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JR Maley 
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Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 3:01pm |
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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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BobHnwO
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Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 3:02pm |
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Yup,and their prices have gone thru the roof!!
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Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 3:03pm |
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Sitesstables
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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
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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
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Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 3:09pm |
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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.
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Lonn
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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.
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Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 3:46pm |
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 .
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Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 5:22pm |
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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!!!
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Byron WC in SW Wi
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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.
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Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 6:47pm |
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T S C = Tuff $h!T Charlie's
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Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 7:21pm |
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TSC came to town 2-3 yrs ago. What a joke!! Not needed.
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Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 7:33pm |
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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.
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Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 7:47pm |
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Price of EVERYTHING (except wages) has gone up. Price of fuel drives everything.
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Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 8:02pm |
Everyone is complaining about fuel prices while the spend 40-50 dollars for bird and pet feed Morley
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Gerald J.
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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.
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Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 9:39pm |
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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.
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Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 9:54pm |
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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!
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Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 3:57am |
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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
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Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 5:23am |
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Price of EVERYTHING (except wages) has gone up. Price of fuel drives everything. |
I've said it before and I'll say it again - if you guys lived in the UK you really would be able to grumble about fuel prices! Over here gasoline is the equivalent of $10 a gallon. When I was in the States recently, I couldn't believe how low your gas prices are - fantastic! I filled our hired Dodge Charger right to the brim from almost empty for £38 in our money - to fill my car here in the UK it costs me £140!!!!! Other USA prices are lower than in the UK too, particularly food. I reckon that you guys are really lucky - and your tax is lower too! Our government rapes us financially every time we so much as cough and then wastes the tax money on stupid social projects and on paying countless National Health Service beaurocrats and other such creatures to fiddle with sheets of paper all day! Sorry to rant, but there is still a lot that is good in the USA.
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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
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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.
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Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 7:11am |
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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.
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Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 7:27am |
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: 22 Apr 2011 at 7:46am |
"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: 22 Apr 2011 at 8:07am |
Tricky Dickie wrote:
ToddSin NY wrote:
Price of EVERYTHING (except wages) has gone up. Price of fuel drives everything. |
I've said it before and I'll say it again - if you guys lived in the UK you really would be able to grumble about fuel prices! Over here gasoline is the equivalent of $10 a gallon. When I was in the States recently, I couldn't believe how low your gas prices are - fantastic! I filled our hired Dodge Charger right to the brim from almost empty for £38 in our money - to fill my car here in the UK it costs me £140!!!!! Other USA prices are lower than in the UK too, particularly food. I reckon that you guys are really lucky - and your tax is lower too! Our government rapes us financially every time we so much as cough and then wastes the tax money on stupid social projects and on paying countless National Health Service beaurocrats and other such creatures to fiddle with sheets of paper all day! Sorry to rant, but there is still a lot that is good in the USA.
Tricky Dickie
I just have to shake my head when people compare fuel costs in the US to foreign country prices. how big is England compared to the state of TX, I don't realy know but get my drift? |
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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.
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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.
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Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 11:50am |
Dave H wrote:
Tricky Dickie wrote:
ToddSin NY wrote:
Price of EVERYTHING (except wages) has gone up. Price of fuel drives everything. |
I've said it before and I'll say it again - if you guys lived in the UK you really would be able to grumble about fuel prices! Over here gasoline is the equivalent of $10 a gallon. When I was in the States recently, I couldn't believe how low your gas prices are - fantastic! I filled our hired Dodge Charger right to the brim from almost empty for £38 in our money - to fill my car here in the UK it costs me £140!!!!! Other USA prices are lower than in the UK too, particularly food. I reckon that you guys are really lucky - and your tax is lower too! Our government rapes us financially every time we so much as cough and then wastes the tax money on stupid social projects and on paying countless National Health Service beaurocrats and other such creatures to fiddle with sheets of paper all day! Sorry to rant, but there is still a lot that is good in the USA.
Tricky Dickie
I just have to shake my head when people compare fuel costs in the US to foreign country prices. how big is England compared to the state of TX, I don't realy know but get my drift? |
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No, I don't get your drift! What has the size of Texas got to do with comparitive fuel prices? Let's face it, many Americans don't go so far from home very often anyway!
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