I do most shopping online, only go to the stores for fresh veggies, dairy, meat, etc. I shop at Walmart, Amazon, eBay,, other online retailers (which don't list country of origin). So, here's some crap I've recently paid for. God willing, GEOTUS is going to redouble his efforts to bring manufacturing sanity back to America.
Some of my list. What's your list?
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50 clear plastic soup containers with snap-on lids, so I can share meals with my neighbors. The lids don't fit.
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A wind-up alarm clock because I'm in a rural area and the power goes out a lot. Took the clock out of the box, turned it over to wind it up and found that the wind up key was missing.
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A pair of fuzzy women's winter slippers. Opened the plastic bag to take them out and the reek of insecticide was so powerful I actually lurched backward. Put them outside for days to air out, finally threw them away. Had to wash my hands a dozen times to get the reek of insecticide off.
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A women's light spring jacket size 2x (for a large heavy woman). The jacket might have fit a severely malnourished first grader, maybe.
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A pair of slip-on oven mitts to take hot dishes out of the oven. The pair I received barely fit over a single index finger, and not even all the way down my single finger.
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Two large fat cinnamon scented candles. I opened the package and the smell was...kerosene? Gasoline? Something in the petroleum line. Threw them away.
I could go on and on, with deep-felt THANKS to our politicians over the past couple decades who allowed (profited) from this happening to America.
Your list?
I'll add another, especially enraging example--I have lots of flower and rose gardens, also lots of deer who will eat those gardens to the ground without protection. There is an American company called Contech, based in Ohio, that makes an excellent deterrent, the Contech ScareCrow, a motion activated device that sprays out water jets and scary tzzt-tzzt-tzzt noises and is 100% effective against deer. They're terrified of it. EXCELLENT product. In recent years, Chinese knockoffs have flooded the market, they look IDENTICAL, call themselves Scarecrow (no capital C) or Scare Crow and they're absolutely identical in looks and packaging, except they're all made in China and they're total crap. The pieces don't fit together right, break and fall apart at the slightest touch, the motion sensor doesn't work. And they're all made in China. I don't know how a legit American company can even stay in business or compete in this kind of market!.
Here is Contech: Headquartered in West Chester, Ohio, we have over 1,400 employees and 60 facilities strategically located across North America. Our footprint spans every major U.S. city and all 50 states, allowing us to provide unmatched customer support.