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Over 30 years in the same job and I still make less than €12.50 an hour
You're doing it wrong 🙂
I don't mind paying a higher price for a well made item of clothing that'll (hopefully) last.
..yea I wouldn't mind either - alas the point I was trying to make is that their stuff became even more expensive, yet the quality went down.
Like: a lot of times instead of the (very sturdy / worth-the-money) G1000 fabric you now only get G1000 lite which doesn't last nearly as long.
I don't mean to bash on them for the sake of bashing, but to give you a really good example - their Kånken rucksack, a thin little thing that lasts about a year before developing holes and looking like shit, omnipresent on the back of hipsters all over Europe, is fucking £85.00 now.
And it's not made by well paid fairies in Finland but in Vietnam, by the way.
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I've never understood the Kånken rucksack either. Seems really flimsy and cheaply made to me - I'm not sure I'd pay half that.
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To be fair, I've had a kanken for 10 years or so, and it's still in great shape, despite lugging around camera stuff in all sorts of places. I can't remember how much it cost me, but even if it was 85, 8.50 a year is good value, when my hiking osprey bags seem to only last a couple of years of abuse.
(It's not a style thing for me, and I'm sure I get laughed at being a man wearing one, it's just a big rectangle that completely opens up and has lots of handles and is great for access of camera stuff).
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Despite not having all the monies I have a pretty comfortable life : )
I had a Kanken bag years ago - I liked the shape and ease of access but no structure and very little water resistance led me to sell it on within a few months. Theirs is a story that illustrates my point about sending all manufacturing overseas with the almost universal downgrade in quality and surge in pricing.
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I agree about the direction they've taken, but not about the price. Over 30 years in the same job and I still make less than €12.50 an hour for a 32 hour week, yet I don't mind paying a higher price for a well made item of clothing that'll (hopefully) last. Most goods (especially food, electronics and clothing) are relatively cheaper than ever before.