Yes, we are all in the same dilemma when it comes to finding and affording American made products. Like Chris, I go the extra mile to find made in the USA products.
Not long ago, I went to a local estate sale. Turned out the guy was a car enthusiast and had some large tool boxes that they were selling at auction. I pulled the drawer open on the biggest one and saw a number of wrenches, sockets, etc. and asked if the boxes were being sold with the tools. They said yes. So I bid on the largest one and took it home for $300. To my surprise there were many tools in that box that I did not already have and it has proven to be a great buy.
A dear friend of mine is dying from cancer. He owned a handyman business in Las Vegas for years and had two 10' x 10' storage units full of construction tools. To help him out our church agreed to purchase the tools from him and sell them at a estate/yard sale to try and re-coop our money.
We unloaded a trailer full and started trying to organize and price them. Lot's of high quality stuff, Made in the USA but when I went online to try and get prices for them, I found many are not available for purchase anymore. Fortunately eBay and Craigslist had some used one's for sale so I could set some prices for the stuff.