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Made in china??
Topic...How do borders feel about buying boards that are made in china?
for example K2 now produce boards there and yes i no boots, binding are produced are already manufactured there but are the factories environmentally sound? and how do they justify profit margins over chinas politics. just curious to see how people feel about the topic or perhaps its to political? Has anybody seen boots or bindings made in north america?? if so let me know. |
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just curious to see how people feel about the topic or perhaps its to
political? I do find that discussing politics on the Internet rarely ends well, so I'm going to stay out of that one... Has anybody seen boots or bindings made in north america?? if so let me know. This I will answer because it can be done so in an unbiased manner I'm pretty sure Catek bindings are made in the USA, or at least most of their components are. www.catek.com. If you're into plate bindings, Bomber TD2's are most definitely made in the USA. www.bomberonline.com As for boots... I do not know of any made in North America. I think UPZ hard boots are made in Austria, Raichle/Deeluxe are no longer made in Switzerland (although no discernable difference in quality - I think my '05's were made in Hungary?) For a while a lot of bidnings, including Burton and Salomon, were made in Italy but it's been a LONG time since I've bought anything but Bomber plate bindings s I don't know about the newer ones. Hope that helps, Mike T ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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hmm... the question is: what is NOT made in china nowadays...
they can almost alwayst make it cheaper than anyone else... if you feel bad about buying things made in china, think of it this way: you are paying, let's say, 100$ for a product made in china, that would cost 140$ if it was made in USA. If you feel bad about not buying a "made in USA produce" simply donate 40$ to charity/goverment each time you buy something made in china. Or more if you feel like it. I don't think chinese people, or any other people in general, should feel guilty about simply adopting to current free market economy... we all wont the latest at the cheapest possible price... and only Asians can do that... because they work for far lesser wages than we. |
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