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You're mistaken about the price of items on AmazonEssentials. Some of these items can range to nearly $100 (though, admittedly most of it is clothing). If a $80
by ollien 7y ago
You're mistaken about the price of items on AmazonEssentials. Some of these items can range to nearly $100 (though, admittedly most of it is clothing). If a $80 jacket (https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Essentials-Heavyweight-Peacoat-Charcoal/dp/B07Q5CKJDB/ https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Essentials-Heavyweight-Peacoat...) I bought started falling apart in under a year, I'd like a warranty. I don't know about you.
- bagacrap 7y agoNo, I would not have high hopes for an $80 peacoat. If I bought that I would expect it to fail.
- deanCommie 7y agoNot sure why you're being downvoted. A good peacoat will run you hundreds of dollars...
- mnm1 7y ago> this is the winter essential that will be a wardrobe staple for years to come Amazon disagrees. I do too. $80 is a ton of money to spend on a coat. I would indeed expect multiple years of use. Either way, less than a year is unacceptable at any price.
- thrwaway69 7y agoPrice is relative so I don't think there is much to compare. Where I live, $80 is enough to buy clothing to survive one whole season for 2 years. Warranty and replacement may benefit from being tied down to income of the people in the area the product is sold. I am not sure how that would be possible.
- dr_dshiv 7y agoI'm disappointed. I wanted to disagree and say "$80 is not a ton of money to spend on a coat, look at what a coat would have cost 25, 50 or 100 years ago", but the internet was not forthcoming.
- mnm1 7y agoI could get a coat that lasts years for $10 now and I could do the same 25 years ago. Same with a coat costing $80 or $1000. All those coats should last years. Any one of them that lasts under a year would be a scam, a piece of garbage that shouldn't be sold. Even at $1 that'd be true. I'm not sure what your point is at all.
- dr_dshiv 7y agoMy point is that $80 is not a ton of money to spend on a coat. Neither is it a ton of money to spend on shoes. But many people only intend to use their shoes or coat a single season. It's hard to say that only clothes that last years should be sold. But if I'm being sold a $10 coat or $10 pair of shoes,why should I expect it to last years? I should have paid more for better quality.
- mnm1 7y agoI can't speak to your hypothetical coat, but this coat is advertised to literally last many years so you are either arguing that it's fine for the seller to lie or you don't have an argument at all. Also $80 might not be a lot of money to you, but it is a lot of money to most people in this world. So that's not an argument either. I can afford to buy a Lamborghini on impulse, so how come everyone can't afford one, is frankly a ludicrous argument, whether it applies o Lamborghinis or to coats.
- wenc 7y agoI think there are two separate questions here: 1) $80 is truly not a ton of money for a peacoat. A peacoat by Sterlingwear of Boston (supplier of peacoats to the U.S. Navy) started at $140 in 2009 (I owned one, and it lasted 7 years). You can get cheaper peacoats, but Sterlingwear is made domestically and is considered by many to be the baseline standard for peacoats (not luxury, but still a quality product). 2) That said, I agree things should be made to last -- disposable peacoats at any price is wrong and wasteful. At least 2 winters is the absolute minimum.
- jjeaff 7y agoI have never heard of a warranty for clothing unless you buy something very expensive.