Easy for you to say, Mr. Hojillionaire.

About how much do you plan to spend? What are your expectations as to the durability of non-Chinese made clothes versus Chinese clothes? What in your house isn't made in China?

I am curious about the financial reality of trying to replace all Chinese made products with replacement products. By replacement products I mean those made outside of China and other southeast Asian countries, as I do not believe the quality control practices are much higher in, say, Vietnam, than in China.

Even if some clothes made in PRC are low-end, why would that extend to other industries? It seems to me that there's a ton of stuff made there, from high end to low end. If your stance is based on product quality, just buy stuff that is obviously well-made. It's easy enough to look for thicker fabrics, double-stitching and the like.

Getting to the level of figuring which chip fabs are good, and which are not could be difficult.

I'm having a hard time fully understanding the purpose here. If it's lashing out against poor quality, then China isn't the answer as there's just as much junk made all over the planet including North America. Focusing on high quality brands would make more sense to me.

Why toss out kitchen equipment from China? Do you really think glassware from China is flimsy/fragile compared to something else? What would you do with it? Haul it to the landfill? How does that help?

Do you consider Taiwan part of China? If so, you'll be quite limited for electronics choices.

In general I don't support the junk stores or brands myself, so I might be with you on this!

Regardless, converting the consumer herd mentality from "Lowest Price is BEST" to something more centered around quality or value is a long shot.

I'm to lazy to hunt down the official EU symbol on my keyboard

This reminds me of an experimnt I tried once. I decided to try weaning myself off of foreign made goods. I went to the mall and decided I'd look for new clothing. I figured start small. Electronics are probably impossible, was my thinking. I found 2 shirts in an entire mall. 2 shirts. Needless to say that that experiment phailed.

There's always nudist colonies.

Good god, man, you live in a completely different world than me. All of the goods/stores you listed here are way out of my typical range for my livelihood. Shoes? Dr. Scholl's from Target. Jackets or coats? Something once every 7ish years from Kohl's or maybe Sears if I want to spend a little more.

I sweat out budgeting for fresh produce over prepackaged foods for health reasons and balancing my budget on a monthly basis. Having a root canal (and another upcoming) broke my budget entirely for a 4-month period.

I can only wish my worries were something as simple as whether I should avoid Chinese-made goods. Seriously, be thankful you are as well off as you are. You're quite fortunate.

"Buy American!"

Honestly, I didn't know you were from Michigan.

I have had some issues with cheap store clothing like that from Old Navy. Most of the $15 jeans I've bought there have developed holes at some of the seams around the seat and pocket area after only a few months. I am going to wear them out as long as I can despite also fraying along the front pocket after only a few washes. I am definitely beginning to value $40-60 jeans that last for 4-5 years.

Shoes are similar. I lucked out and got a fabulous pair of Sketchers from Ross for $20 that lasted me 1.5 years. ( I wore them for 2) So of course I scoured a few Ross stores to find another pair and ended up getting a Pair of Reeboks for the same amount that lasted 5 months. So I went to the Sketchers outlet and got a pair for $50 and the quality of how they feel and how my feet feel after hours of standing or walking is remarkable.

The idea that only cheap crap is made in China is simply untrue anymore. Coach, Louis Vuiton, and many other high end designer products are being made in China. Large segments of the Boeing Dreamliner are being manufactured there as well.

If your aim is to avoid being saddled with poor quality crap, avoid shopping at Old Navy. The stuff you'll get at Brooks Brothers will be many times better and more durable irrespective of its country of origin.

My Xbox 360 and Cable Modem were made in Mexico.. I just checked.

Thats my biggest beef I think.. for instance I used to love Camper Shoes.. they were made in Spain were awesome in quality and design.. and then wham! they shifted everything to being made in China for the exact same cost (if not higher cost in some cases) with a noticeable drop in quality with their classic designs.. frankly unacceptable in my book.

Coach to.. F' that.. I'm not paying higher prices for lower quality goods.. I'm sticking with Clothing made in Italy, France, Spain, hell even here in the USA.

I'm working on the electronics.. but like I said.. I hate doing things half assed so we'll see.

Tumi is going to miss a very good customer though.. but I fired off a letter.

Well, if your goal is to be the American that the rest of the world hates, mission accomplished. Americans are pretty proud of the fact that we got rid of sweatshops, and came up with child labor laws. So the rest of the world sees it as pretty hypocritical of us to move operations abroad and still reap the benefits of these labor practices. And, well, it is. But at least most of us kind of just don't look at the tags, and try not to think about it.

Your take is more honest, though.

Got some business deal in the works, GG?

Wha? I'll grant you not spending money on future purchases that don't meet a certain criteria but why would you throw out perfectly good, perfectly usable items just because of some stamp on the bottom? I had you pegged a few notches higher on the fiscal intellect scale.