Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

[ojaw]

anyone else feel like things are just getting crazy expensive now? I have more spending power than I've ever had in my life but I feel like the jackets and boots and stuff are getting more out of reach lol

I argue with people about this all the time, our actual purchasing power has gone up over time, not down. The difference is the the amount of things we ‘need’.

 

[LuddGang]

I argue with people about this all the time, our actual purchasing power has gone up over time, not down. The difference is the the amount of things we ‘need’.

As a broad trend over the long term you’re right, but that doesn’t really apply to the examples he’s mentioned there. Quality English-made boots, for example, have absolutely rocketed in price over the last few years for a variety of reasons.

 

[blm14]

Here's a deal and a half! Tagged 46 brooks, BIN $33!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/407061646468?_skw=leather+jacket+%28xl%2Cxxl%2C2xl%2C46%2C48%2C44%2C44l%2C46l%2C48l%2C42l%2C42%2C42t%2C44t%2C46t%2C48t%2C56%2C58%29&itmmeta=01KX5P9M0W9T17S7QNEMQVDP9V&hash=item5ec6c3cc84:g:ZCUAAeSwPGtqT~oO&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAABMGfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xBZHbsLkVjEr%2F067TuU0Khf41rEfRsy1dtvrAQNVLVrdobQkT696y%2FECghu%2FFz5HFpLGDNgZj0qFZYczUoE0PB5jIe8XjEgRXy57ELpXCLvftjul%2BaGJ3JMJBOEHIvH0UqGyJdvpH49yB6K%2FPgH3qO5m4iBzRjGSaJZDDOBMkb%2F0klI2D0efkKozjMLX4VyjF%2FZqcd3m4oKaVJwWGNUaRb3DdZQ34YvF5UA5Kh47Fk9EfECN2L9uqNGZ1lxXTBPbZQDpoZbOjGocTkjCp%2Bi5lZcHGC0bkqRAbd5FV4%2BHTBrC0zTrFrp40I79OVyL5XO4tr1Lr0A8wHWAnKX%2Fa4F5CT15ed7bBzNq%2Fptej7XJGb2wg5nnnSrmy0s8xwldPN1%2Fv0%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-DAprbpZw

 

[ojaw]

As a broad trend over the long term you’re right, but that doesn’t really apply to the examples he’s mentioned there. Quality English-made boots, for example, have absolutely rocketed in price over the last few years for a variety of reasons.

Well, how many days wages did a quality pair of boots cost in the 20s or 30s?

 

[Leigh H]

Really nice Bates jacket 38 (pricey though)

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1880901385/vintage-1960s-hand-painted-leather