Do/will you buy local products even if they cost more ?

• HitsRus

  

  I do.
  I'm always looking at where something is made. I always buy Hungry Jack products...made by Smuckers based in Orrville OH. JIF peanut butter is made by them also.
  My next car will probably be a Honda (Marysville).
  
  I try to buy USA whenever possible too.
  
  Anybody else do this...or is price the only factor.
• Con_Alma

  Price is not the only factor for us. Value usually tops the list.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Sure you have to support your neighbor and your friends, and hope they do the same to you when it is time for them to purchase something.
• WebFire

  I don't mind supporting local businesses, but they have to support the customers as well. If they cost twice as much, I'll buy somewhere else.
  
  To answer what I think is your question, no, I don't shop Made In America only. Price is a factor for me.
• DESCENTdmc

  There is a lot of food products made in Ohio, not just small companies either so slot of people do and not even know it
• CenterBHSFan

  

  Sure.
  Every spring/summer/fall I shop for my fruits/veggies from the local farmers markets and stockpile for the winter.
  I shop alot at local boutiques instead of chain stores. (except for pants/jeans because I need talls)
  I always go to local hardware/lumbar stores before Lowes, Home Depot, etc. Those places are secondary.
  
  It's just how I grew up and some places are family traditions or family owned.
• queencitybuckeye

  Locally-made might be a tiebreaker, but it's best value for the money for our purchase decisions.
• mtrulz

  I guess.
• Gobuckeyes1

  Increasingly more so...ten years ago when I was just getting started and didn't have much money, I shopped based on price. Now I am more willing to stay local based on better quality and the fact that I have more money to shop with.
• slingshot4ever

  Quality is my driving factor.
• O-Trap

  

  Typically, I will buy local over non-local IFF I know for a fact that they are striving for quality, and that they aren't gouging.
  
  If a person can't know for sure that you're not taking advantage of your own neighborhood, why should the neighborhood buy from you?
  
  It's gotta be a two-way street.
• tk421

  

  Nope.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Only thing I make sure to buy "local" is Honda. Supports the communities where I grew up. My wife used to work for an Amish guy, whose cow's milk went to Prairie Farms. We would buy that.
• fan_from_texas

  It's more of a tiebreaker for us. We look for value first, then locally made.
• HitsRus

  

  I'll agree with value, but I don't mind spending a little bit more if it's local.
• 3reppom

  

  Nope, origin of product has no impact at all on my buying decisions
• I Wear Pants

  If it is the same quality product I will buy it from wherever/whomever it is cheaper to buy from.
• gerb131

  

  Always hit the produce stands in the summer and shop at Amish Oak and a candle store down here. I try to help out a little bit.
• Curly J

  

  I'm all about the quality of a product.