[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Jul 30th 2007 1:33AM]

Haier = Chinese brand. I try not to buy Chinese when ever possible.

[m @ Jul 30th 2007 1:49AM]

you must lead a very spartan existence these days, i imagine... kinda like the unibomber?

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Jul 30th 2007 1:51AM]

Somethings are unavoidably Chinese made like Computers. But things like major appliances, I still have a choice and choose other brands.

[Michael La Framboise @ Jul 30th 2007 1:53AM]

Please man, cut the crap - it doesn't matter if its Chinese, American or European - theres shitty companies and good companies everywhere - stop that stereotypical crap.

And anyways - would you rather have some Chinese assembling your products while trying to do as good of a job as possible in order to not loose the job - or some fat American whining about minimal wages... Point is it doesn't matter who owns the company or who assembles your crap because all in all its all the same crap everywhere...

Just my .02

[Revrant2394 @ Jul 30th 2007 1:55AM]

Brand and origin are two different things, I would never buy a Chinese BRAND, due to their notorious history of screwing over foreigners, but I buy things of Chinese origin all the time, it's impossible not to these days.

[Azsori @ Jul 30th 2007 3:40AM]

Well there will always be stereotypes about certain countries, but you just have to be a smart consumer and look look into things and not generalize. It is like saying American cars are crap, there are plenty of quality models, you just have to look past the vast majority of crappy ones.

Anyone want to make a calculation of how much this could save an average household per year?

[Jeff @ Jul 30th 2007 11:49PM]

actually its not that hard to not buy chinese things. i dont like their politics, and i wont buy their crap.

i've been doing it for 4 years now. it takes a little patience, and just a little more cash -- but what you do get for that little bit more is of obviously higher degree of craftsmanship.