What is The Price of Quality?

I was loading a new section for www.MadeinUSAForever.com  on furniture made here in the USA. A lot more similar American made furniture and other products will be coming soon.

On the furniture, I could not help but consider how much more the price tag is compared to the imported junk furniture at the big chain retailers.

Wal-Mart, and the like, have been encouraging us for years to only consider the price tag, and not factors like quality. Quality meaning how long the item will last in good condition under normal wear. After all, it is in Wal-Mart’s interest if we just throw away that broken/torn/worn item and buy another one. Naturally, they advertise how much money they have “saved” us, without considering how soon we will have to buy a second or third one. This does not even consider the jobs eliminated in the USA, worker conditions in China, etc., toxins in the products (83 MILLION toys recalled last year), etc.

They would have us buy cheap, low quality stuff and just throw it away and buy a new one in a few months, but we do have a choice. We can buy items that will last years. It ends up cheaper in the long run. Something with real meaning instead of just the disposable.

On the furniture, yes, solid hardwood American made furniture does have a higher price tag. However, in this case we really are talking something that really can last decades instead of just a year or two. Something that has real value, not just another throw away from the age of plastic.

Yes, it is worth it.

Todd Lipscomb

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