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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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If you want to avoid goods made in a particular country and buy elsewhere, surely the country that manufactures the product could have bought the raw materials from the country you want to avoid? I got into an argument with my brother yesterday lol |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Of course and it happens alot on ebay/amazon.
I search for UK based products, and they are identical to china based  "
I try to avoid Amazon if i can. My bug with them is they don't pay full taxes in the UK |
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
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Most products can be traced fairly easily if you are interested in ethical sourcing it’s not hard, email them for a sourcing map.
Made in.... can be misleading
New Balance in Flimby import running shoe uppers and soles in separate boxes, press them together in a machine with glue already on the parts and simply add a made in England label. Then they go back into the original box for sale. The labels are also imported.
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"Of course and it happens alot on ebay/amazon.
I search for UK based products, and they are identical to china based "
Not much is produced in the UK now. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Most products can be traced fairly easily if you are interested in ethical sourcing it’s not hard, email them for a sourcing map.
Made in.... can be misleading
New Balance in Flimby import running shoe uppers and soles in separate boxes, press them together in a machine with glue already on the parts and simply add a made in England label. Then they go back into the original box for sale. The labels are also imported.
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Thanks. It's going to be tricky buying ethically sourced products these days, |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"If you want to avoid goods made in a particular country and buy elsewhere, surely the country that manufactures the product could have bought the raw materials from the country you want to avoid? I got into an argument with my brother yesterday lol"
its all made in china  |
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
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"Most products can be traced fairly easily if you are interested in ethical sourcing it’s not hard, email them for a sourcing map.
Made in.... can be misleading
New Balance in Flimby import running shoe uppers and soles in separate boxes, press them together in a machine with glue already on the parts and simply add a made in England label. Then they go back into the original box for sale. The labels are also imported.
Thanks. It's going to be tricky buying ethically sourced products these days, "
It can be but you can research it, any listed company will provide info. Another to watch out for is big cheapish brands that claim ethical offshore sourcing like M&S , Next, Tesco Cherokee - those 3 are the worst but many others are similar. They set standards and monitor production standards and workers pay and conditions periodically but also have aggressive call-off contracts that make suppliers hold stock at their own cost. When they place an order for say 10,000 items at €1 per item, the supplier cannot possibly deliver on those terms but needs the order so they will accept and then secretly subcontract to smaller factories with much worse conditions |
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