I wholeheartedly agree. Buy the best quality and it's up to the
company, American or other, to earn that reputation. Buying American
striclty 'cause it's American allows the company to get lazy and
depend on blind loyalty rather than having a good product.

However, when a company has established a (good) reputation and then
moves production to an el cheapo place, (and deoesn't even drop
prices), what happens to the quality (and soon thereafter, reputation)
of that compnay?

I mean Delta is a great example. Why on earth would I buy a new DJ20
jointer now - it's made in Taiwan. Is the price lower - no. Is the
quality questionable - in my mind, yes.

Renata

On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 18:32:04 -0500, Bob Haar
wrote:
--snip--

This whole discussion is quite meaningless. What we should do is be informed
consumers and look for quality and value in whatever we buy, no matter whot
he manufacturer is or whether the company is based in the US or not.