Thoughts on Overseas Vs Usa Made Ampeg

[high mileage]

Originally Posted by theshadow2001

Americans can make things just as half assed as anyone else in the world.

No arguement there, after all we gave the world the AMC Pacer...

I don't share the same opinion as all Americans, and I realize that I can't control the world. I can, however, control how I spend my own money and I do have a lot of good choices when it comes to bass amps. Thunderfunk's shop happens to be less than 50 miles from my house, for example.

[theshadow2001]

Well its good you support stuff made in your own country. But I always here about people boycotting this and not buying that but for every one of those people sticking to their principles there's thousands more that just don't care. At the end of the day I see it as an act in futility. Your loss of business to ampeg will have no repercussions to an absolute international giant. However sometimes sticking to your principles is more important than what it actually achieves.

[high mileage]

Cool - I think you get my point. I can't reasonably boycott any Chinese made goods or I wouldn't be here (on a computer, on the internet)! My day job involves selling stuff to factories and commercial buildings, and I've never done a project with a Chinese company. I like low prices like anybody else, but there's more to the story in the overall picture. I just try to do what's best for me.