Would you pay more for trains made in the USA?

[thor]

Yes! Without a doubt but only if the quality was as good or better. Chinese made electronics has a long way to go though their castings seem pretty good. I wasnt pleased to see Made In China on a LIONEL train! In fact I wonder why they even allow it.

I would love to do an MTH, startup a company building trains in the U.S., I simply don't believe it can't be done economically.

[Anonymous]

I'll pay more for "quality", not more only because something was made here. I own a Saturn and buy Arttista figures, both made in the USA. But most of the things I buy are made in China. Joe

[FJ and G]

Say 15 or 20% more?

Prices of toy trains are already too high, many would say, but if they were made here, they'd be higher still.

Sure, people complain about jobs leaving the U.S., but would you pay more for stuff to be made in this country?

To be honest, I wouldn't want to pay the extra money for toy trains.

(I thought about this when on NPR radio a few days ago they had a piece about how Wal-Mart has cut prices to bare bones and how jobs are shifting overseas as products are cheaper to produce there. And, more than half of all Americans do their shopping at Wal-Mart.)