Something that was mentioned briefly before by another poster: Made in USA. In this 'Wal Mart' age, many western countries have seen their manufacturing industries gutted by offshoring. I live in Australia, and we are having similar issues to the USA, except the we have a reasonably successful resources sector that is propping the country up. It looks like Edcor is making a product that is competitive on both price and performance. The downside is they don't keep inventory to keep the price competitive. I say support your local industry, realise that the price of having something NOW and cheap is the job of you or your neighbour going overseas, so show a little patience.
My 2c worth,
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