Unpopular opinions
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^ You expend far too much time and effort considering the minutiae of everything McL.
Actually, I think I'm the one pushing the simplest theory here: Red Wing is popular because people like them, and because they are popular they can charge what the market will bear for their products. Occam would approve of this versus conspiracy theories about them cornering the market on boots and somehow rigging an entire industry.
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I think I may not have been clear enough, I'm not saying they have the whole boot game rigged, nor did I claim so. They do have everything to do with their product on lock though, as even the franchise's have to adhere to countless ways to "properly sell" RWs product. If you circumvent their method, they won't stand behind their product. Their business model is debt based though, as is the majority of every market. It's here where everything meets that my objections begin. RW is not a healthy functioning business, but most aren't anymore. Prosperity should never be measured by how far one can leverage the future. If my descriptors lacked accuracy, we wouldn't have a global banking system based on these precepts in control of trade and monetary systems. Corporate debt has become the greatest arm of passing this off to the populace, we even have an entire weekend once a year to make sure these debts get squared at our expense. It's not dirty players, it's a dirty game by design.
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Case in point:
Whites Bounty Hunters made with a choice of Chromexcel, dress or oiled leather with a huge variety of sole and hardware configurations - £220 plus £50 shipping.
Red Wing Beckmans - £285
Why?
Is this a european thing? Beckmans are $300 here and widely available. I wouldn't pay more for Beckman's than Whites, but honestly I'd never even heard about Whites until I started on this forum.
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It might even be specifically a UK thing.
Even so $300 for Beckmans or $380 to $400 for SD's ?
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Unpopular opinion: while I may not admire the product, I admire the company:
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Rafa, as a half kraut, half yank you are officially the worlds most humourless person
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RW is going to be a gateway boot for a lot of White's, Wesco, Nick's, OSB, and Viberg owners, I am sure.
^ Yes
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@4c:
RW is going to be a gateway boot for a lot of White's, Wesco, Nick's, OSB, and Viberg owners, I am sure.
^ Yes
I have to agree. RW is my trashing around boots. I tend to baby my Wescos (which I shouldn't be :-[….)
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A gateway that is now the same price in some instances, and more expensive in others
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I wish heroin were as cheap as pot…
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That makes no sense at all.
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If you're talking about the eradication of heroin users then I could not agree more, come to my hood and I'll show you why. Without context the statement appears meaningless though.
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It wasn't supposed to make sense, it was a (admittedly bad) joke about gateway drugs!
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Now I get you Mac, I'm a bit slow today (and most other days)
