Dave LaCourse wrote in
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On 11 May 2007 22:25:03 GMT, Scott Seidman
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I know plenty of guides, and held the price sheet from Simms in my own
hot little hands about two years ago. I'm not sure if it was 40% or
50%, but it was one of those. So far as I know, just about every
major manufacturer in the industry, rods, reels, waders, etc., offers
substantial discounts to guides, as each guide is essentially a
walking advertisement.

In fact, the guy who showed me the price list was trying to talk me
into getting a NY guiding license, and pulled out a stack of price
lists to make his argument more compelling.

That may be true for NY, Scott, but as Joe has said, it doesn't really
matter. It is WHAT you get that counts. If Simms does it, I'm
betting that Patagonia, Dan Baily, LLBean, et al do it, and I know
Orvis does it, yet most of the guides I see are using G3s, including
the guides at Orvis lodges. Why? Because the things are so damn
good. Pay 400 bucks for more than 400 days of use. Such a deal.




I'm not disagreeing, Dave, but you seemed rather impressed that the
guides were paying $200 more for the Simms waders rather than buying
heavily discounted Orvis waders. The price difference for the guides
really isn't that big. Yeah, Simms does make really good waders, and to
many folks, the extra money is money well spent.

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Scott
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