don’t try to find USA merchandise should be barred from striking, you’re cutting your own throats.
If Wal Mart thinks this is a bad enough problem to not sell the product, why not issue a recall? How many dogs dying does it take to issue a recall? I shop at Wal Mart and have no dogs so I don’t have a stake in this one way or another, but it seems odd not to issue a recall. This kind of thing should not be a secret.
If you own a store and someone said that their pet died because of this product, are you going to recall it on this on a handful of complaints? Was it the product that even killed the dog? We don’t know. I think that Wal-Mart took the correct appropriate steps. Take the product off of the shelf, test it and see if what killed the dog was actually the product. If so, then recall it. But you have to know what the problem is first before you solve it. I have two dogs and love them very much but I would want to know what killed them first before I do anything.
If retailers pulled items made in China from their shelves, the stores would be a WHOLE lot smaller than they are now. Probably could put everything on about 4 shelves & wouldn’t need all that retail space.
I don’t disagree with you on a recall. I just wonder why they were alarmed enough to stop selling the product, but not alarmed enough to issue a warning or recall. Fine line there I suppose. I still will shop at Wal Mart.
I don’t think a recall is necessary here. There is nothing wrong with taking preventative measures, but there is no reason to recall a product that is not defective.
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They’re not going to change practices until we stop buying the imported junk. They have a better profit margin selling this defective stuff even if they have to occasionally pull a product and pay-off a couple Plaintiffs here and there.
I’m not singling out Wal*Mart, it’s most retailers.
To be fair, American manufacturers (those that are left) have to get on the ball and start producing a quality item, American unions need to release the stranglehold on companies that’s forcing them to take jobs overseas… but none of that will matter if we’re just going to run out and buy the products off a garbage barge from China.
It’s getting harder and harder… especially to find a quality product as comparable prices.
I was recently in the market for a new road bicycle, I have several options available to me (Cannondale, Trek, Specialized, Giant, et al). I chose the Cannondale because it was still “Handmade in USA”. I paid a premium of about 10% to buy American but am proud to ride the last “professional grade” mass market bicycle still made in the US (to the best of my knowledge).
I just learned that even Cannondale will be exporting (at least the vast majority of) its manufacturing overseas in the next few years which will make my next decision more difficult.
There’s still American made products but more and more, companies realize noone cares about that label anymore (at least not as much as a Nike Swoosh label), few are willing to pay the premium for American made, and the profit margin far offset the minor loss of loyalty when they outsource.
I for one try as hard as possible to buy American products, avoid technology that has outsourced technical support, and support mom-and-pop brick-and-mortars when possible. But it’s becoming harder and harder when there’s no market to cater to -1% of the population willing to go the extra mile when the other 99% is happy to buy gobs of lead paint for their kids and wonder where all the manufacturing jobs have gone.
Union people who don’t try to find USA merchandise should be barred from striking, you’re cutting your own throats.
If Wal Mart thinks this is a bad enough problem to not sell the product, why not issue a recall? How many dogs dying does it take to issue a recall? I shop at Wal Mart and have no dogs so I don’t have a stake in this one way or another, but it seems odd not to issue a recall. This kind of thing should not be a secret.
Like I said in my Movie
Tommy Boy
MADE IN AMERICA, BY AMERICANS, FOR AMERICANS
Who’s your favorite baseball team? Maybe the Yankees!
If you own a store and someone said that their pet died because of this product, are you going to recall it on this on a handful of complaints? Was it the product that even killed the dog? We don’t know. I think that Wal-Mart took the correct appropriate steps. Take the product off of the shelf, test it and see if what killed the dog was actually the product. If so, then recall it. But you have to know what the problem is first before you solve it. I have two dogs and love them very much but I would want to know what killed them first before I do anything.
If retailers pulled items made in China from their shelves, the stores would be a WHOLE lot smaller than they are now. Probably could put everything on about 4 shelves & wouldn’t need all that retail space.
I don’t disagree with you on a recall. I just wonder why they were alarmed enough to stop selling the product, but not alarmed enough to issue a warning or recall. Fine line there I suppose. I still will shop at Wal Mart.
I don’t think a recall is necessary here. There is nothing wrong with taking preventative measures, but there is no reason to recall a product that is not defective.
Does anyone know where to Buy American anymore????