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I thought all Craftsman stuff was supposed to be made in the US.



Maybe that's still true if it actually has the Craftsman label. I'm not sure. All I know is that many of the consumer type jacks and other items at Sears are now marked made in China. I guess I just take a different approach to tools. There's nothing I hate more than being in the middle of a job and having the tool break. That has happened to me *every* time I've purchased a Chinese tool, although I admit I haven't owned very many (for that reason). I only buy them when there is no alternative at any price (like the oil filter remover for my F150, which couldn't be a simpler device but still broke apart on the third oil change). Under no circumstances will I slide under a cage or lift a valued MC with tools of that quality.

There are other reasons I don't buy Chinese products, but they fall into OT areas that don't belong here. Incidentally, "Chink" is a racial slur. I'm sure you didn't mean anything by it, but because it's now part of the thread, I want to mention that my objections to Chinese imports have absolutely nothing to do with the Chinese people. I've visited China several times and lived there nearly a year. The citizenry suffers under a government too foul for words, but it's otherwise an interesting place with a friendly population and a great amount of unique history.



Jack

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