Originally Posted by
palmetto86
i was joking around, but in a way, i think it is a somewhat accurate description. In the u.s. At least, there is a common airport stereotype that i classify as the "douche" business traveler.
I'm certainly not the first person on ft to talk about this type of airport specimen. You can spot them waiting an hour before a flight standing in the first class boarding line with blue-tooth headsets on, suits w/ no ties, first class ticket proudly displayed in shirt pocket, and oftentimes a tumi bag.
While i don't think i fall into this category of tumi bag owners, i do feel like many, many of this "type" carry tumi bags. The bags are expensive, they do look nice, and tacitly say "look at me," so it's easy to understand why the "douche" business traveler is drawn to the brand.
tumi was great before they took the private equity then went piublic in 2004. They were lifetime, you paid about the same as you did not but the fixed it and got it back to you quick. Now it's a nyse business. That's it. I love they way some of them look, but i sent two older ones in (one i hardly used as it required checking in) and they low balled me 100 bucks to but a 600 and 900 bag from them as a replacement. Thhey would not even fix the wheels, that's not a manufacturers defect, it's a airline problem they screwed it up (it'a leather 22" carry on-o never check it). And they want $40 to fix it. That's after paying a $25 fee to have the privaledge of sending it in for me. Swful. B&r or the victonix looks better (a bit mroe hip and rock solid warrenty.) things are going to happen. I will keep the box. Big deal.
I hate hate hate hate hate tumi. I am so mad, they used to be the best, the full package. Now they are making tons of mmoney for their nyse friends and irrritate loyal customers of 20 years. It's pathetic. If you possibly can, go to victonix. Some of them loook pretty good and are 1/2 to 1/3 the price of tumi and will fix breakage for life that the airline does (tumi does this for 1 year only) and 5 years max if the burden of proof (which falls on you) can show that it was a manufacturing warrenty, which after 5 yeras of course it is probably not. Such a shame such a shame.