That's about right. Everything I might buy anyway, except made locally or at least in the US.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brownski
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That's about right. Everything I might buy anyway, except made locally or at least in the US.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brownski
Uh...there is like laws and stuff? Like those Germans like made in Germany and are pretty anal about made in China Peeling. Crazy concept.Quote:
Originally Posted by ötzi
If it says made in Germany, it is. Unless you buy your cuckoo clock made in Germany from a street vendor in berlin who also happens to have a few Rolex. [emoji6]
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Craft made snow seem insanely popular these days.
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Originally Posted by subtle plague
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The ‘Made in Germany’ logo is not a protected term, which means that it’s often difficult to find out how German a ‘Made in Germany’ product actually is. Theoretically, manufacturers can describe products as ‘Made in Germany’ even if they were largely produced abroad. However, because ‘Made in Germany’ is above all a seal that assures quality, it should not be used in a ‘misleading’ way. If a product is described as ‘Made in Germany’, it should be at least of ‘Made in Germany’ quality. How much of a product has actually been manufactured in Germany can vary. Even if a product’s individual parts or entire assemblies have been sourced abroad, it can be labelled as ‘Made in Germany’, provided that the ‘decisive manufacturing process’ that creates the particularly valued properties of the product is the result of German work carried out in Germany.
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A little more locally than Germany,
Made in Oregon sells stuff made in… The Beaver State
https://madeinoregon.com/
Sadly, they don’t sell Oregon cannabis
The Made in USA label has loopholes like those quoted above. The real shitbirds name their company or product 'American...' or 'US...' and manufacturer overseas.
As we plod our way forward through the mess that is fake news, deep fakes, and AI, authenticity, veracity, transparency, and disclosure are going to become more and more important. And people will pay for that.
Maz, considering your new locale, if you want locally-produced stuff you can head up to Thomaston to the Maine State Prison Showroom, they sometimes have some cool stuff in there or at least they did back in the day when the prison was still there in Thomaston.
For years my folks had this wood stick thing that was designed to keep a window open if the sash weight broke off, it had a label on it that said "Made In Maine By Maineiacs" which I always thought was kinda cool considering it was actually probably made by some kind of maniac. https://www.facebook.com/MSPShowroom/
That place is great - used to stop by every summer, a bit weird now that the prison is gone. Most of the stuff isn’t quite in demand these days, but they still have some cool stuff occasionally. My parents bought my kids handmade pink Adirondack chairs there for like 20 bucks a pieceQuote:
Originally Posted by ötzi
Those new/old Maine flag hats are [emoji91].
^ Yeah, the new take on the old flag is a cool design. It's on the ballot next year.
@otzi, the MSP Showroom looks like a fun stop. Thanks for mentioning it.
the clocks are a movement (made anywhere now) and carvings (labor intensive so made cheap now). Cuckoo clocks like shitty violins were things farmers did in the winter to make a little money, they were so crappy the makers didn’t care what they looked likeQuote:
Originally Posted by old goat
the problem with local small businesses is there’s rarely a good exit. A relative died recently, he’d owned a repair shop made a decent living (>US median). He was aging, trying to sell, nobody wanted to buy. Nobody wants the tools.