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I give Squids a bad name
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Fly Over State
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Okay. I'm trying to figure out the appeal to "The North Face". Yesterday I went to REI in Atlanta since I had a $50 gift card there. I ended up getting some mountain biking jerseys since I ride mountain bikes. But about every man, women and child in there had on North Face.
The weirdest part is some little pullover that looks like they stole from Old navy and slapped their logo on was around $200. But they had a really nice winter jacket that looked like something you'd wear climbing the North Face of Everest and it was only $50 more. Is there stuff really that nice or just overpriced poser shit.
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TWFix Legend
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Denver CO
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they have really nice stuff... but it's over price... Cabella's, LL Bean, and REI's own brands are just as good... cost less... and in the case of LL Bean... carry a life time warrenty for satisfaction.
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I give Squids a bad name
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Gotcha. Which I tried on a North Face jacket at Marshalls one time. It felt nice and was roughly $100. I think I saw the same jacket for $250 at an outdoors store.
I did get a Northface that day though. Some sweater looking thing that was one color, fairly heavy but the logo matched the color of the sweater so you can't really see it anyways. I got it for $25 because it was on sale (Normally $60) What's odd though is I felt like their more functional stuff that you'd wear in Alaska or extremely cold weather was cheaper than the basic stuff I see your average highschool or college kid wear. But I was curious because I'm very outdoors oriented. Plus when I do head out to say Dinner then a some bars. It's nothing for me to eat at a restaurant then walk a half mile or more to a bar/concert/theatre etc as opposed to driving there. So I was looking for something that looked decent and functioned well. I'll have to look into the LL Bean stuff.
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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yeah I'd say the LL Bean stuff... though still can be expensive... has a life time SATISFACTION warrenty... basicly... if in 10 years... you are no longer satisfied with the product... send it back... they'll send you a new one... or a refund.
I had a back pack that my Grandma bought me my freshman year from LL Bean... 2 years after I graduated the bag tore... I sent it back.. a week later I had a brand new one... a week later it was stolen.. ![]() The North Face makes some great expedition level gear... but that's far above what any of us would need save spending the nights in the Alaska wilderness or if Cutty wanted to camp in his yard. but it's expensive as fuck |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Flat and Straight ND
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I give Squids a bad name
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That sweater I got is pretty nice. So I'll have to give it some props. Worth the $25 I spent on it. But it's a charcoal color with the logo in charcoal. My buddy claims that since it's hard to see the logo that it automatically knocks $50 off the price of the sweater. Probably need to hit up Marshalls, Goodwill, etc and see if they have some LL Bean. I checked out their website and dug a lot of stuff I saw. Now one thing I will spend good money on that others say isn't worth it is Pearl Izumi riding gear (Mountain/road bikes). I've tried other bands and they don't fit me like Pearl Izumi despite you pay out the ass for it.
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North Face stuff is totally worth it. Though, I giggled when I first moved to Austin and saw a woman wearing their full hooded winter jacket at a store one day - it was *winter* here... 50 degrees
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