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It seems as though we are so rushed these days, even at the stores. The day after Easter, they have cleared out half of the aisle at most stores and are already putting in spring items. The Easter left overs are 50% off the first day, and then are 75% after that, until most of it is gone. Then the remaining items are tossed out by the store!

HELLO, This is Michigan it's still SNOWING, so save the summer lawn chairs, coolers, and other assorted spring/summer crap, for another week or maybe even two please.

Hard to think about which lawn chairs to get this year, when you just got done, shoveling out from under another 4-6 inches of snow and ice. I know stores need to cater to the early shoppers, they are the best profit margin, by far. They are buying the items first, before anyone else, but guess what - none, and I repeat none of it is on sale. This segment of shoppers called, First consumers is what keeps the stores in the black ink and making record profits.

They do this mostly by buying the cheapest products made in China, and elsewhere overseas, then putting a premium price tag on it for the biggest consumers in the world the people of the US! Well hurry and get your tainted cookware, your poison plastic drinking cups, and the lead painted lawn toys - Enjoy!

I will seek out, and buy American made products, yes a few do still exist! You better start buying them too, or else the final blue collar jobs left in America will be making Snack Foods, and Extra Large Caskets. BTW - Happy Spring!