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Bill USA

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9. Here is a particularly important made in America product: the Bionic Wrench which Sears outsourced!
Sun May 5, 2013, 05:33 PM
May 2013

..."outsourced" as in 'stole and outsourced'..


Wrench Inventor Claims Sears Stole His Idea, Took It to China - ABC News
(video of this report at link)

In the small town of Cabot, Pa., Dan Brown is the proud inventor of the Bionic Wrench, a product made solely in Pennsylvania.

His goal from day one was to make his invention in America.

This time last year, Brown's factory was buzzing, with his employees working overtime to fulfill holiday orders. With the help of Sears, Brown's company sold more than 200,000 wrenches at Christmas alone.

"Last year was a great year," Brown said. "We got ourselves on a commercial and Sears had us in stores. We were going crazy."

Brown says he agreed with Sears not to sell his bionic wrench to any other national chain such as Lowe's or Home Depot. Brown's company continued business this year but suddenly there was no deal from Sears for Christmas.
(more)
http://abcnews.go.com/US/MadeInAmerica/wrench-inventor-claims-sears-stole-idea-china/story?id=17720122#.UYbMGxjD-mw


Made in USA Forevever - the Bionic Wrench


THE WRENCH
http://www.brookstone.com/6-inch-bionic-wrench?bkeid=compare%7cmercent%7cgooglebaseads%7csearch&mr:trackingCode=567274A6-C521-E211-BFCC-001B21A69EB0&mr:referralID=NA&mr:adType=pla&mr:ad=20923704324&mr:keyword=&mr:match=&mr:filter=20101249044&gclid=COnN-Pvy_7YCFaVcMgodKgYAUA


[font size="3"]ABC has been doing some great work over the last several months on made-in-America products![/font]


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Made in the USA links [View all] Bill USA May 2013 OP
So sad how few brands I recognize on the lists. mucifer May 2013 #1
That may be, but take a closer look matt819 May 2013 #2
Thanks TexasProgresive May 2013 #6
Bookmarked, tweeted and FB'd Triana May 2013 #3
Here is a particularly important made in America product: the Bionic Wrench which Sears outsourced! Bill USA May 2013 #9
That was seriously shitty of Sears. Triana May 2013 #11
k & r thanks for posting..... nt Stuart G May 2013 #4
More made in USA stuff... Snarkoleptic May 2013 #5
Thank you for theses amazing links. Delmette May 2013 #7
here's another: Made in USA Forever Bill USA May 2013 #10
k & r lovemydog May 2013 #8
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