I got a rant today BUY AMERICAN

[spence]

Most of the entire US furniture industry has left our country...and the quality is for the most part...crap.

The real problem here isn't globalization, it's short-term revenue. People don't want furniture that will last, they want something new that they will replace in a few years of use. It's about turning inventory rather than building a quality product.

-spence

[striperman36]

Fortunately, transportation costs may reverse that direction.

Vietnam is the assembly plant labor choice of nations worldwide these days, Mexico and China are outsourcing in mass to their the last 2 years.

Isn't Bob's Furniture all made over there? IKEA definitely is.

And as Spence says, it's not meant to last more the 3-5 years at best.

[UserRemoved1]

Originally Posted by striperman36

Fortunately, transportation costs may reverse that direction.

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Funny you say that. I was talking to a few guys there in a group and that exact subject was brought up, guy said he's starting to see more guys open production up again down in NC and SC where it was really big at one time. I view this as good news.

[Slipknot]

I wish I knew about this auction crap
I need some good American machines.

It totally sucks what they did to that company, but it's been going on for years
America needs to wake the hell up

what happened to made in America?

[Raven]

to share your Gas !!

buddy up ...and make sure we ..... s t r e t c h .... all the fuel

because OPEC is meeting today or maybe it was yesterday... (time difference)

to make a decision on lowering the production of oil.

those BASS turds

[Fishpart]

Spoke with a guy in Buffalo about a bandsaw yesterday and he said that people are moving furniture production back here to the USA!!! Good for us, I believe that if we apply the Japanese principles that they learned from Americans after WWII we can build a better product and deliver it to market at a lower total cost faster with higher quality than they can make it overseas.