John Bodin - Slashdot User

Comment Re:China debuts human rights abuses (Score 1) 491

by John Bodin on Tuesday December 29, 2009 @12:41AM (#30579192) Attached to: China Debuts the World's Fastest Train

So perhaps we need to work with manufacturers to create products and processes that are economically viable in the U.S. Or deal with it and see if a sneaker maker exists in the U.S. And one does. New Balance.

From http://www.newbalance.com/usa/#/factories

Twenty-five percent of New Balance shoes sold in North America are produced by our US workforce using US and imported materials.

Even made in the USA is not guaranteed by the company that advertises as made in the USA.

Comment Re:How do people pay eachother? (Score 1) 796

by John Bodin on Thursday December 17, 2009 @04:30AM (#30470722) Attached to: UK Wants To Phase Out Checks By 2018

yea call the bank when my bank charges to send out a transfer to someone else account then the receiving bank charges another fee to accept this transfer...last time I did that I had to add about $100 to cover those charges and get the correct amount in.

Comment Re:'cuz it's worked so well in the past (Score 3, Informative) 362

by John Bodin on Thursday August 12, 2004 @01:07PM (#9949693) Attached to: You've Got PC

The system is not stocked in store but will be shipped to what ever address you give them at the time you sign up for the AOL service. Which is done in the store.

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