Guys I found a few websites that show products made in America or companies who have some of their products still manufactured here.
http://www.stillmadeinusa.com/ http://www.madeinusa.org/http://www.uaw1268.com/buy_american.htm Also, I was heavily dissapointed when I e-mailed Oakley to get this email.
Dear Matt,
Thank you for your recent email.
Almost all Oakley sunglasses are made in America, with the exception of a few parts on select frames. At this time Oakley shoes and clothing are not made in America.
Sincerely,
Holly
I have yet to get a response on "which parts" or "frames" are made overseas or where they are made, theres not too many parts in sunglasses so I'm curious.
Also I was disappointed to find out that Yamaha Motors built a factory over in Vietnam in 2005. I bought my waverunners in 2003 and they were manufactured in Georgia, but that may no longer be the case since 2005. This is really becoming a problem, what will happen to the American workers in that factory?
Also about a week ago, my Microsoft webcam that I paid 52 dollars for stopped working, it will only work part of the time and then fail. The electronics are fried and Microsoft won't warranty it. The peice of excrement is also made in China, no surprise.
My XBOX 360 has also been acting up randomly freezing and overheating. I opened the sucker up (bad idea since it voids warranty) and the damn heatsink is garbage, the cooling is insufficient to cool the CPU. The solder also seems to be cracking? Looks like a 3 year old put the damn thing together, very poor engineering. Unfortunately SONY and Nintendo have started to outsource as well to maximize profits and save on production costs since they already own the rights to the hardware.
It's unknown how accurate the lists are but they help a little bit in terms of narrowing down the searches. I would encourage members to call the companies or research before purchasing products and try to find out where they are made. I would like to start a blog or perhaps do some youtube videos on the subject.
Say NO to low quality Chinese products!