Excuse me OP, i have to say that I am rather offended by what you are implying here.
I understand that's not what you are saying, but if it's the placement of the sticker than bothers you than simply say so and leave out stuff like
"when I think trek I think good US built company"..."I was certainly turned off by this"
You implied that products made in Taiwan and China are inferior to US built.
Do you even know the difference between Taiwan and China?
And would you please flip your laptop over to see where it was made?
Do you know that Giant STARTED IN TAIWAN?