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jpsnowbumb
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Doesn’t anyone think that is sucks that ski are not made in the US? We are all patriotic support other countries financially.

K2 is made in China! What the hell??

Nov 26 2004 11:21AM
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kyle_w
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well i know my 4frnts were made in california, and thata all i care about











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Nov 26 2004 11:29AM
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who cares seriously
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Nov 26 2004 1:25PM
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uhh, wanna know why k2 skis are way morr affordable than their competitors? take one guess...



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Nov 26 2004 1:28PM
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tandan83
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a lot of companies (all the biggest ones) like dynastar, salomon, rossi, head, ect. are made in europe. it's the same as in any other industry. if someone wants to support the us, they buy a ford or chevy or something. since i cant afford to buy a new car, i will buy some 4frnts.





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Nov 26 2004 1:30PM
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Ryno
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ever heard of outsourcing? cause the US does a LOT of it
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Nov 26 2004 1:40PM
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jib.ninja
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ever been to the european factories? They are in ghetto's with pretty low standards of living that are hard to find and capitilize on in the US. so K2 goes to china, who cares, it still flows plenty of $$ into the US economy as that is where K2 pays tax's. and how many people work in a ski factory? a few dozen... maybe thats stretching it... and it means the skiis are able to be more competetively priced.

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Nov 26 2004 2:05PM
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Dallan!
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^ yeah many skis are made in polen and such.. but still you both see and feel a differense beetween the ones that are made there and the ones that are made in austria etc.
But mostly they only make the cheaper skis in the different segments in those type of factorys.





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Nov 26 2004 2:24PM
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R-Bertsch
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my expressions are auf deutschland! i have no problem with that being german lol
Nov 26 2004 2:25PM
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Ryno
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us companies outsource their products to other countries with lower minimum wages or crappy workers right so they can build their stuff cheaper so you the consumer pays less.

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Nov 26 2004 2:33PM
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jpsnowbumb
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Ya what happens when you guys try to find jobs??


Nov 26 2004 7:14PM
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jpsnowbumb
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Ya and those companies dont pay wages here and its f-ing up are economy, look at how low the dollar is!

And buy the way most fords and cheveys are made in mexico or canada!
Nov 26 2004 7:16PM
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beep
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^^ god, learn a little grammar. education is free in the country. fucking pay attention.

and when you say 'fuck ski companies' cause some things are made in china, you should really say 'fuck pretty much everything i own' because i bet all of your clothes, shoes, etc are made somewhere in asia.
Nov 26 2004 7:23PM
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SnowCoast
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George W. Bush is a pro when it comes to outsorceing.
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Nov 26 2004 7:23PM
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jpsnowbumb
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That is my point we don’t make almost anything in the US. I want to buy US products, but there are almost none. Why doesn’t anyone care about this?
Nov 26 2004 7:28PM
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jpsnowbumb
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Our country will go to hell if we keep this up, that is all I’m going to say!
Nov 26 2004 7:31PM
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SnowCoast
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I think you'd be surprised at how many people care. But, the American cannot possibly pay higher prices for domestically manufactured goods. The cost of paying laborers in the US at minimum wage for the same service in China is so much more that it would force them to raise prices higher. Its impractical for a business to do so, except for dedicated core freeskiing companies, cause its cool.
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Nov 26 2004 7:31PM
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BeLeiVeTheHyPe57
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i can tell u this...liberty, ninthward, 4frnt, and factions are all made in the us. support them. im not saying companies like k2 are bad but i mean, skiing is trying to get bigger and we need more companies.
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Nov 26 2004 7:32PM
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TeenageWasteland
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explain why we should care...it's just skis
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Nov 26 2004 7:33PM
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jpsnowbumb
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They make skis in Canada, France and Germany I don’t think that labor is that much cheeped there.
Nov 26 2004 7:34PM
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beep
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so paying illegal aliens for buying a 'us product' is the solution?
Nov 26 2004 7:34PM
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jpsnowbumb
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What does that mean, there are no illegal in those countries. The solution is corporate responsibility, and not going to some 3rd world nation to make all our shit. Its cheaper but it has a negative impact on our whole society.
Nov 26 2004 7:39PM
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beep
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what a hippie response.
Nov 26 2004 7:44PM
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vantownloc
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to respond to the actual thread; no i don't. the US is a facist state. i'm happy as a clam that my skis are made in canada. even though the $ goes to the states.

get over the USA. noone outside of it has any respect for it at all. and btw; i hold a US passport so i'm allowed to comment.
Nov 26 2004 7:46PM
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Axle
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if your saying F ski companies then apply it to cars man! we should no longer allow the sale of volvo, porsche, mercedes, bmw, toyota, honda, audi, volkswagon, mazda, ferrarii.....HEY its the ski manufacturers choice as to where they make theyre ski...most the companies arnt even AMERICAN, so why should they move to the US just so you can be patriotic? ps the europeans make better cars than us
Nov 26 2004 7:48PM
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jpsnowbumb
Posts: 173 - Karma: 10
Ya ok I’m an idealist, sorry just got pissed of when I saw a made in china sticker on my K2 Seth pistols. Kind of felt like I just bought something Wal-Mart.
Nov 26 2004 7:48PM
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vantownloc
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^ that's cool bro. no worries.
Nov 26 2004 7:50PM
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FreshCoast
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Outsourcing jobs actually benefits the global economy, not that anyone should ever care about that...
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Nov 26 2004 7:50PM
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jpsnowbumb
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First of all the Japanies make better cars than the Europeans, and many of those companies make there cars here now. That is good because they give Americans like me and you jobs!

And most of the US cars are made in Mexico and Canada!

Nov 26 2004 7:51PM
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vantownloc
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yeah canada!!! now that's a country to be proud of. that is if you can be proud of any country.
Nov 26 2004 7:53PM
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Axle
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dude freshcoast....if you start talking about beifiting globalization then you better be careful, hahaha most americans will kill ppl for saying the truth like that
Nov 26 2004 7:54PM
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vantownloc
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holy, sorry if i started this patriotic thing. eeech, patriotism.
Nov 26 2004 7:55PM
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jpsnowbumb
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This is fun!!
Nov 26 2004 7:56PM
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rockymountainmilitia
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yeah man why not make a product where the operations will be cheaper. believe me 4frnt and faction will move to other countrys for cheaper product its just that they are not big enough too yet. Companys which employee the 3rd world arent making a bad impact on society they are helping develop a global market. A country like thailand pays there workers 3 to 7 dollars a day, if another country decides to go in and build a factory they are creating alot of jobs and these people will be paid more then a minimum because the more companies moving intot he country the more the government will set the minimum wage at. these people then have new income which they spend in their own country therefore helping others in their country, which is not a bad thing. why do you think china is becoming a major player in todays economy, becuase they have the cheap labour and mass populations to do so. take an intro level business course before you shit on cheap labour again.
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Nov 26 2004 7:59PM
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jpsnowbumb
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Take a course in macro-economics.
Nov 26 2004 8:01PM
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jpsnowbumb
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So you want your jobs to go to someone else? And all the money to go to big business?
Nov 26 2004 8:04PM
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lilgreen
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FUCK THIS FUCKING SITE AND ALL YOU LITTLE BITCHS
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Nov 26 2004 8:05PM
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jpsnowbumb
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Ok all I got to say is that I want to buy some American made products! I want to support my country! Even if it means paying a little extra!

Nov 26 2004 8:07PM
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Axle
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then research your products and PAY the xtra...none of us are gona stop you, just dont think your better than us cuz we value a globalized ecomomy over a patriotic dream
Nov 26 2004 8:10PM
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UTmeathead
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Isn't Faction a European company?
Nov 26 2004 8:18PM
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lines made in CANADA baby wooooooooo!

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Nov 26 2004 11:30PM
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devine
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who cares everything u own has a peice made in china



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Nov 26 2004 11:31PM
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Dallan!
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move to sweden its all good.





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Nov 27 2004 11:28AM
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hemlockjibber8
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why the hell is everyone saying that faction is american. is it because they are core. and only americans can make cool core companies. if europeans do that then they arent core and they are just trying to reap benfites off the ski industry. FACTION IS EUROPEAN.
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Nov 27 2004 12:57PM
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skogenjake
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haha on they tail of my fujatives there was a black and white 'made in china' sticker. thats the ultimate slap in the face- the sticker. but still they're incredible skis and i dont care where they're made

i got in a car crash,got shot at,and attacked by a fucking bobcat. cross country is boring.
Nov 27 2004 1:19PM
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jib.ninja
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someone explain to me why the hell you would want to move your country back to an industrial age? opening mass production factories is NOT the way to grow an economy...
Nov 29 2004 11:59AM
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d-loc
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uhh isnt there a rossi factory in colorado or utah? cuz i was going to get my skis warrentied and someone told me they had a factory out west.



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Nov 29 2004 12:54PM
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personally i dont think it matters where they were made, as long as there good skis, and the price is right
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Nov 29 2004 12:55PM
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JackBach
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I'd be more concerned about what I'm buying than who I'm buying it from.
Nov 29 2004 1:07PM
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jpsnowbumb
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How can you have an economy when you don’t make anything and really on imports? That is why we have such a huge trade deficit!
Nov 30 2004 2:09AM
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kendrick
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Squabble, squabble.
Okay people, here's the gig... If you manufacture in the U.S. the price isn't just a little more, it's a lot more. For a young company to manufacture domestically means that they have to EAT IT on their profits. Eight out of ten young businesses in the U.S. fail. To plan on manufacturing domestically in the long term is to commit financial suicide because there aren't enough of you buying strictly domestic product to support a fledgeling business. Maybe it's cool to produce in the U.S. but is it cool to go out of business? In the name of cool? If these small companies who manufacture in the U.S. actually survive more than a few years, they will be finding producting in China. Plus, dudes, the Chinese need the labor way more than we do. Those who work in the factories are lucky because they have a job. As a result, the quality is much better and the price is much lower. Sorry skeptics, but that's how it is.

I'm feeling a bit less patriotic than usual since W. got re-elected :(
Nov 30 2004 11:14AM
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