Where to buy inexpensive North Face jackets.
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North Face jackets on Taobao 400-500USD
must be that 100% duty on imports
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm...cket=10#detail
must be that 100% duty on imports
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm...cket=10#detail
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Things like North Face jackets are more expensive in China. What you'll find in places like the above are not North Face jackets. Just regular jackets with the name North Face stamped on them. You'll find something similar back home if you go to WallMart, it just won't say North Face in this case.
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How can you tell it's real Goretex?
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I suggest that we don't go into too much detail on this topic because it is a bit taboo, and the powers that be have the ability to track down our offline identities, but I do want to simply opine that fake doesn't always equate with poor quality.
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I know many TNF backpacks are made in Vietnam. When we went earlier this year to Danang, there were lots of TNF items for sale at cheap prices, but I have no idea of their authenticity.
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US made version (questionable about that) 30-35
Chinese made sold by US sellers 10 to 15
Ebay Amazon Chinese sellers $1.95 free shipping
Does quality really matter when your'e paying 8% the price of an "original"?
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I sold TNF backpacks for a few years through Amazon when some airline online shopping “malls” had huge mileage bonuses. They were always made in Vietnam, so not a recent development.
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American Apparel failed..."Ethically Made—Sweatshop Free," with the majority of its products being made internationally. Generally can't make profit in garment manufacturing if labor is $20/hr.
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Low end labor costs less in Vietnam than China. Good place to move production especially involving sewing. Could be a mass influx of factories to avoid tarrifs in the near future. Not exactly a long distance move.
https://www.ft.com/content/da53939c-...e-8771d5404543
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Here's a breakdown on pricing of the MAGA caps before trademark enforced.
US made version (questionable about that) 30-35
Chinese made sold by US sellers 10 to 15
Ebay Amazon Chinese sellers $1.95 free shipping
Does quality really matter when your'e paying 8% the price of an "original"?
US made version (questionable about that) 30-35
Chinese made sold by US sellers 10 to 15
Ebay Amazon Chinese sellers $1.95 free shipping
Does quality really matter when your'e paying 8% the price of an "original"?
MAGA cap, so what?
North Face Goretex jacket--I don't want to find out it doesn't keep out the rain when the sky unloads rain and hail on us 4 miles from the trailhead (in summer!) I want to know I'm not going to get soaked. Hypothermia is a very real issue in the backcountry.
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Depends on what you're doing.
MAGA cap, so what?
North Face Goretex jacket--I don't want to find out it doesn't keep out the rain when the sky unloads rain and hail on us 4 miles from the trailhead (in summer!) I want to know I'm not going to get soaked. Hypothermia is a very real issue in the backcountry.
MAGA cap, so what?
North Face Goretex jacket--I don't want to find out it doesn't keep out the rain when the sky unloads rain and hail on us 4 miles from the trailhead (in summer!) I want to know I'm not going to get soaked. Hypothermia is a very real issue in the backcountry.