Everything @ WDW = Made in China?

[ClemsonTigger]

Google, 20 seconds of searching...
http://www.atlasflags.com/
http://www.humphrysflags.com/
http://www.hanoverflags.com/aboutUs.asp

Never trust an article which has an agenda. How hard did they REALLY look? This took me 20 seconds to get a search page up with a ton of flag manufacturers here, and another 10 seconds each to see where they were made. Just beacause they "couldn't" find something doesnt mean they aren't around, it means they didn't want to find it because it is not what the aim of their story is.

Back to the original point, even if your cost on an item doubles (meaning $1 extra) charge $1 extra for it, but put up big banners around the store saying "products PROUDLY made in the USA!" and I think you may even see a sales increase from patriotic Americans who would gladly pay a token ammount extra to know that they bought a real american flag, or a real american shirt. I am always willing to pay a little extra for guaranteed quality, and I'm a cheap SOB, so if I'd do it then a family on vaction who is already spending 10s of thousands of dollars would probably do it too.

I was tempted to do the same thing...I know of one factory in Tampa, and here in the Philadelphia area, local news always has stories about flag mfg. near patriotic holidays...so I know we have them here.

Then again, it's low hanging fruit when the experts use all, allways, never...

 

[Dragonrider1227]

Most everything nowadays is made overseas. It's cheaper that way.

 

[spoodles]

The more trade we have with China, the better.

That's just a little too general -- it's not good if all you're doing is buying.

 

[mkt]

Well, I would agree as well, except:
1. Their markets are not as open to our products.
2. There should be more to our country's economy then just cost.
3. China is still growing it's nuclear arsenal and very, very large army...I wonder why and what they'll do with it?

Our biggest threat from China comes from the fact that they have the largest reserves of US Currency in the world... not from their arsenal. China is the only true capitalist country left in the world... not even the US can say that.

 

[mkt]

To those yappering on and on about inferior Chinese products, look in your driveway. If there is a Chevy Equinox or a Pontiac Torrent on it, pop the hood.

See that big lump that's running your car? Made in China. And this is set to expand even more, with GM currently being the biggest manufacturer in China, Mitsubishi set to export Chinese made cars to the US, Geely set to be the first Chinese manufacturer in the US, and much much more. It took the Japanese 30 years to sell a "decent" car in the US, it took the Koreans less than 15... imagine how long it'll take the Chinese.


alrighty, now look at your cellphone. If it's a Motorola (or one of several other manufacturers), peek at the battery. Made in China.

Now, look at housephone. If it's a Uniden (and one of countless other manufacturers), peek inside the battery container. Made in China.

Now take 20 minutes, get off the internet, and look at several consumer electronic products in your house, and look in your garage at things you have lying around. Look where they were made. China/Taiwan/Hong Kong... view them all as one.

Have a nice day.

 

[Woody13]

Excellent points MKT! :wave: Most (if not all) of the electronic devices in my house were made in China. I have several SanDisk 1 GB compact flash cards and they're made in China. My HP printer cartridges were made in Singapore.

Also, Buena Vista Home Video manufactures a lot of their Disney DVD's in Mexico.

 

[mkt]

Almost forgot... the Chevy Aveo is a rebadged Daewoo and made in Korea, the Chevy Tracker was a rebadged Suzuki and made in Japan, and all of GEO and Eagle were foreign made/manufactured, but American branded

Also, Buena Vista Home Video manufactures a lot of their Disney DVD's in Mexico.

ah... yes. Now for NAFTA fun

See that Chevy HHR in the driveway? ¡Hecho en Mexico!

How about that Chrysler 300C? Made in Canada/Fabriqué au Canada.

Or that nice Lexus RX330? also Made in Canada/Fabriqué au Canada.

But what about that VW Jetta, Chrysler PT Cruiser, or Nissan Sentra? ¡Hecho en Mexico!

Don't even get me started on consumer electronics and CD's.

 

[Tim G]

To those yappering on and on about inferior Chinese products, look in your driveway. If there is a Chevy Equinox or a Pontiac Torrent on it, pop the hood.

See that big lump that's running your car? Made in China. And this is set to expand even more, with GM currently being the biggest manufacturer in China, Mitsubishi set to export Chinese made cars to the US, Geely set to be the first Chinese manufacturer in the US, and much much more. It took the Japanese 30 years to sell a "decent" car in the US, it took the Koreans less than 15... imagine how long it'll take the Chinese.


alrighty, now look at your cellphone. If it's a Motorola (or one of several other manufacturers), peek at the battery. Made in China.

Now, look at housephone. If it's a Uniden (and one of countless other manufacturers), peek inside the battery container. Made in China.

Now take 20 minutes, get off the internet, and look at several consumer electronic products in your house, and look in your garage at things you have lying around. Look where they were made. China/Taiwan/Hong Kong... view them all as one.

Have a nice day.

Look at your monitor... the inside is chinese...

Once those people will clime over that big wall of theirs... we're history... :lol:

 

[mkt]

Look at your monitor... the inside is chinese...

Once those people will clime over that big wall of theirs... we're history... :lol:

Corrus... do you know where BMW's Rosslyn Plant is?

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Ah the joys of a free market economy. Never mind the quality look at the labour costs.

 

[Fordlover]

Most Disney food is not made on site.

The rice crispy treat I bought was, I watched them make it Other than that I didn't eat much at all in the park.

 

[Fordlover]

Yes Peter, I too know what he meant. It's just that I, as a citizen of the U.S.A., have grown rather tired of China bashing. China is the biggest new economy in the world and all major companies have a prominent role there, including Disney. That's a good thing! The more trade we have with China, the better.

I remember the days when "Made in Japan" made people think that the product was junk. Now, all the best cars are made by Japanese companies. I own a Honda. :wave:

I have some issues with the china government, and don't wish to support it, so I choose not to buy Chinese made products when I can avoid it. True, it can not always be avoided, but by spending a bit more, and paying attention, I can usually avoid chinese made products...USUALLY

Perhaps I should have been more clear, I know the vast majority of consumer items are not produced or built here, my beef was specifically with chinese produced items, and I had a very difficult time finding anything that wasn't made in China, I don't tend to have that much trouble when I'm out shopping typically.

I drive several fords, mostly of which were made, produced and assembled in Mexico, canada or USA. The engine in my Taurus was produced in Japan, and I couldn't be more pleased, Yamaha knows how to build an awesome engine.

My Nokia Phone's battery says Japan, Yay!
Nokia phone says Korea.
Home phone is panasonic, made in Malaysia.
My swingline stapler says USA, wow...I knew it could be done.
But, the dell speakers for the computer say China, and so does my calculator.


Notice..I never said a word about "inferior Chinese products" I don't feel they are inferior, any country, company, or individual is capable of making inferior products, you don't even have to be from overseas!

 

[Tim G]

Corrus... do you know where BMW's Rosslyn Plant is?

In South Africa, somewhere near Pretoria...

 

[George]

The influx of foreign goods into our market is in large part an American success story. You see - we've been peddling a free market economy to the rest of the world for years. They've embraced it. However, as these economies grow we will have trade deficits and outsourcing. However, as time goes on, growing middle classes will lead to higher wages and increased rights for labor. Then we will see our trade deficit decrease and American companies won't have the same urge to outsource jobs as the new labor markets cause prices to increase. This has happened in the US, Europe, Australia and Japan. South Korea is pretty far along the road to being fully developed and China and India will be there too (or they will revert to old economic/political patterns). The reason there is so much concern about China an India right now is that they are so gosh darned big that they are having a huge impact on the global economy as they grow. But, don't fret one day you will notice we have less things that are made in China and the things that are available are higher end consumer goods or things we can't get here in the States. A fully developed Chinese middle class and a world class economy also lessens political tensions. Do you ever notice that if you have two countries where everyone has air conditioning, HBO, and comfortable sofas its really hard to whip the populaces into a frenzy of mutual hatred?

 

[peter11435]

I don't mind typical Disney items being "made in china"....that's just a fact of life. It's when you are walking around World Showcase, shopping in each countries stores, that you find items there all marked "made in china" (which is fine in the China pavilion, but not the norway one)

Well I decided to do a little first hand research about this topic. Last night I went into Norway, Canada, Germany and the US and looked at a few random items to see where they were made. The results were as follows.

In Canada I checked three different items and all three said Made in Canada.

In Norway I checked two items and both said Made in Norway.

In Germany I checked three items. Two said made in Germany and the third said made in Hungary.

In the American Adventure I checked 4 items. Two items said made in the US. 1 item said made in Canada, and the last item said made in China.

So I can officialy say that based on my sample it is not true that most items in the World Showcase are made in China. Of the twelve items I checked only one was made in China and 9 of the 12 were made in their respective countries.