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There are others that do a good job on clothes. Not for returns maybe, but long term support. Nudie Jeans have repair shops in quite a few cities. The repairs
by bjelkeman-again 7y ago
There are others that do a good job on clothes. Not for returns maybe, but long term support.
Nudie Jeans have repair shops in quite a few cities. The repairs are free. If you don’t like to keep your jeans then they give you a discount (20%?) if you trade your old Nudies in. The sell them second hand after they fix them up. I got a recent pair repaired (unusable before the repair) and bought a second hand pair for $50. So effectively I got two pairs for $25 each. Never buying any other brand jeans again I think. https://www.nudiejeans.com/repair-spots#stores https://www.nudiejeans.com/repair-spots#stores
Trippen shoes in German repair their shoes. I have had shoes from them for at least 20 years. I wore some for 12-15 years with a good refurbishment in between. They are not cheap, but comfortable, sturdy and refurbishable. They mailed them back to me when done.
https://en.trippen.com/reparaturen https://en.trippen.com/reparaturen
Houdini Sportsware recycle their old clothes. They also buy back used and resell. https://houdinisportswear.com/en-us https://houdinisportswear.com/en-us
- a3n 7y agoI had an REI jacket, problem with the zipper. They replaced the zipper, and all the buttons on the zipper flap. Free. I think I gave the jacket away eventually, a very good jacket.
- ghaff 7y agoREI seems to have cut back on or eliminated repairs though. The last time I took an item into an REI to be repaired--where I had had repairs done previously--the customer service person told me to mail it off to an outdoor repair place in Seattle (not REI). And they've also cut back their warranty to one year.
- fingerlocks 7y agoIf the item was made of a gore-tex or other specialty materials, they may have been unauthorized to repair it in-store. The Seattle place you’re referring to is Rainy Pass Repair, a well-known and popular repair shop that is licensed to work with gore-tex and other exotics.
- ghaff 7y agoYep. It was Rainy Pass. It wasn't anything exotic, just a pack zipper. A friend of mine with a sewing machine ended up replacing the zipper for me.
- btashton 7y agoIt was probably Rainy Pass Repair. They have been doing that for quite some time, and in many ways I prefer having a shop I can take any of this stuff to, not just the "REI" repair shop.