Tractor Supply - EVERYTHING IS CHINESE!!
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Topic: Tractor Supply - EVERYTHING IS CHINESE!!
Posted By: JR Maley
Subject: Tractor Supply - EVERYTHING IS CHINESE!!
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 3:01pm
| Is it me, or does it seem like almost everything at tractor supply these days is made in china or india? |
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Posted By: BobHnwO
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 3:02pm
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Yup,and their prices have gone thru the roof!!
------------- Why do today what you can put off til tomorrow. |
Posted By: TexasAllis
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 3:03pm
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Welcome to the Global Economy. |
Posted By: Sitesstables
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 3:06pm
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Yep and mine here does not carry oil filters,air filters or anything that would work on an allis.. but they have everything for an 8N ------------- 1965 D17 Series IV |
Posted By: Bob-Maine
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 3:08pm
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You never know. I bought a ton of wood pellets last fall with a 15% off coupon. $220 price down to $187. They were produced locally, between where I live and the TS store. Bob@allisdowneast ------------- I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not sure. |
Posted By: junkman
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 3:09pm
| looked at a muffler for the d17, it was 10 dollars more at TS then at my local farm store. Mainly go in to see whats on the clearance rack. |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 3:25pm
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Same with Fleet Farm and Menards. I'd rather keep my eyes open for auctions for good old US made tools. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 3:46pm
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Least Fleet Farm has a line of US tools and Mfg to choose from so you ca nbuy inport or US . Most of their products are US but when I was there the other day noticed flact truck with boxes all saying made in china on side , was near houswares .
Just picked up 2 new batteries for truck and those prices have gone up also but warranty on batteries so something off . ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
Posted By: RSponenberg
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 5:22pm
| I use to work for my local TSC,I quit, just couldn't lie to the consumer like they wanted me too.I will not step foot in one again!!! |
Posted By: Byron WC in SW Wi
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 6:20pm
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The thing I like about Menards is they put "Made In USA" right on the flier if it is. They also have "Made In USA" sales and put where in the US things are made that are on sale. Fleet Farm is a different beast than Farm Fleet. Fleet Farm is the only place I can find made in USA drill bits. Also bought my made in USA electric shaver at Fleet Farm. I don't go in Farm Fleet much anymore because they do seem to be more and more just selling foreign stuff. I only go to TSC if I have no other choice. |
Posted By: Fred in Pa
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 6:47pm
| T S C = Tuff $h!T Charlie's |
Posted By: RickUP
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 7:21pm
| TSC came to town 2-3 yrs ago. What a joke!! Not needed. |
Posted By: RSponenberg
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 7:33pm
| I think they will run themselves out of business in a short time,the company likes to put the stores 30 miles apart.With that said they will end up like Kmart and Ames one in every town,now what happened to Kmart and Ames,most or all are out of business. |
Posted By: ToddSin NY
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 7:47pm
| Price of EVERYTHING (except wages) has gone up. Price of fuel drives everything. |
Posted By: wheatbreeder
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 8:02pm
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Everyone is complaining about fuel prices while the spend 40-50 dollars for bird and pet feed Morley ------------- Farm stuff 8050,6690,175,F2,5050,WD |
Posted By: Gerald J.
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 9:21pm
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There are fewer TSC in Iowa than there used to be. Can't say I miss them. Gerald J. |
Posted By: ACmowerguy
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 9:39pm
| TSC does have 10% coupons, and at times we have even gotten coupons for a free $10 item with no purchase. Other than that, their regular priced items are pretty high compared to Rural King and Orchelns. We don't have farm & fleet or fleet farm here in MO. |
Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 9:54pm
| ya'll ever heard of...USA,japan?? that way they can honestly say, is made in the USA! everything with the ACE name on it is made in china, bomgaars sells alot of ACE stuff, as do ACE hardware stores! |
Posted By: swit
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 3:57am
| the only thing i buy at tsc is nuts and bolts because they sell them buy the pound there marked grade 5 if i need some thing that i know needs a good grade 8 ill go to my local true value the owner will order me any thing i need good guy i try to give him as much of my money as i can plus he lives local pays local taxes |
Posted By: Tricky Dickie
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 5:23am
Tricky Dickie
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ToddSin NY wrote:Posted By: Sitesstables
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 5:31am
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If we as americans would be willing to pay more then we could have production here in the states. But we have gotten our selves in such a mess wanting everything cheap that we can not do this ------------- 1965 D17 Series IV |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 5:36am
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What I see at nearly all stores is things marked with a US flag on the package. Then I buy it thinking it's made in the USA but when I get it home I see made in CHina on the actual produce so I then look closer at the US flag on the package and notice right under the flag either it says "Proudly Sold in the USA" or assemble in the USA (I take that to mean packaged cause my Vice Grip itself say made in China right on it). Another thing I've noticed under the US flag at times is the words Made in the USA or China with the word China in much smaller print. Or another thing on some boots I was looking at it said assembled in the USA with global materials. What pray tell does that mean exactly?! How do you assemble a boot? Did they slide the sole into it and call it assembled? I'm just sick to death of the whole thing. I don't buy anything anymore that doesn't have made in the USA on it. Not sure what I'll do for a TV when ours go down but then I hardly watch it anyway. Sure as heck won't buy another cell phone now that they can be tracked by the gov and also turned on without you knowing it so it can be used as a listening device by the gov. That's true you know and gov documents say so. That's another subject all together. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: TimNearFortWorth
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 7:11am
| As for hand tools, I hit the pawn shops as you would be surprised at how much Sears or even Snap-On stuff shows up. When the economy gets tough, the tools roll in as people sell off what they have accumulated, or feel they no longer need. I have picked up some very decent stuff over the years, and cheaply! Finding the older heavy duty stuff occasionally is a big plus as well. |
Posted By: D17JIM
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 7:27am
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I stopped at the C-store and got coffee this morning and a guy pi$$ed and moaned about cost of gas to me and cashier and anybody around and then purchased $20 of lottery tickets, I asked him if liked wasting 5 gallons of gas on the lottery. He didn't like it but what an idiot.
Lonn when my TV goes I'm cancelling the dish and going to the radio. I have a cheapy I can watch DVD's on.
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Posted By: TimNearFortWorth
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 7:46am
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"Made in the USA" does not always make it so; you can thank our lobbyists for that.
Back in the 90's, I was working on an offshore rig in the southern Philippines and we evacuated for an incoming typhoon. They put us all up in a resort on this island near Palawan and I noticed one of the gals that worked the front desk arriving to work with a Levi's shopping bag. When I asked how she liked the American made jeans, she giggled and showed me the pair she had just purchased at the local "factory store".
Sure enough, that had a tag on them; "Made in America", but no button at the top of the fly. She advised that many of her family worked at the Levi's plant and they never installed the buttons as that was done in America to meet the Made in America requirement.
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Posted By: Dave H
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 8:07am
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Posted By: Jeff-in-Kunkletown
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 8:54am
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Except for fencing and their 3pt. stuff there's nothing there that you can't buy at Walmart. They can special order about any part you need for a lawn tractor or farm tractor, but good luck finding anyone in the store who knows how to do it. I like their signs "Staffed and Trained to Sell Sell Sell." Yeah right, I think Fred's idea is more like it. ------------- Sucess is how high you bounce after hitting bottom. Gen. George S. Patton |
Posted By: dannyraddatz
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 10:19am
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I sent the post to Blain's Farm and Fleet and TSC, will it matter I don't know. ------------- Danny Raddatz |
Posted By: Gerald J.
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 10:50am
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Area Texas 268,822 square miles, 696,200 square km. Area GB 88,744.8 square miles, 229,848 square km. Brewster County Texas has 6193 square miles with a population of 9481. GB has a population of about 80 million. Gerald J. |
Posted By: Tricky Dickie
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 11:50am
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Posted By: Dale-OH
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 12:54pm
| Im with Tricky Dickie... Size of country means nothing. When I was in the UK in 2005 the price tag on most of what I looked at was close to the same. IE clothes, food, motel, and new cars. But there was priced in Pounds and ours would have been dollars. Exchange rate on that trip was $1.98 US to 1 pound. So majority of what I was looking at was double the price of at home. We still have the cheapist fuel and goods. |
Posted By: ToddSin NY
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 2:13pm
| Trickey I think the point he was trying to make is everything is alot closer in GB. Most of our food supply has to move cross ountry to get to the stores. We don't jump on a bike and peddle 30 miles into town to get provisions? Thats what I belive the point he was trying to make? Not sure? |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 4:29pm
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Everything is relative... A few years ago, the EURO was = to $.87 of our dollar. Now go online and look at the difference!! The EURO is now worth $1.46. Its not that the prices are going up, but the the value of the dollar is going WAY down. AND, its gonna get a lot worse with Bama in there. We are headed the same path as Canada and Britain, TOO many Social giveaways. TOO many illegals. ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 5:33pm
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I think Tricky D is talking like Mom does. She always says be thankful for what you have 'cause there is always someone worse off than you. Still doesn't make it right what the liberals are doing to us here.
The TSC store closed in Newton Ia last fall. Theissen's bought what was Newton Farm and Home which was locally owned in Iowa. So far, they really haven't changed the store much. I liked them over TSC any day. Must be part of why TSC closed. I'm told the owners of the building TSC was in raised the rent which had some to do with the closing. ------------- "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford |
Posted By: RSponenberg
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 7:36pm
| Theissens is why they closed,when ever they open a store it hurts TSC,just a little inside information there. |
Posted By: ACmowerguy
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 7:53pm
| The problem with the increase in fuel prices here, is that most working people have to live within a budget. When fuel prices double within just a few years, and wages either go down or do not change, people have to make tough decisions, and not all of these folks waste money (gamble, etc.) for some its beyond their control. |
Posted By: dannyraddatz
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 8:24pm
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I hate to mix subjects, but the whole fuel costs in the USA is really hitting home. A good friend sent me this link, I feel it hits the nail on the head.
Danny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlfmvwxxgHM&feature=player_embedded - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlfmvwxxgHM&feature=player_embedded ------------- Danny Raddatz |
Posted By: tommc
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 9:27pm
| I have been working on my 7200 John Deere corn planter and every part that I have bought so far from John Deere has either been made in China or Japan. Does not make me very happy! |
Posted By: j.w.freck
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 9:31pm
| dont bad mouth tsc all the time.go to fastenall,napa,orileys;abc,or any bearing and seal outlet and read the fine print MADE IN CHINA..... |
Posted By: ACmowerguy
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 11:19pm
| I just started selling JD planter parts and don't recall seeing anything from Japan yet, maybe the Sensors or something electronic? Its expensive to make stuff in Japan. Bearings are mostly china but most of the larger parts, wheel halves, seed tubes, etc are USA made. Unfotrunately USA made bearings and seals are becoming a rarity. Even Timken is making some stuff in China. |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 11:22am
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I try to buy from the local equipment dealer, feed and fertilizer dealer, and hardware as much as possible. Sometimes all you can find is made in China junk though. The locals have much better customer service than the chain outlets.
------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Rogers
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 1:39pm
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I hate to say it, but people want to buy things cheap. Quality has not been the top item for a while. As long as that holds true we will see more made it China items. I have purchased several things from TSC myself although the closest one is a little less than an hour away. I prefer dealing local when I can. Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do though.
If you really want to see a store where made in China is prevalent go to Harbor Freight. Items may not be the best quality available, but if you only need to use them occasionally it is hard to pay more. ------------- Think for yourself and be your own expert. Be willing to change your mind; however, willingness to change your mind doesn’t mean that you will. Blindly following any path is the pinnacle of insanity. |
Posted By: Charlie175
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 5:44pm
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Speaking of TSC, I have a KingKutter single row cultivator that I got at a sale. I need 2 more of the spring's, where do I find replacements? ------------- Charlie '48 B, '51 CA, '56 WD45 '61 D17, '63 D12, '65 D10 , '68 One-Ninety XTD |