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American Made, slightly higher quality, $65
14
56.00%
Chinese Made, decent quality-not junk, $15
11
44.00%
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Hunting Clothing?
10-12-2011, 02:26 PM
#1
Giant Nontypical
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: IL
Posts: 6,575
Hunting Clothing?
Would you rather pay for higher quality American made clothing? ie hunting camo. for $65 for the same/very similar quality shirts let's assume in this case.
Or pay for discount chinese made clothing of still good quality? Let's assume comparable shirts at $15
How much more are you willing to pay for essentially the same thing but made in America?
Let's assume long sleeve tshirt, under armor type shirt...
Or pay for discount chinese made clothing of still good quality? Let's assume comparable shirts at $15
How much more are you willing to pay for essentially the same thing but made in America?
Let's assume long sleeve tshirt, under armor type shirt...
Last edited by salukipv1; 10-13-2011 at 01:53 PM.
10-13-2011, 04:11 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 1,926
More a captive audience
It's often not what we might choose as individuals, but what people generally buy and what stores stock.
I find myself checking to see if some items are still offered. A price you pay for getting older. And I'm older and knew a number of people in my hometown, mostly women, who worked in clothing factories. Those factories are long gone. There are items that worked thirty years ago, but got replaced by the scientific and the advanced.
I use some better military boots for warm weather hunting, but I still rely on an old blaze orange parka and some 40 year old shetland wool sweaters for some cold weather hunting. And the miracle isn't that the 40 year old sweaters still work to keep me warm. The miracle is the 40 year old sweaters, in this era of rapid weight gain, still fit.
I find myself checking to see if some items are still offered. A price you pay for getting older. And I'm older and knew a number of people in my hometown, mostly women, who worked in clothing factories. Those factories are long gone. There are items that worked thirty years ago, but got replaced by the scientific and the advanced.
I use some better military boots for warm weather hunting, but I still rely on an old blaze orange parka and some 40 year old shetland wool sweaters for some cold weather hunting. And the miracle isn't that the 40 year old sweaters still work to keep me warm. The miracle is the 40 year old sweaters, in this era of rapid weight gain, still fit.
10-13-2011, 10:48 AM
#9
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NY: NYC to Watertown
Posts: 897
Do you feel better buying a $65 us shirt? When driving home in your $20-$40k imported suv?
No thanks
I'll take the $15 shirt and drive it home in my $20k us made car built in IL with 77% us/canuck parts, and my engine and tranny were also made in us.
Spending $20k on an import car is like spending $100/month at walmart on imported crap for 20 yrs.
No thanks
I'll take the $15 shirt and drive it home in my $20k us made car built in IL with 77% us/canuck parts, and my engine and tranny were also made in us.
Spending $20k on an import car is like spending $100/month at walmart on imported crap for 20 yrs.