Mr. Fix-It and I have been struggling over the last several years with inferior parts for a wide variety of items we repair on a daily basis. Usually our repairs include power equipment and automotive items. We have found that whatever we buy that is made in a different country doesn't have the same quality as made here in U.S.A. I am not sure if the quality assurance is required but with the items that we buy we have noticed that there is a definite inferior quality to items made in China, Tiawan, Indonesia, Korea ect...I could go on with a very long list of countries we have noticed this from. Which brings me to an article I read recently that I will cite below in regards to our economy and putting the American people back to work.
BUY USA.....
A physics teacher in high school once told his students that while one grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn't slow a train at all, a billion of them would. With that thought in mind, read the following, obviously written by a good American.
Good Idea....one light bulb at a time.
Check this out. I can verify this because I was in Lowes the other day for some reason and just for the heck of itI was looking at the hose attachments. They were all made in China. The next day I was in Ace Hardware and just for the heck of it I checked the hose attachments there. They were made in the U.S.A. Start looking. In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do affects someone else- even their job. So, after reading this email, I think this lady is on the right track. Let's get behind her.!
My grandson likes Hersheys candy. I noticed though that it is marked made in Mexico now. I do not buy it anymore. My favorite toothpaste Colgate is made in Mexico now. I have switched to Crest. You have to read the labels on everything.
This past weekend I was at Kroger. I needed 60 watt light bulbs and Bounce dryer sheets. I was in the light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE brand I normally buy was an off-brand labeled, "Everyday Value". I picked up both brands of bulbs and compared the stats, they were the same except for the price. The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand and was made, get ready for this- the USA at a company in Cleveland, Ohio!
So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use everyday that are made right here in the USA So on to another aisle- Bounce Dryer Sheets...yep, you guessed it, Bounce costs more money and is made in China. The Everyday Value Brand was less money and MADE IN THE USA! I did laundry yesterday and the dryer sheets performed just like the Bounce Free I have been using for years and at almost half the price!
Lay's stacked potato chipsin a can are made in Mexico. Good old Pringles made in the USA.
My challenge to you is to start reading the labels when you shop for everyday things and see what you can find that are made in the USA .- the job you save may be your own or your neighbors!
If you accept the challenge, pass this on to others so we can all start buying american, one light bulb at a time! Stop buying from overseas companies!
(We should have awakened a decade ago) Let's get with the program. Help our fellow Americans keep their jobs and create more jobs here in the USA.
Which brings me to the long- winded point I am trying to make. We have been buying parts from Tecumseh for almost 30 years. Tecumseh went out of business in October or November of 2008. They were in business in The USA for more than 105 years! What parts that are still available , which are few and far between have been made overseas, I am not sure when the company started outsourcing to other countries but this is what we have found with their parts.....you will see several pictures posted in this entry, a set of points and condenser, One package containing the points and condenser made in Taiwan and the other made in the Czech republic. We have received at least 6 or 8 sets of there for snowblowers this winter. Every set of points we received was defective, it is clear that there was no quality control. the contact area that cones together to form the spark was pressed in too far and at an angle so the contact s touching area was maybe 10% out of a possible 100%. We called customer service at our parts distributor to advise them of what we had found on the first couple of sets. A month later when we ordered several more sets we received the same thing, defective parts, made in another country.....We make up new swear words as we try to work with these inferior products and we try to modify them so we can at least get the job out, it is anti-productive.
If everyone tries to do this we can send a message to manufacturers!!! Please buy American!
