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Old 03-29-10 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by ItsJustMe

Their headlights (really all name brand headlights, these days) are certainly overpriced given current parts costs in the world, and they have already adjusted a little and I expect them to continue to.
Dinotte is made in the US and so doesn't enjoy the same "advantage" of cheap labor and manufacturing. I'll support American manufacturing before selling out the little of it we have left. I'm not hyper-nationalistic, but it's clear to me that our appetite for low prices at all costs has not bode well for our economy as a whole. I think about how Americans are struggling to find work, then I think about how many of us will go snatch the absolute cheapest goods from the Wal*Mart shelf without a second thought. I chose not to go along with that.

Now, with all that being said, might Dinotte still be overpriced? Maybe, but I also can't claim to know what their costs are.
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