addictedtochaos
you invited ths beast to appear, now deal with it like a man.
be happy it turned out the way it did.
i am not. I just like fair rules.
if they knew how many times a week they meet somebody autistic...
"its all about calories in, calories out".
one example:
i had these hiking pants. they were leightweight, they fit me, they were breathable, thay dryed really quick, they were zip pants, so you could take off the legs and had short trousers. cost like 50 euros.
sold by globetrotter hiking supplies in germany.
first, they were called black bear. then meru grimsey pants. then frilufts.
so, this is what they do: they discover what sells well. they take that, and ratch the price up every three months or so. when one brand is so pricey the sellnumbers drop off, they invent another one as competition, so you have two pants then.
usually there is a huge quality drop then, but also a price drop. but the product is virtually the same, in my case those same pants with different names. if you want pants with certain properties, there is this category.
now, the pants are shite. expensive they dont fit me anymore all features neutered pantlegs are narrow, like, leggins maybe? but thats stupid for the outdoors. you want loose pantlegs, because of sweat bugs, ventilation, insulation, bit of wind draft, and so you can roll them up. my ass doesnt fit as well the fabric is like plastic and not even breathable??? why would i want that?
this ratching up the price of what sells method is a thing these huge stores with great reputation do like, systemattically. i am sure this is like a buisness scholl topic.
what i do, i have alarms so that tell me when somebody is selling a size 48 of these pants. i managed to get two pairs recently.
i cite from popularmechanics.com:
As this graphic from PressureWashr.com shows, just 18 megabrands control 91 percent of the global power tools market. Of those, four companies control 48 percent.
picture: https://hips.hearstapps.com/pop.h-cdn.co/assets/17/39/1506429411-pressha.jpg?
i have a mammut backpack from 2007. i love that thing. 25 liters snowboard model, indestructible.
i had like 10 of them since childhod, goddamn loved them. loved the colors and how smooth they were.
people with really wide toes:
my 260 euros hiking shoes with extra wide toebox. i had size ten. with these shoes i have size 8.5 (i had to go longer, so i got more widht to fit my toes)
no pain anymore, no more infected nail beds. best shoes i ever had. model innsbruck