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52. Yeah. As long as the TV is truly assemled in the USA, then I can't really fault them for that.

Mon Nov 17, 2014, 11:42 AM

Nov 2014

However, the artwork makes a customer think that the TV is made in the USA, with the patriotic-style flag and such. That's the subliminal advertising.

I work for an online seller of clothing apparel and shoes. Very little of what we sell is Made in the USA.

The brands we do sell that are Made in the USA are *SOME* (not all) New Balance shoes, Pro Club T-shirts (but not fleece pants or sweatshirts), Carhartt clothing, and On-Field AC Perf New Era hats.

Other than those, nearly everything we sell is "Made in China", "Made in Taiwan", "Made in <Insert Central or South American country>", "Made in Indonesia", "Made in India", or "Made in Vietnam".

Ironically, one of our fellow business partners who has a store in China said that his Chinese customers don't like buying things "Made in China", because they know those things are crap. They look for "Made in the USA", because that is a status symbol there.

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Walmart�s �Made In USA� Televisions Are Allegedly Made In China [View all] demmiblue Nov 2014 OP

Walmart is a republican company---They love America and would never lie. Kingofalldems Nov 2014 #1

You mean lie down, but tell a flat falsehood? Oh, yeah. In a heartbeat. They do it every minute. nt valerief Nov 2014 #44

They ought to be prosecuted for this blatant lie madokie Nov 2014 #2

Element Electronics? Because it is they who are making the claim. Nye Bevan Nov 2014 #5

To Walmart, it's just sport. Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #45

What's old is new. They had a similar initiative in the late '80s louis-t Nov 2014 #3

Thank you for being willing to protest, louis-t. brer cat Nov 2014 #4

the gif in your sig... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2014 #11

I have one of those... Spazito Nov 2014 #12

My last cat died 8 years or so ago... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2014 #13

Geez, losing a pet to poisoning is awful... Spazito Nov 2014 #14

I have three grandchildren living with me... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2014 #15

I completely agree, my cat, at first, was very agressive due to, I believe, having been abused... Spazito Nov 2014 #17

My best friends cat just went over in one night 2008 or 2007 I believe lunasun Nov 2014 #27

I won't eat food from China... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2014 #34

Exactly here he thought he was buying something a little better that friskies or whiskas lunasun Nov 2014 #39

I remember a Walmart in the town I wasing living in back then that had a sign claiming they had livingonearth Nov 2014 #40

Why the focus on Walmart in this thread Nye Bevan Nov 2014 #6

Walmart has a responsibility to ensure what they are advertising as... Spazito Nov 2014 #8

And how about the other retailers who also sold these products? (nt) Nye Bevan Nov 2014 #9

They have the same responsibility... Spazito Nov 2014 #10

Target gets too many passes i m o. Walmart is the mother of them all + Sam's club Is lunasun Nov 2014 #28

Sam's Club is Wal Mart. LeftyMom Nov 2014 #16

Perhaps the irony? salin Nov 2014 #19

^^^this^^^ progressoid Nov 2014 #31

thx for the plug. Sometimes I forget salin Nov 2014 #41

Walmart, a company that makes sewage smell better than they do... Spazito Nov 2014 #7

So is Target yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #51

The OP is about Walmart... Spazito Nov 2014 #54

I am at Walmart right now yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #56

LOL, that says it all n/t Spazito Nov 2014 #57

I have friends sorry. Some don't. yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #58

LOL! Nice try at an empty smear... Spazito Nov 2014 #60

Whatever. Obviously I am outside of Walmart talking yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #62

Please show me where I 'slandered' you? Spazito Nov 2014 #63

Lol. I just knew when I posted that I was at Walmart yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #67

Actually, it is about Walmart, Target, Meijer, Sam�s Club, and QVC joeglow3 Nov 2014 #61

The OP is about Walmart... Spazito Nov 2014 #64

Whatever. You get the point and are trying play semantics joeglow3 Nov 2014 #65

Facts are pretending? Wow...just wow! n/t Spazito Nov 2014 #66

It was probably selling like hot-cakes... ReRe Nov 2014 #18

No they bought the box with the flag on it . That will console lunasun Nov 2014 #30

At least they don't "assemble" them with prison labor. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #20

Should say 1% assembled in USA? Omaha Steve Nov 2014 #21

The TV pictured on the box was made in America.. LeftinOH Nov 2014 #22

It is pretty clear if you just read the FTC website snooper2 Nov 2014 #24

That's not possible. There's a flag on the box and everything. n/t Orsino Nov 2014 #23

A similar version H. Cromwell Nov 2014 #25

The best sounding TV period . At Walmart? Already lies on the box so America probably does not lunasun Nov 2014 #26

'assembled' in the u.s.a. oldandhappy Nov 2014 #29

I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell ya. progressoid Nov 2014 #32

If it's walmart it's the same damn trick they do with Sanyo PatrynXX Nov 2014 #33

"Wal-Mart" and "Made in USA" AngryDem001 Nov 2014 #35

I'm surprised China hasn't simply renamed a large manufacturing city 'USA'. tanyev Nov 2014 #36

! demmiblue Nov 2014 #37

, blkmusclmachine Nov 2014 #38

Now why am I surprised? deafskeptic Nov 2014 #42

Marcy Kaptur used to call them "Screwdriver Factories". Elwood P Dowd Nov 2014 #43

Wasn't there a law passed that made such labeling illegal? rocktivity Nov 2014 #46

i got one joglee Nov 2014 #47

Assembled in the USA is not the same as Made in the USA. 4lbs Nov 2014 #49

I do agree joglee Nov 2014 #50

Yeah. As long as the TV is truly assemled in the USA, then I can't really fault them for that. 4lbs Nov 2014 #52

Hmm. Going to Best Buy, one sees TVs with brand names of Samsung, Toshiba, Sony, Sharp, etc. 4lbs Nov 2014 #48

Of course no major electronics are made in America, we're too damn tall!!!! Revanchist Nov 2014 #53

the box says 'assembled in america', not 'made in america.' they hope u won't notice. eom ellenfl Nov 2014 #55

A great many products also so "distributed by" some US-based company Orrex Nov 2014 #59