Trangbang68 said:

“We ship trees to China, they ship back finished products cheaper than we can make them. That is in an industry that doesn’t pay particularly well here and is short on benefits. The quality of the doors is pretty atrocious. A lot of the driving force in globalism seems to be the bottom line; the cheaper the better.”

I have a problem with buying foreign tools. I was once prepared to pay 10% more for a tool of equal quality if it was “Made in America”. Unfortunately I now find myself in the situation where the foreign tool is of superior quality to the American version and costs significantly less. I now feel like a sucker/idiot when I buy American tools. If you don’t believe me, go to your local hardware store and price a 1/4 inch drill bit, USA versus Chinese made (the Chinese drill bit will probably have a superior coating on it and cost significantly less). It’s frightening how badly we have had our doors blown off by the Chinese.

Of course, the “good news” is that decent quality tools are incredibly cheap. That was the bait for the trap that we now find ourselves in.