Originally Posted by
mocolotion
I think Cannondale should offer its customers the choice of purchasing a frame made here in the United States - with the obvious premium that carries - or offshored to Taiwan. Maybe if companies respected their customers enough to allow them to decide where the products they purchase are made we could actually let the market solve the question of outsourcing. Unfortunately, the profit takers (business owners) make that decision for the consumer, which sort of slaps market theory in the face.
The reason this doesn't happen is because very few people will pay more for a frame of the same quality just because it's made in a certain country.