I think you guys (in USA) are more patriotic when it comes to buying your own goods, than we are over here. I work in manufacturing, and as much as I'd like to only buy products with the Union Jack on them, it all comes down to price in the end.
I have been buying a lot of US made stuff recently, because the $ to £ rate has made the prices attractive. although it has recovered a bit recently. I found the service to be exceptional too. I had some parts wrongly supplied, and when I called the guy in the US to tell him, he made it his priority to sort the problem as quickly as possible. Good service and reliability is something that a customer remembers