GAP boxer briefs $2.99.

[tommytran]

Originally posted by: newbiepcuser
Blah, nothing beats Commando Style

I prefer Nautica ... hehhee

 

[tommytran]

Originally posted by: Greg03

Hey you pay workers $0.10 a week then you can pretty much set any retail price you want. Enjoy your undies guys!

... Good people, given the choice, prefer low cost to moral superiority. Go into wal mart and try to find a single thing that is NOT made in CHINA.

Hahaaaa ... I guess Wal Mart neon sign is made in China too... I HATE China stuffs too

 

[aperry]

BTW, for anyone that ordered these at the $4.99 price, call Gap Online Customer Service at 1-800-GAP-STYLE and they will adjust the price. Worked for me...

 

[louiedog]

Originally posted by: Greg03

Hey you pay workers $0.10 a week then you can pretty much set any retail price you want. Enjoy your undies guys!

I giggle to myself when I hear this good natured but naive battle cry.

My best friend owns several apple and pear orchards in upstate NY. Next time you enjoy your next apple, banana, pear, or orange think about the exploitation there. We allow migrant workers to work in sqaulor to feed us. You want to stop exploitation? Pay that extra .50 per pound for fruit.

One store he sells to upstate experimented with it by putting one "moral" display where he hired his nephews to pick and paid them legal minimum wages. The result? Apples were $2/lb. The real life result? The good people of Syracuse NY opted to pay $1.49/lb for the fruit advertised as "migrant picked." A huge display explained the difference and with few exceptions (100-1 selling ratio), the fruit did not sell at $2. It was left there on the shelf for 3 weeks and rotted before anyone bought it. Nice image. Eventually people started to bitch about remineded about hypocrisy at every turn and the store owner removed the "display."

Good people, given the choice, prefer low cost to moral superiority. Go into wal mart and try to find a single thing that is NOT made in CHINA.

Guys that giggle always sound a little strange to me. Not everything in china is made by little kids for a penny an hour. It takes a real asshole to make fun of someone for having morals. He never flamed anyone. He just informed. I'm glad you think it's funny to exploit people. You're obviously a much more intelligent person. These "harsh realities" exist because of people like you. Just because you can explain them away doesn't mean you can't change them. You just have to become a decent person. Good luck with that.

 

[Greg03]

It takes a real asshole to make fun of someone for having morals. He never flamed anyone. He just informed. I'm glad you think it's funny to exploit people. You're obviously a much more intelligent person. These "harsh realities" exist because of people like you. Just because you can explain them away doesn't mean you can't change them. You just have to become a decent person.

You have morals. Ha!

No seriously, I guess my tone could have been nicer. When I see the protest X because X is bad and it is happening 10,000 miles away, I prefer to think locally. I didn't think I explained anything away, I'm not that smart. I juts pointed out that we can do a lot of meaningful things that really change the world by recognizing the little things in our lives that hurt other people. Take the boxers, say GAP is evil and GAP uses thread made from hair pulled out of yaks with no anesthetic. A bad thing. Protesting GAP is a good step, but you're using a lot of effort for little outcome. What is the likelihood that your protest will change things? Very good. What is the likelihood that it will change the sysem? Very poor. But go ahead, boycott the gap and I wish you the best.

It has been my experience that most of the X boycotters in this country are raving hypocrites - George Carlin referred to them as the people who think a few bike paths (in their neighborhoods) will solve the world's problems. They solve micro-problems, getting the dolphins out of tuna nets, but fail in the larger scheme of things. Why? This is where my intelligence doesn't need to come into play - they choose not to. This choice annoys me. GO figure. They have a comfort level of protest, usually involving a nuclear plant here or there, global warming, red meat or aberrant sunspots, but once that comfort level reaches a certain point, they hang up their hats and go home. Its too hard. This is why I have a pet peeve agst the hypocritical protester. I guess I demand, albeit unfairly, that these passionate undergraduate college mindset protesters be consistent. Now of course I don't hold myself to that standard, that would be too hard.

Finally, I don't think calling someone "good natured but naive" is making fun of them. It might be elitist and arrogant, but not mockery. I simply know better than they do.

 

[stickdogg]

Is it just me or when you go to the link there are a whole bunch of sales (ie in mens jackets) for 49.99 but when you check out its 199.

Any ideas?

 

[phreakyzen]

What is the likelihood that your protest will change things? Very good. What is the likelihood that it will change the sysem? Very poor. But go ahead, boycott the gap and I wish you the best.

I guess it is best just to bend over and take what is given to you? I figured you were like that by the way you were giggling.

It has been my experience that most of the X boycotters in this country are raving hypocrites - George Carlin referred to them as the people who think a few bike paths (in their neighborhoods) will solve the world's problems. They solve micro-problems, getting the dolphins out of tuna nets, but fail in the larger scheme of things. Why? This is where my intelligence doesn't need to come into play - they choose not to. This choice annoys me. GO figure. They have a comfort level of protest, usually involving a nuclear plant here or there, global warming, red meat or aberrant sunspots, but once that comfort level reaches a certain point, they hang up their hats and go home. Its too hard. This is why I have a pet peeve agst the hypocritical protester. I guess I demand, albeit unfairly, that these passionate undergraduate college mindset protesters be consistent. Now of course I don't hold myself to that standard, that would be too hard.

Finally, I don't think calling someone "good natured but naive" is making fun of them. It might be elitist and arrogant, but not mockery. I simply know better than they do.

Do you know me? No? Then I suggest you STFU!

 

[louiedog]

I guess we're all taking everything out of context. I'm not boycotting the GAP. I'm wearing GAP jeans right now. My post was mainly to say "hey, don't be a jerk to a guy that's trying to help people" and "it's not a hopeless cause we necessarily should just accept." That's all. I'm somewhere in the middle of creating bike paths and enslaving devloping countries. I personally would rather see the former than the latter but that's just me. In my opinion it's more worthwhile to sign petitions and write letters than boycott a company that large. It just doesn't seem reasonable to get that many people to join in. Like you said, most people will get the clothes even if they don't agree with the working conditions. When they agree with what is going on I begin to have issues. With that said, I'm officially retiring from this thread. Feel free to PM me if you would like to say anything more so we don't have to take up more of this thread. Again, sorry for being irrate.

 

[Greg03]

I guess it is best just to bend over and take what is given to you?

Works for me.

 

[ClakClak]

thanks..for some cheap boxers

 

[huesmann]

Originally posted by: KrayzyAzn
a lot of ATers probably wont need boxers for a while as the free Gap boxers deal over the summer gave plenty supply =)

Yeah but I bet lots of those already got skid marks...

 

[Lattiz]

Boxers are now $0.97...theres still a lot in Corte Madera, CA.

G'luck

 

[ZeroBurn]

is it just the striped and the halloween that are $3?

 

[Dacalo]

unfortunately yes. eww those are ugly

 

[ZeroBurn]

heh, that's what i was thinking, no wonder they're $3

 

[Danzilla]

Hmmm $50 / $2.99 = .... a heck of a lot of underware.

D.

 

[p3numbra]

they only have XS and XL $2.99 boxer briefs? what about normal sizes? were those available earlier? i guess that's why they're so cheap...

i like exploiting people. i think it's fun. i like saving money and i don't care who gets stepped on. keep 3rd world countries where they belong-- oppressed!

seriously though, i don't make enough money to be an activist, so i'd let the moral fruit rot too.

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: p3numbra
they only have XS and XL $2.99 boxer briefs? what about normal sizes? were those available earlier? i guess that's why they're so cheap...

i like exploiting people. i think it's fun. i like saving money and i don't care who gets stepped on. keep 3rd world countries where they belong-- oppressed!

seriously though, i don't make enough money to be an activist, so i'd let the moral fruit rot too.

hey, who are you calling abnormal?

 

[uclaxman]

it was better when they were free

 

[Sesopedalian]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero

Originally posted by: p3numbra
they only have XS and XL $2.99 boxer briefs? what about normal sizes? were those available earlier? i guess that's why they're so cheap...

i like exploiting people. i think it's fun. i like saving money and i don't care who gets stepped on. keep 3rd world countries where they belong-- oppressed!

seriously though, i don't make enough money to be an activist, so i'd let the moral fruit rot too.

hey, who are you calling abnormal?

LOL! Good one, yellowfiero.