Home Depot, Huntington beach, CA (other) - Collecting Tiki

S Shipwreckjoey Member San Diego, CA Joined: Nov 29, 2002 Posts: 1794	S Shipwreckjoey Posted posted on Sat, May 29, 2004 4:04 PM On 2004-05-29 14:44, christiki295 wrote: Regarding the Chinese labor issue, I recall a similar conversation regarding Balinese made tikis. For me, the bottom line is the US needs to even the trade imbalance. In the interim, I am not going to change the world by not buying the Chinese made tiki or any other low cost manufactured item, which also is probably made in China. I agree. When I made the remark about the "Chinese slave labor" toiling away under inhuman conditions in the Peoples Tiki Gulag & Re-education Center, I was just taking the resentment by some of buying from huge corporate conglomerates like Home Depot to the next level (just my twisted sense of humor). As far as where things are made by who and how, is not always as cut & dried as you'd like to think. For instance, I have a pair of Converse All-Stars that have "made in the USA" printed on them. In actuality the shoes are fabricated at a maquiladora in Reynosa, Mexico (just across the Texas border). Maybe the "tag" was made in the USA! Now I gotta go check into the origins of those Safeway tiki cornholders. P.S. - Although I may occasionaly stray to Home Depot or Big Lots to fulfill my tiki needs, I will continue to support the many artists, craftsmen & independent busnesses that contribute so much to enhance our lives (and the mana is much better at Bamboo Ben's than Home Depot...fer sure)! [ Edited by: Shipwreckjoey on 2004-05-29 16:42 ]

On 2004-05-29 14:44, christiki295 wrote:
Regarding the Chinese labor issue, I recall a similar conversation regarding Balinese made tikis.

For me, the bottom line is the US needs to even the trade imbalance. In the interim, I am not going to change the world by not buying the Chinese made tiki or any other low cost manufactured item, which also is probably made in China.

I agree. When I made the remark about the "Chinese slave labor" toiling away under inhuman conditions in the Peoples Tiki Gulag & Re-education Center, I was just taking the resentment by some of buying from huge corporate conglomerates like Home Depot to the next level (just my twisted sense of humor). As far as where things are made by who and how, is not always as cut & dried as you'd like to think. For instance, I have a pair of Converse All-Stars that have "made in the USA" printed on them. In actuality the shoes are fabricated at a maquiladora in Reynosa, Mexico (just across the Texas border). Maybe the "tag" was made in the USA! Now I gotta go check into the origins of those Safeway tiki cornholders.

P.S. - Although I may occasionaly stray to Home Depot or Big Lots to fulfill my tiki needs, I will continue to support the many artists, craftsmen & independent busnesses that contribute so much to enhance our lives (and the mana is much better at Bamboo Ben's than Home Depot...fer sure)!

[ Edited by: Shipwreckjoey on 2004-05-29 16:42 ]

Post #93510 by Shipwreckjoey on Sat, May 29, 2004 4:04 PM