bluffview:
I finally got some replies from a woman named Amy with SIGG USA corporate.
First, she says the vacuum bottles aren't sold directly thru SIGG USA. I tell her the internet retailers I located have them listed as "out of stock" or "unavailable."
Eventually, she figures out that SIGG USA
does sell vacuum bottles directly, and gives me a link to "SIGG Steel Works." But, so sorry, they no longer have the .38 L bottles "in inventory." I go to the link, and they no longer have the 0.5 L bottles in inventory, either. In fact, they only have two colors of the 1.0 L bottles in inventory.
So I write back and tell her I know what her game is. They're reorganizing, phasing out that line, and they plan on introducing a new line sometime in the future. That's why internet retailers are either out of stock, or running out.
I also told her that if SIGG introduces a new line and they're made in China, I'm not buying.
This is no longer about me buying a new vacuum bottle for my damn afternoon coffee. This is about international trade war!
BTW, that
Zojirushi Tuff Slim you have... I see that's available thru REI. Glad to know it's not made in China, but would you be so kind as to look at the bottom and tell me where it was made?
Thanks.
- Tom