I'll do that, too, Stefan. If everyone would reply to the overly aggresive & rude attempts to "upsell" by simply putting down the merchandise and walking out, the practice would stop, and fast. It's so bad sometimes at Best Buy that I will simply go buy it at Wal-Mart. Hey, bash Wally World all you want, but tell me that they've ever tried to sell you something you can't afford, don't need & don't want.
As for the Chinese trade issue...I always groan when I see this. Yeah, they don't have OSHA, min wage, etc etc. But they do have a billion people and nuclear weapons. Do we really want them backward, poor and hungry? Maybe this is a gory way to view it, but I think more trade will equal a better Chinese economy, and a more prosperous China in general. Prosperity almost always tends to lead to capitism & democratization. Before you know it, the Chinese will be complaining about some other 3rd world nation undercutting them.
Some American companies doing business in China implement virtually the same safety & working condition standards that workers in the US enjoy, albeit at the local wage. Just ask Mark Shchifter of AV123 (the guys that make Rocket speakers & Perpetual Technologies DACs) about their Chinese factories.
