Jcinga thank you so much i with plesure checks all this links. It is realy interesting things. Does Us tool's brands made in Us or in China? For me it is interesting because my work is export from China to Russia and to woldwide all kind of goods. And i all time looking for new goods to export start from closes to heavy industrial goods
We are like the rest of the world, Meaning a lot of stuff here is made in China. Even some of the name brand stuff like snap on, crafstman, are made in China now. Between the Internet, international trade, and jet travel, The world is shrinking and more and more people are using the same stuff everywhere. Not sure if I would want to pay a premium for crafstman or Snap on tools overseas since the full replacement warranty would be difficult, or expensive, to take advantage of.
I've been traveling all over the globe for work and being a tool guy I try to hit a local hardware store to see what different tool and hardware items they are selling that we don't have. Suprisingly everything today is a the same except the electrical outlet that the tool plugs into. You go to Bunnings hardware in Australia and it is just like a Home Depot or lowes, same exact tools that you get in the U.S. With a different plug on it. Same thing in France and South America. I've never been to Russia (yet), but I just looked up tool stores in Moscow and the first thing I saw was a Dewalt drill exactly like I would get here (with a different plug on the charger) the Facebook photos of the OBI hardware chain store in Russia looked like a Home Depot.
I noticed the same thing in the department stores I shopped at internationally and Suprisingly the grocery stores (except the cheese is a lot better in France
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Since making this observation while traveling, I now try to look for the similarities and differences of the tools and items in people's garage when I see photos and videos from other countries. Suprisingly I can't tell the the difference sometimes (except the plug on the wall and the accent of the guy in the video). heck, I even notice that the children's toys in the background are the same almost everywhere. When we were growing up, I bet we played with different toys. Today, children from all over the world are playing with the same toys.
I'm sure with the Internet you can get the same stuff in Russia as you can get anywhere else.
Chris
