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Contact us It might cost a little more, but it's made in Dixie
-slogan from an old American car company

It feels great to use products that are made in the USA. Even though they can cost a little more, I find they often last longer, and I get a kick out of the "Made in USA" label every time I see it. This website is dedicated to finding and offering the most desirable products that are made in America. I created it because I am tired of paying huge prices for products that I know were made in places specifically because the labor there is so cheap (often because workers lack health insurance and basic rights) and businesses can maximize profit. Something about a $250 dress that's made in a third-world country just doesn't seem right to me.

It's not even that I want everything I buy to be American. I realize that to be a collector of fine watches, you have to venture to Switzerland, Germany, and Japan, if you want to ride a bike, you're going to have to go elsewhere (there are no bike chain manufacturers in the USA). It has got to be impossible to build a computer that's made entirely in the USA, and I imagine that there are some things, like diamonds, that just aren't mined in the US. So yes, even the most staunch American-goods lovers will have to venture outside the US for some things—or limit severely what they buy. That isn't what this site is about. I created it because every time I make a purchase, I think to myself how fantastic it would be if there was a way to check if there were an American-made alternative to whatever I'm about to buy.

The Extra Millimeter

A stamped steel pasta maker with unfinished edges, a whisk with wires a gauge too light, and a few plastic wineglasses , your Kitchenaid mixer becomes the outlier, a memory of when companies were proud to display the country of origin of their products in full effect. Your mixer feels like an anvil-as though every piece has an extra millimeter of thickness, while the imported products feel like they are a millimeter too thin.

Country of origin, in the news

Below, find two of the articles that got me thinking about why American products are worth pursuing.


Love it? Check the Label by Alex Williams	The New York times - 6 September 2007
"With so many mass-market goods made off-shore, American-made products, which are often more expensive, have come to connote luxury."

frontline: is wal-mart good for america?: interviews: gary gereffi	PBS - 9 September 2004
"... Suppliers like Rubbermaid valued innovation. They valued good quality for American products, and they also valued skilled workforces. Wal-Mart, on the other hand, has really led a race to the bottom in the U.S. economy, where buyers have the motivation to cut costs and lower prices, but U.S. jobs, U.S. suppliers are irrelevant to that process. ..."

*I know there are only 2 articles—and that one is old—but out of all the articles I've read, these two most closely describe my feelings on American products

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Nick Goddard
info@americadelivered.com
New York, NY USA