Re: Down is the new up!
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:22 am
Poor TNF will have to raise prices 
My TNF down sweater has maybe 6 ounces of down in it. At full retail they try to sell that thing at $300 last time I checked. The extra 3 bucks they have to pay for the fill is really going to hurt their bottom line, so I assume the price will have to move to $349. I got mine at $100 on SNC and still think it was quite expensive for what I got. It works, is well made, but compared to the dirt cheap down sweater at Costco, there is no way anyone can justify the retail pricing by the big brands.
If I need something like a sleeping bag, I shop ebay or Steep and Cheap for a few weeks and get what I need after a little wait. There's no way I will buy items like that in a retail store anywhere close to the recommended retail pricing unless I need it the next day and was stupid enough not to plan ahead.
My TNF down sweater has maybe 6 ounces of down in it. At full retail they try to sell that thing at $300 last time I checked. The extra 3 bucks they have to pay for the fill is really going to hurt their bottom line, so I assume the price will have to move to $349. I got mine at $100 on SNC and still think it was quite expensive for what I got. It works, is well made, but compared to the dirt cheap down sweater at Costco, there is no way anyone can justify the retail pricing by the big brands.
If I need something like a sleeping bag, I shop ebay or Steep and Cheap for a few weeks and get what I need after a little wait. There's no way I will buy items like that in a retail store anywhere close to the recommended retail pricing unless I need it the next day and was stupid enough not to plan ahead.