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physioex

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8. I completely agree....

Fri Jan 4, 2013, 01:53 PM

Jan 2013

I also have a vague recollection of American made goods and their quality. But most of my memories are products from Japan like Sony Trinitron (I believe they did not pay the RCA patent), Sony Walkman, Toyota Corolla. These products were highly innovative and of the highest quality. Manufacturing in China is pretty much bottom of the barrel, as there is simply no culture of quality. I can hardly wait for manufacturing to move back to the United States, as I would have no problems paying more for quality and having my money stay locally.

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American Made Christmas lights vs. Chinese Made Christmas lights [View all] DonRedwood Jan 2013 OP

beautiful decorations samsingh Jan 2013 #1

Merry Christmas samsingh Jan 2013 #2

LOL! Not my house!!!! My house was really pretty! DonRedwood Jan 2013 #6

awww samsingh Jan 2013 #7

We wanted to see your house! Hekate Jan 2013 #23

I bought a bunch of end-to end light strings - hedgehog Jan 2013 #3

a little quality control issue there, eh? DonRedwood Jan 2013 #16

We got that too. Then when you plug them in, only half the strand works. AllyCat Jan 2013 #18

Beautiful! nt octoberlib Jan 2013 #4

I bought my first 2 LED strings of lights. Frustratedlady Jan 2013 #5

You will think I am a dork but... DonRedwood Jan 2013 #10

And I know what you mean--we bought LED for the tree, put them on, then took them off DonRedwood Jan 2013 #11

I completely agree.... physioex Jan 2013 #8

I have several boxed sets of 1950s Japanese Pagoda lights (little bitty silk lanterns with a teeny DonRedwood Jan 2013 #13

you're not old enough to remember the jokes about japanese products that broke after the HiPointDem Jan 2013 #20

You are probably correct.... physioex Jan 2013 #30

Wonderful post ! I still have my parent's big "honking" C9 K Gardner Jan 2013 #9

LOVE Your Light display!!! Howler Jan 2013 #12

NO! No!!!! Not my yard!! I just thought it was funny!! DonRedwood Jan 2013 #14

I agree 100 percent Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #15

I wish I could read a story like this a million times a day. BrotherIvan Jan 2013 #17

I'm curious how any guarantee/warantee offered with your product compares to the China competition. PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #21

We guarantee all our work BrotherIvan Jan 2013 #24

Best wishes to your company. n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #25

Thanks very much! BrotherIvan Jan 2013 #28

Welcome to DU, BrotherIvan! Heidi Jan 2013 #34

Does anyone have a link to where I can buy quality American-made Christmas lights? nt SunSeeker Jan 2013 #19

LEDs are not blue, they are white -- pure white... ReverendDeuce Jan 2013 #22

Here's a challenge for people: I swear I have seen outdoor lights that are hedgehog Jan 2013 #26

50 years ago things were made to last a lifetime notadmblnd Jan 2013 #27

We had a particularly bad time this year. MissMarple Jan 2013 #29

Ha, I threw out every goddamned string of those crappy broken cheap 1620rock Jan 2013 #31

Thee pre-lighted Christmas tree went dark this year. davsand Jan 2013 #32

I totally agree with your post, I have had exactly the same results. nt Raine Jan 2013 #33

Beautiful seattleseoguy Mar 2017 #35

welcome from ellensburg! samnsara Mar 2017 #36

welcome to DU gopiscrap Mar 2017 #37

Fuck christmas lights gopiscrap Mar 2017 #38