Pssst....I think he was being sarcastic.
As for my whole take on every thing. I must say I do understand why things are sourced from other countries.
I think he has the same questions as I do. I grew up around Mac tools, as my uncle has been a salesman for many, many years. I always thought they were the end all, be all of tools. I went to him back in my high school years, with 500 dollars in hand to buy tools from him. He looked at me and told me to go spend that money on Craftsman tools b/c I would get far more with that than I would from him. Looking back at it, he was right. I'm not a mechanic, and to tell you the truth, I haven't as much as touched my tools in over a month (some of that has to do with a tree crushing my garage, hense the reason I found this site). However, when it comes to the truck brand hype, it was a bit of a let down to find that some of their tools aren't made in the USA. Quite frankly, I find that very disappointing. While a lot of the things we buy come from foreign countries, I always figured our professional grade tools were immune to outsourcing.
Furthermore, I will never argue quality of truck brand vs Craftsman and so on, b/c there is a difference. Now that I'm looking for a large tool box, I would really like to have a made in the USA box to go along with my mixed set of made in the USA tools. Maybe I'm being overly cheesy, but I do take great pride in items that are made in the USA. I also think that it looks poorly upon a manufacturer who does everything in their power to mislead consumers about where that item is made. You will notice that most tools made in the USA are proudly displayed on the front of the package, while the foreign made items are marked and buried somewhere on the back of the package. In the end it has made me a better consumer over all. I now research as much as I can about items (mostly tools) that I buy. It really ***** that you can't trust anyone anymore, even the companies you grew up with.
