wtf? why so expensive :(

[TridenT]

Why are jackets so expensive? $140 for a jacket and that's 'on sale'? WTF?

I'm annoyed because I don't have anywhere near that kind of dough to spend on a jacket. I'm at the "maybe I'll spend $40 on a jacket if it's warm, reasonably agile, not ridiculously large, and water-resistant."

Of course, these are nowhere to be found when I am looking. X_X (And dare I say, in my size)

 

[Ns1]

winter + before xmas = not really onsale

 

[Wyndru]

Don't buy name brands?

 

[Ms. DICKINSON]

If do you get one, go to Nordstrom. I've just gotten myself a wool jacket ~200$. The good thing is that you can return/exchange at any time, might it be 10yrs from now. I'll do that at the next dry clean. j/k

 

[Phoenix86]

Posting in a Trident doesn't understand the world thread.

 

[Saint Nick]

#thirdworldproblems

 

[Schfifty Five]

Go to Ross/Marshalls/TJ Maxx.

I just got a columbia brand ski jacket for $34.99. Same jackets they sell at REI and sporting shops for $150+.

 

[bobdole369]

What is a "jacket?" (south FL hr)

 

[Imp]

A t-shirt goes for $20 nowadays, you're expecting 5 times the material for $40?


Less asshole-ish response: You can get a sub-$50 jacket after Christmas. That's when the Spring lines come out, and stores are desperate to clear shit out. Gap has 50% off sale items pretty often. Otherwise, my local Sears had their winter coats on sale starting a few weeks ago. Post-Christmas is firesale time.

 

[Leros]

Jacket prices annoy me as well, mostly because I live in a climate where I only need a good jacket a few days a year. I hate having to pay more than $50 for something I won't wear more than 5 days a year.

 

[Crono]

If you really don't have that money, just buy a fleece jacket and a cheap waterproof shell. No way that will run you more than $100 unless you are trying to buy name brand.

http://www.sierratradingpost.com/mens-fleece-jackets~d~344/price~%2410-$39.99/
http://www.sierratradingpost.com/mens-softshell-jackets~d~417/price~$40-$64.99/

Layer it up when it's cold.

 

[GotIssues]

winter + before xmas = not really onsale

No doubt.

Go shopping for winter jackets in April. Don't get mad at the world because you are a moron and didn't have foresight to buy it in advance.

 

[Gooberlx2]

I'm at the "maybe I'll spend $40 on a jacket if it's warm, reasonably agile, not ridiculously large, and water-resistant

Examples? Try overstock.com or TJMaxx or something.

 

[lxskllr]

Thrift shop. <$10.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Burlington Coat Factory?

I spent $30 on a warm fleece, works good in everything mother nature has thrown at us this year (which hasn't been much, as it's generally been pretty much always above 20 degrees)

 

[IronWing]

A fine quality jacket makes the man. It says "I've arrived and now that I'm here I don't have to wear ill-fitting, deconstructed third world garbage anymore." Women will immediately recognize the wearer as a man to be taken seriously, a man they want to get closer to. This kind of quality can't be had for $40 or $140. Quality men's winter jackets start at $300. I paid more for my current winter jacket than I paid for my first car.*





</JMaple>



*This part is true, it's a really nice jacket and it was a really crappy car.

 

[slayer202]

learn to shop

amazon has decent prices, here ya go
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=clo_40co...WPPB3WSJ3AP6VC

 

[spidey07]

Buy them at the end of winter, you can get a 300-400 dollar jacket for under 80 bucks.

 

[IronWing]

OP, don't you live up in the northern wastes? Can't you just drive down a caribou and make your own jacket?

 

[PingSpike]

They're turning kids into slaves just to make cheaper sneakers
But what's the real cost?
'Cause the sneakers don't seem that much cheaper
Why are we still paying so much for sneakers
When you got them made by little slave kids?
What are your overheads?

ch

 

[BurnItDwn]

A fine quality jacket makes the man. It says "I've arrived and now that I'm here I don't have to wear ill-fitting, deconstructed third world garbage anymore." Women will immediately recognize the wearer as a man to be taken seriously, a man they want to get closer to. This kind of quality can't be had for $40 or $140. Quality men's winter jackets start at $300. I paid more for my current winter jacket than I paid for my first car.*





</JMaple>



*This part is true, it's a really nice jacket and it was a really crappy car.

Women who like men because they wear expensive jackets are generally gold diggers who are looking for a victim.

 

[BoomerD]

Obviously, as in other Tridentboy threads, the OP thinks he deserves "the best" but has no idea that such things actually cost money.

 

[PingSpike]

Women who like men because they wear expensive jackets are generally gold diggers who are looking for a victim.

This is precisely why I only wear a loincloth, tissue boxes for shoes and a dirty tarp draped over my shoulders. I don't see any gold diggers around here, do you?

 

[IronWing]

Women who like men because they wear expensive jackets are generally gold diggers who are looking for a victim.

Next time I see an aluminum can digger, I'll send her your way.

 

[IronWing]

This is precisely why I only wear a loincloth, tissue boxes for shoes and a dirty tarp draped over my shoulders. I don't see any gold diggers around here, do you?

Pic?