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I take it that if you buy from these more local places the jackets are only ' off the rack ' sizes...not custom sized. Correct..??
Everyone is rising prices year after year in everything but the salaries don't match up
With all the price increases to current levels (everyone just seems to think they can charge 'Japan' prices) it's difficult to see where this is going. I can't imagine that vintage enthusiasts are going to buy jackets at the rate they did considering what else they could spend their money on. Maybe people will buy fewer jackets.
Maybe a little trade war could be just the ticket to take the wind out of the market's sails and introduce a little reality to the sector. Maybe the collapse of the JPY could disillusion people that there's a market of potential Japanese customers out there if only you can price yourself into making them believe you are just as 'good' as RMC or whatever.
It feels like a bubble in the market fueled by hype.
And most rational actors are standing back and saying 'at those prices?!?'
And most rational actors are standing back and saying 'at those prices?!?'
I could pay two grand for a jacket, since I've easily spent that or more on BR nylon in the last year, but I regard paying that for one jacket as obscene.
I like used jackets (44L-46).Possibly. Should be a good time to be selling used jackets, if so.
Superfluous, I don't want to make this about anyone individual. But you have publicly spoken on the FL before about your addiction to all manner of things, and how that drives to to seek 'superfluous' levels of performance in cars, self-gratification in alcohol, and whatever. So in light of that, I feel that it may well be the price and the hype that attract you to defend Himel, RMC, and GW, and you are always quickly offended and quick to defend any criticism of their price points. I genuinely feel that the nature of your self-confessed 'condition' drives you to attempt to rationalize the cost, even to the point where you lay out straw men arguments ('who is anyone to tell me what I should like' kind of thing) even before any such comments have been made.
Now, I've got zero intention of staging an 'intervention' for the benefit of your health, but let's not mislead casual readers who aren't aware of your (bravely) self-confessed issues with addiction.
At the end of the day, I buy the products that put the biggest smile on my face, without bankrupting me in the process. I certainly don’t “need” premium leather jackets that incorporate artisan craftsmanship. That said, I enjoy wearing these jackets — much more so than other jackets. Is this rational? I don’t know, but it works for me. It’s all about the smile on my face.
Jonesy86, We would have had trouble if you'd said 48!...........just saying...steveI like used jackets (44L-46).
With all the price increases to current levels (everyone just seems to think they can charge 'Japan' prices) it's difficult to see where this is going. I can't imagine that vintage enthusiasts are going to buy jackets at the rate they did considering what else they could spend their money on. Maybe people will buy fewer jackets.
Maybe a little trade war could be just the ticket to take the wind out of the market's sails and introduce a little reality to the sector. Maybe the collapse of the JPY could disillusion people that there's a market of potential Japanese customers out there if only you can price yourself into making them believe you are just as 'good' as RMC or whatever.
It feels like a bubble in the market fueled by hype.
And most rational actors are standing back and saying 'at those prices?!?'
I have a used Audi A-3 and live in a tenement flat in one of the funkier parts of Glasgow - it's not quite Night of the Living Dead territory, but it has its moments. I'm not sure I qualify for this forum any more.