Made in USA - "The Greatest Hoodie Ever Made" At $108, It Had Better Be.
Posted by freedomforall 4 years, 7 months ago to Business
Whoooo! a $108 hoodie? That's definitely a product of silicon valley thinking, selling to the sons and daughters of Wall St, not Main St.
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The quality of US made stuff (not just clothes) is much higher. Cheap Chinese stuff is just junk. They can make some good stuff, but it is hit/miss and hard to judge if it is just cheap junk.
I just bought a professional carpet cleaner. We had an older one consumer that finally gave out (after we lent it to all our friends and family). The one we bought was over $300, versus $150 for a good consumer version. It is made in the US, and very very ruggedly built. Very happy with this decision. 2:1 price for US made and MUCH better quality is worth it.
We have to get back to domestic manufacturing. China is waging economic war on us, attempting to kill our industries. We are just letting it happen.
$180 for a hoodie is not the answer, but letting China abuse their own people and control their currency price to wipe out alternate sources is not either.
Was: "If anything you purchase from American Giant doesn't live up to your highest standard, please return it to us for a full refund. Any item, any reason, any time."
Now: "Purchases from American Giant may be returned within 90 days. The item(s) must be unworn, unwashed, and undamaged."
I have lots of clothing that I wear frequently and they are most more than 10 years old. But I don't wear the same thing every day (and my clothes don't look like I just got them from Macys.) Hardly anyone in America wears the same thing every day, and those that do aren't going to pay $108 for a hoodie. In my case, the only things that I wear out sooner than a decade are socks, shoes, and underwear. All my clothing are purchased at large discounts to "normal" prices and by my experience the prices aren't a lot higher than what I see in the far east where most are made. The only ones that wear out sooner are things I bought in the street market in Thailand; they are sometimes of lower quality.
As many fat people I see in Walmart, you'd think they'd sell less expensive clothes that would fit them there.
Jan