LETS STOP BUYING TOYS FROM CHINA & MAY IT CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THEIR OTHER PRODUCTS!
THEY HAVE KILLED OUR ANIMALS WITH THEIR ERRORS & NOW OUR CHILDREN! MAYBE IT IS INTENTIONAL?
BY NOW I THINK AMERICA SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMPETE AGAINST CHINA! IF NOT WE NEED TO MAKE THAT A PRIORITY!
We better get a good handle on this recall as if we let these toys stay on the market and the kids get exposed to all that lead, we can pretty much succumb to the fact that we will have a whole bunch of liberal democrats voting in about 16-18 years.
Finally, something to drive up Product Recall and Product Liability rates!
Gather them lawyers in a circle, boys, and don’t shoot until you see the reds of their eyes!
China, you stink. Dump your garbage on our market and then tell us you believe in an open market economy – especially as the containers sailing Westbound from LA and Seattle are loaded with dollars.
Be thankful your manufacturers don’t generally have locations here in the US, so you can continue to shield yourselves from litigation.
Now what are we going to do about a new supplier? Let’s Go Vietnam! Sorry, but not until my brothers and sisters are brought back home.
Why not establish a 51st State somewhere Nort of the Mexican border and utilize our own foreign workforce?
Wouldn’t it be great if the Olympic rings for next years Summer Games contained lead paint, and had to be recalled!
And this in a city whose pollution is so bad, the government is spending billions to relocate their worst polluters just so the athletes can breathe.
I wonder if the factories are going to be rebuilt with newer, cleaner technology? Would seem like a great way to get rid of some of their trade surplus, by purchasing a scrubber or two from an American manufacturer, and then copy the technology and reproduce the machine by the thousands.
Or, instead of killing their cityzens, maybe its time to wipe out some agrarians.
Something nobody can blame Bush for. Maybe for once we should blame Corporate America whose more interests in PROFITS than health.
Take a hint from the movie Tommy Boy
sadly, how many times are we going to have this argument while people shuffle in and out of places like walmart? this debate is as old as i am. and yet, i haven’t really seen much of a change. i’ve seen local businesses get eaten up by these corporation giants for years…yes, people plead and plead, “BUY AMERICAN!” but saying it isn’t going to solve the problem.
Isn’t a free market, first of all, free? Of course there’s corporate greed, but we live in a profit-driven economy, and it’s my opinion that each and every one of us participates in it and profits from it. And when we’re criticizing the Chinese for being polluters, let’s not forget that the U.S., with 20% of the world’s population, gobbles up 80% of the world’s resources and produces more than 80% of the world’s pollution. Wait till the Chinese catch up to our Western technologies and consumer ethics…the world will become totally polluted if they continue along the path that the U.S. has forged.
You are absolutely correct. The US is the worlds largest polluter, and when you factor in the percentage of exporter GNP focused on our market, a tremendous amount of damage to the planet is done either by us or for us.
But at least we here in the cities can breathe cleaner. And yes I wish I didn’t drive almost 60 miles (each way) to the office, in my mini-SUV, but that’s my fault and an acknowledgement that mass transit is not an alternative for my commute.
Responsibility for our actions begins at home. Maybe I’ll just move closer to the office (if I could afford it and still get my kids in a top-nothc school system).
Yes, it’s a free market, it just pains me when people start barking “buy AMERICAN.” But odds are when they go to the store, they just shrug and say, “i have no choices.”
and please don’t bring your al gore rants to the stage, i’m tired of that played out crap. give up AC and start walking to work and i will listen.
Usually I agree with you, and I like your angle on many issues, but not in this instance.
If I started walking Monday morning at 7 AM, I will arrive in time to go home Tuesday afternoon.
And that’s if I only walk 9 hours a day at just over 3MPH. Can you say OUCH?
Ima – I appreciate the comments. I should have clarified more…i am tired of people TELLING ME how to live when they themselves don’t practice what they preach. heck, i’m guilty of it, too. we’re all guilty of it. i don’t want to walk to work either, my compromise with the environment was to buy a small car with good gas mileage instead of a huge SUV. i don’t expect you to walk to work. i know i wouldn’t (i’ve done that before and know it’s no treate!) :) but like i mentioned, i’m tired of people spouting off about how awful our environment is when the majority of people don’t practice what they preach. I’m tired of people saying “buy AMERICAN” and then shrug their shoulders and go to discount stores. it’s easy to talk the talk, but rarely do you see people walk the walk.
While it’s very hard to buy American because so few things are manufactured here, it’s possible to NOT buy Chinese if you look hard enough. We’ve had to cave in on small electronics but on nearly everything else there are alternatives. And we stay out of Wal-Mart. Period.
I’m glad that the fact that the Chinese just don’t care about anything but making things cheap is coming to light. Our boycott has been based more on their egregious human rights violations but we also hate buying things so flimsy they’ll have to be replaced more often. It’s not worth it.
Namaste, Prakashgi. A point well made but passion can shine through even though our thoughts are clearer than our typing skils. Oops I meant skulls. Wait, let me try that agin. Drats and double drats I better get back to wrok.
Maybe I missed it but there are so many products manufactured in China that are absolutely scary, unsafe ( Tires anyone)pet foods, toys, food, toothpaste,etc.
My son resides in Bosnia and I asked hime to read labels for manufacturing country. We in the US continue to gobble up products without checking labels.. And those companies that outsource,,, well I just hope they can afford recalls. I hope underwriters ask critical questions of a company seeking recall coverage. If you import China products, no coverage!
There are enough people trying not to buy “China Products” as the companies are getting very creative in labeling products. There is a requirement products be marked where they are made. Now you will see in much larger letters “Distributed by XYZ out of ANY AMERICAN CITY, ANY STATE. Also have noticed “USA” and “AMERICAN” being incorporated into the company title of off the wall Chinese companies. Another tactic is “owned by” “An AMERICAN Company” (very large) then “Made in China” (very small). Please be aware, and be vigilant of the products you buy. If China wants us to be their customer, we should demand the quality we would demand of ourselves in any industry. Quality does cost, our companies would again be able to compete. We the AMERICAN people can make the difference by what we buy and what we demand in quality.
As a first time pregnant mother I find the company to be not worthy of producing toys for peoples children who are more precious to their parents than just making money. This in awful. Being pregnant with my first child i feel that they are fully responsible for this recall and any children affected by it. STOP ENDANGERING PEOPLES CHILDREN!
Ouch, Heather. My eyes are bleeding. After I read your IMPERATIVE LAST SENTENCE I went out and cancelled my supply contract with my supplier in Kung Pao.
The only thing worse than your grammer is that your comment is aimed blindly at the wrong crowd. And now my eyes hurt having read it, or at least after I hit the Translate button.
Congratulations on your good news and I hope all goes well. But make sure you tell all your friends and families to give your child only products made in the USA. That’s the only impact you can have on the marketplace.
And years from now you can explain to your distraught child why their toy cabinet is so bare. Good intentions but regrettably unrealistic in today’s world.
Unless of course you work for Big Toy Box Co’s insurer and can deny all the Product Claims arising out of the poor-source selection. Then, Baby, Go To Town!!!
As a mother of two young children, a toddler, and a 6-year-old, I admit that I am alarmed by the recent recalls due to lead. Lead is known to cause mental and emotional problems in children. Even more disturbing is the fact that lead poisoning can cause DEATH. This is a serious matter, one not to be taken lightly. I’m sure I speak for many parents and grandparents out there when I say that our top priority is protecting our children. As it is, I am ready to stop purchasing Chinese-made toys…even if they DO make up 80% of the toys out there. Furthermore, if the toy chests in my children’s rooms are bare, then so be it. Honestly, I actually AM going to politely ask my friends and family to refrain from buying my children toys this Christmas. I think it would be a good way to show my children how we can have fun without spending a lot of money, or without “getting lots of ‘stuff'”…If my children’s lives are impacted in a hugely negative way due to their lack of toys(for the amount of time it takes our country to offer its consumers safe merchandise), then I will explain to them that it was either having lots of new play things, or risking their health and safety. What’s more important….”having stuff”…or…”being safe, healthy, and alive”…? –This is just my opinion; you be the judge…
To what measures would you be willing to go in order to ensure your children’s safety? Some would quit their jobs, others would move to another town…many would risk their lives. –If you knew that you would be putting the lives of your children at risk by allowing them to play with certain toys, wouldn’t you consider it reasonable to stop buying those toys for your children? Is having a ‘full’ toy cabinet (of possibly lead-tainted toys) so much better than having a ‘bare’ one? Is it so “unrealistic” to assume that there are people in our society who continue to value life and relationships more than we value ownership and material things? Hmmm….
I want some of the adresses of the compasnies that produce laptop toys In China .By laptop toys I mean those toys that are educational and are like laptop (not real laptop ).
LETS STOP BUYING TOYS FROM CHINA & MAY IT CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THEIR OTHER PRODUCTS!
THEY HAVE KILLED OUR ANIMALS WITH THEIR ERRORS & NOW OUR CHILDREN! MAYBE IT IS INTENTIONAL?
BY NOW I THINK AMERICA SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMPETE AGAINST CHINA! IF NOT WE NEED TO MAKE THAT A PRIORITY!
We better get a good handle on this recall as if we let these toys stay on the market and the kids get exposed to all that lead, we can pretty much succumb to the fact that we will have a whole bunch of liberal democrats voting in about 16-18 years.
Finally, something to drive up Product Recall and Product Liability rates!
Gather them lawyers in a circle, boys, and don’t shoot until you see the reds of their eyes!
China, you stink. Dump your garbage on our market and then tell us you believe in an open market economy – especially as the containers sailing Westbound from LA and Seattle are loaded with dollars.
Be thankful your manufacturers don’t generally have locations here in the US, so you can continue to shield yourselves from litigation.
Now what are we going to do about a new supplier? Let’s Go Vietnam! Sorry, but not until my brothers and sisters are brought back home.
Why not establish a 51st State somewhere Nort of the Mexican border and utilize our own foreign workforce?
Let’s outsource our toy manufacturing endeavors to India…everything else seems to be going there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989
Do we want toys for our children made in a country that kills its own children?
Wouldn’t it be great if the Olympic rings for next years Summer Games contained lead paint, and had to be recalled!
And this in a city whose pollution is so bad, the government is spending billions to relocate their worst polluters just so the athletes can breathe.
I wonder if the factories are going to be rebuilt with newer, cleaner technology? Would seem like a great way to get rid of some of their trade surplus, by purchasing a scrubber or two from an American manufacturer, and then copy the technology and reproduce the machine by the thousands.
Or, instead of killing their cityzens, maybe its time to wipe out some agrarians.
Finally.
Something nobody can blame Bush for. Maybe for once we should blame Corporate America whose more interests in PROFITS than health.
Take a hint from the movie Tommy Boy
MADE IN AMERICA, BY AMERICANS, FOR AMERICANS
Nice tommy boy reference!!
sadly, how many times are we going to have this argument while people shuffle in and out of places like walmart? this debate is as old as i am. and yet, i haven’t really seen much of a change. i’ve seen local businesses get eaten up by these corporation giants for years…yes, people plead and plead, “BUY AMERICAN!” but saying it isn’t going to solve the problem.
Isn’t a free market, first of all, free? Of course there’s corporate greed, but we live in a profit-driven economy, and it’s my opinion that each and every one of us participates in it and profits from it. And when we’re criticizing the Chinese for being polluters, let’s not forget that the U.S., with 20% of the world’s population, gobbles up 80% of the world’s resources and produces more than 80% of the world’s pollution. Wait till the Chinese catch up to our Western technologies and consumer ethics…the world will become totally polluted if they continue along the path that the U.S. has forged.
You are absolutely correct. The US is the worlds largest polluter, and when you factor in the percentage of exporter GNP focused on our market, a tremendous amount of damage to the planet is done either by us or for us.
But at least we here in the cities can breathe cleaner. And yes I wish I didn’t drive almost 60 miles (each way) to the office, in my mini-SUV, but that’s my fault and an acknowledgement that mass transit is not an alternative for my commute.
Responsibility for our actions begins at home. Maybe I’ll just move closer to the office (if I could afford it and still get my kids in a top-nothc school system).
Yes, it’s a free market, it just pains me when people start barking “buy AMERICAN.” But odds are when they go to the store, they just shrug and say, “i have no choices.”
and please don’t bring your al gore rants to the stage, i’m tired of that played out crap. give up AC and start walking to work and i will listen.
Usually I agree with you, and I like your angle on many issues, but not in this instance.
If I started walking Monday morning at 7 AM, I will arrive in time to go home Tuesday afternoon.
And that’s if I only walk 9 hours a day at just over 3MPH. Can you say OUCH?
Ima – I appreciate the comments. I should have clarified more…i am tired of people TELLING ME how to live when they themselves don’t practice what they preach. heck, i’m guilty of it, too. we’re all guilty of it. i don’t want to walk to work either, my compromise with the environment was to buy a small car with good gas mileage instead of a huge SUV. i don’t expect you to walk to work. i know i wouldn’t (i’ve done that before and know it’s no treate!) :) but like i mentioned, i’m tired of people spouting off about how awful our environment is when the majority of people don’t practice what they preach. I’m tired of people saying “buy AMERICAN” and then shrug their shoulders and go to discount stores. it’s easy to talk the talk, but rarely do you see people walk the walk.
I didn’t mean to put your name as my name in my comment….what can i say, it’s the end of the day!
Just go home. And drive safely.
While it’s very hard to buy American because so few things are manufactured here, it’s possible to NOT buy Chinese if you look hard enough. We’ve had to cave in on small electronics but on nearly everything else there are alternatives. And we stay out of Wal-Mart. Period.
I’m glad that the fact that the Chinese just don’t care about anything but making things cheap is coming to light. Our boycott has been based more on their egregious human rights violations but we also hate buying things so flimsy they’ll have to be replaced more often. It’s not worth it.
A push for quality American products might start with spell-checking some of the articles here in Insurance Journal. “quandrary” indeed. :roll2:
Namaste, Prakashgi. A point well made but passion can shine through even though our thoughts are clearer than our typing skils. Oops I meant skulls. Wait, let me try that agin. Drats and double drats I better get back to wrok.
Maybe I missed it but there are so many products manufactured in China that are absolutely scary, unsafe ( Tires anyone)pet foods, toys, food, toothpaste,etc.
My son resides in Bosnia and I asked hime to read labels for manufacturing country. We in the US continue to gobble up products without checking labels.. And those companies that outsource,,, well I just hope they can afford recalls. I hope underwriters ask critical questions of a company seeking recall coverage. If you import China products, no coverage!
There are enough people trying not to buy “China Products” as the companies are getting very creative in labeling products. There is a requirement products be marked where they are made. Now you will see in much larger letters “Distributed by XYZ out of ANY AMERICAN CITY, ANY STATE. Also have noticed “USA” and “AMERICAN” being incorporated into the company title of off the wall Chinese companies. Another tactic is “owned by” “An AMERICAN Company” (very large) then “Made in China” (very small). Please be aware, and be vigilant of the products you buy. If China wants us to be their customer, we should demand the quality we would demand of ourselves in any industry. Quality does cost, our companies would again be able to compete. We the AMERICAN people can make the difference by what we buy and what we demand in quality.
As a first time pregnant mother I find the company to be not worthy of producing toys for peoples children who are more precious to their parents than just making money. This in awful. Being pregnant with my first child i feel that they are fully responsible for this recall and any children affected by it. STOP ENDANGERING PEOPLES CHILDREN!
Ouch, Heather. My eyes are bleeding. After I read your IMPERATIVE LAST SENTENCE I went out and cancelled my supply contract with my supplier in Kung Pao.
The only thing worse than your grammer is that your comment is aimed blindly at the wrong crowd. And now my eyes hurt having read it, or at least after I hit the Translate button.
Congratulations on your good news and I hope all goes well. But make sure you tell all your friends and families to give your child only products made in the USA. That’s the only impact you can have on the marketplace.
And years from now you can explain to your distraught child why their toy cabinet is so bare. Good intentions but regrettably unrealistic in today’s world.
Unless of course you work for Big Toy Box Co’s insurer and can deny all the Product Claims arising out of the poor-source selection. Then, Baby, Go To Town!!!
I wonder if it would make Heather feel any better that the Chinese executive whose company probably made these toys committed suicide?
As a mother of two young children, a toddler, and a 6-year-old, I admit that I am alarmed by the recent recalls due to lead. Lead is known to cause mental and emotional problems in children. Even more disturbing is the fact that lead poisoning can cause DEATH. This is a serious matter, one not to be taken lightly. I’m sure I speak for many parents and grandparents out there when I say that our top priority is protecting our children. As it is, I am ready to stop purchasing Chinese-made toys…even if they DO make up 80% of the toys out there. Furthermore, if the toy chests in my children’s rooms are bare, then so be it. Honestly, I actually AM going to politely ask my friends and family to refrain from buying my children toys this Christmas. I think it would be a good way to show my children how we can have fun without spending a lot of money, or without “getting lots of ‘stuff'”…If my children’s lives are impacted in a hugely negative way due to their lack of toys(for the amount of time it takes our country to offer its consumers safe merchandise), then I will explain to them that it was either having lots of new play things, or risking their health and safety. What’s more important….”having stuff”…or…”being safe, healthy, and alive”…? –This is just my opinion; you be the judge…
Hi Sari, :)
To what measures would you be willing to go in order to ensure your children’s safety? Some would quit their jobs, others would move to another town…many would risk their lives. –If you knew that you would be putting the lives of your children at risk by allowing them to play with certain toys, wouldn’t you consider it reasonable to stop buying those toys for your children? Is having a ‘full’ toy cabinet (of possibly lead-tainted toys) so much better than having a ‘bare’ one? Is it so “unrealistic” to assume that there are people in our society who continue to value life and relationships more than we value ownership and material things? Hmmm….
Dear Sir Or Madam
I want some of the adresses of the compasnies that produce laptop toys In China .By laptop toys I mean those toys that are educational and are like laptop (not real laptop ).
I look forwars for an early reply .
Best