AKC F.C. Chinese made medals

[snowhound]

Quite a few of our dogs have honoured us recently by completing their AKC Field Champion Title. We get in the mail from the AKC a very nice certificate, which is good enough for us. However, we now also receive a cheap little medal from them, by seperate mail. What really, really irks me is that it is made in China. First of all, who needs it, but more than anything else, IF they want to give the owners a little medal, at least have it made in the U.S. or in Canada. Our dogs are running in Canada and in the U.S., not in China. I really don't want it, my dogs won't wear it running in the bush. Giving people a little medal like that is akin to the white man giving the Indians beads when they first came to North America. Is it supposed to make us feel better, after paying all the fees they have in place.? Have we forgotten that running dogs in competition is about the dogs, and not about the owners???
I'll be returning a whole bunch of them, stating the above.
Frieda Krpan
Branko's Beagles

[Tundra Beagle]

Frieda, you could give them a call just remember to press 1 for english. LOL

[Big Mike]

Excellent Points.........Please, know responses from Toyota, Nissian, and Honda Drivers

[Bobby Vest]

That is a great problem with this country try to find anything that is completely made in the U.S.A.

[S.R.Patch]

In the UK, there are makers of Hunt buttons for the Packs. I always thought something along those lines with a eyelet to add additional bars for each additional champion finished might be nice to pen on or magnet to the fridge... can't see a local maker not customizing something up for the non-for-profit org...

ps...Congrats to the hounds.

[NoBull]

Sadly this will continue like with most other products with recent changes in international trade it is cheaper for an American or Canadian company to have a medal made in China shipped here and distributed then it is to simply make it here. More then likely the distributor for these medals is an American company. Little can be done with this AKC is a business like any other business they have a bottom line to watch is it right No but not many of us criticize WalMart for outsourcing a large amount of it's stock.
The people who should be blamed for this are those that passed laws and made it cheaper to ship a product from half way around the world then to make it on our own continent decreasing jobs for us. In many cases those same people own or are receiving contributions from the owners of these companies. Greed is an ugly thing and sadly producing a cheap product and paying 1/25th the wages to do it shows more profit then producing a good product. Sorry just wanted to vent a little touchy on this subject. Thanks for noticing where it was made Frieda we all could stand to be a little more conscious of what we buy.

[madcatter]

well just for some info--my toyota was made in california,
more united autoworkers union jobs have been created by foriegn companies than the big three have created in the last 25 years


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[madcatter]

Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Honda, Toyota, Subaru, Nissan, Mazda, Hyundai and Mitsubishi, for example, all assemble vehicles in the U.S., while General Motors, Ford and Chrysler build several models in Mexico, Canada and elsewhere.
Is your car 'born in the USA'?
To make your determination you could follow the money and define a car's nationality by where the profits wind up. Somehow, though, it doesn't seem right to call a Honda Odyssey an "imported" car, since it's assembled in Alabama, has a U.S.-built engine and transmission, and contains 80 percent American-made parts. Conversely, can a PT Cruiser be considered "domestic" when it's assembled in Mexico with only 27 percent U.S.-made parts?

The American Automobile Labeling Act, or AALA, passed by Congress in 1992, sought to make it easy to "buy American." It requires the window price sticker to state where a vehicle was assembled and what percentage of its parts was U.S.-made.
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But it uses a confusing mishmash of formulas to calculate the percentage of American-made content and keeps brigades of pencil pushers at the car companies busy trying to track it all. The original idea was that at least 75 percent of a vehicle's parts had to come from the U.S. or Canada to qualify as "made in the USA." Yes, for some reason, parts made in Canada count. What's more, the percentage is not based on the quantity of parts, but their value. Ten $3 U.S.-made parts are required to offset one $30 imported part and so forth.

It's gotten to a point where you will have to make up your own mind what cars are "born in the USA." To help you decide, we have compiled a list of vehicles assembled in the U.S. Included is the country of origin for the engine and transmission -- also found on the window price sticker -- along with the percentage of parts content sourced from the U.S. and Canada.

All manufacturers have not submitted content information for every 2010 model. We have noted where we use 2009 content percentages. Click on a state to see what vehicles are assembled there

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/auto/is ... -made.aspx

[Casey Harner]

I drive a Toyota! Got a problem with that??

[madcatter]

i got 2 toyotas---one made in japan,and one nissan(us made)
nothing makes me laugh more than those with thier mexican silverados and dodges.

[johns03272008]

I drive a Toyota! Got a problem with that??

Ya its not a CHEVY!!!!!

[Salzer mtn]

My wife and i both own and drive Toyota. My Tacoma pickup has over one hundred thousand miles and all i've ever done is kept oil changed and greased. It drives as good and is at tight as when i bought it new. I used to drive Fords and Chev and the parts stores new my first name. I haven't been in a parts store to buy anything but motor oil in years. One of my sons own's and drives a Honda car and has over two hundred thousand on it.

[Casey Harner]

I love my Toyota Tundra. Its the best Truck I have ever drove or rode in. Its smooth as heck and rides very comfortably. I'm also pretty close to a Toyota Plant that provides many jobs for Americans as well. Every single part made for a car or truck, even a van isn't made in the USA, parts come from all over the world. So Chevy or Ford isn't always American Made. Not every thing is or will be made in the USA or Canada, get over it!

I love America, but we do complain a lot.

[Casey Harner]

I drive a Toyota! Got a problem with that??

Ya its not a CHEVY!!!!!

Shut up fool! You rode in the truck and was very impressed with it!!!

[johns03272008]

You got me there!!!!