Orvis Catalog Pricing ?

Guy;96871 Wrote:
"Corndog" wrote in message
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Hey, if you want a Harley you pay the price. It's not about speed or
comfort or looks, it about having the name on the side of your bike.


I'm sure i'm a little slow and having a hard time understanding your
comment. hope it is pleasant.
i just wanna to be on a trout stream which is not easy where i live. no
Harley needed as the speed would get me the 1st time i buried the
needle
which i would attempt my first ride.
G


I'm refering to the initial post by Bob on Orvis being so expensive.
If you wanna wear the name, you gotta pay the price. Does John Deer
make a better tractor, no, but they have a name many farmers want to
have on their tractors. When Perkins sales team sets their prices for
their latest catalog, they know their stuff doesn't cost more to
manufacture then Cabellas, or LL Bean. They also know that some will
pay the price to wear/carry the Orvis name. So, they price
accordingly. I have alot of Orvis gear. I was told long ago by a man
I highly respect, that it's the best. So, now I'm hooked and won't
break away even though I can't really afford it. It's called good
marketing.

Cdog


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"Guy" guytee2 at comcast dot net wrote in message
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"ray" wrote in message
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On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:45:13 -0500, Guy wrote:

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Hi,

Not much to do this afternoon,

Sounds to me like you have to much time of your hands. I have to much
work
and no time.
Grab your tool belt, I'll let you know where to show up tomorrow morning
and
I pay well. $12 an hour until you prove yourself and I buy lunch (my
choice). Maybe after a few days you will feel good about having an Orvis
gift certificate and not Walmart.


$12/hr is supposed to be good? I make $25 - $60.

Well, I work up a quote for a project making sure I have covered my bases
(ass). Then to be safe, I double my quote and then mark it all up 25%. I
smile when my customer says OK and then I get that blank-stair look when
they say they thought it would have been considerably more $$. After it
takes me twice as long to complete the job, fix up all the screw ups of
the subs and hired help and end up making less than 10% minus my labor, I
wonder if I should ever hire anyone at any price. And then I do it all
over again.

One hesitates to wonder whether, if you were competent and thus paid enough
to attract competent help, some of your problems might mysteriously
disappear.

I guess you are a plumber?

No, duh! I mean who else in this world could possibly make such fantastic
money?

Wolfgang
who can't help but wonder just what a blank stair might look like.......but
has a pretty good idea of where to search for the answer.

"Corndog" wrote in message
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Guy;96871 Wrote:
"Corndog" wrote in message
...

Hey, if you want a Harley you pay the price. It's not about speed or
comfort or looks, it about having the name on the side of your bike.


I'm sure i'm a little slow and having a hard time understanding your
comment. hope it is pleasant.
i just wanna to be on a trout stream which is not easy where i live. no
Harley needed as the speed would get me the 1st time i buried the
needle
which i would attempt my first ride.
G


I'm refering to the initial post by Bob on Orvis being so expensive.
If you wanna wear the name, you gotta pay the price. Does John Deer
make a better tractor, no, but they have a name many farmers want to
have on their tractors. When Perkins sales team sets their prices for
their latest catalog, they know their stuff doesn't cost more to
manufacture then Cabellas, or LL Bean. They also know that some will
pay the price to wear/carry the Orvis name. So, they price
accordingly. I have alot of Orvis gear. I was told long ago by a man
I highly respect, that it's the best. So, now I'm hooked and won't
break away even though I can't really afford it.

You buy stuff you can't afford for the name? And you do it knowingly? You
wanna wear the name? Wow. That's very sick.

It's called good marketing.

No, it's called credulity.....pathology.....something like that.

Wolfgang
oh, and that person you highly respect?.......you shouldn't.

Wolfgang;96893 Wrote:
"Corndog" wrote in message
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Guy;96871 Wrote:
"Corndog" wrote in message
...

Hey, if you want a Harley you pay the price. It's not about speed
or
comfort or looks, it about having the name on the side of your
bike.


I'm sure i'm a little slow and having a hard time understanding your
comment. hope it is pleasant.
i just wanna to be on a trout stream which is not easy where i live.
no
Harley needed as the speed would get me the 1st time i buried the
needle
which i would attempt my first ride.
G


I'm refering to the initial post by Bob on Orvis being so expensive.
If you wanna wear the name, you gotta pay the price. Does John Deer
make a better tractor, no, but they have a name many farmers want to
have on their tractors. When Perkins sales team sets their prices for
their latest catalog, they know their stuff doesn't cost more to
manufacture then Cabellas, or LL Bean. They also know that some will
pay the price to wear/carry the Orvis name. So, they price
accordingly. I have alot of Orvis gear. I was told long ago by a man
I highly respect, that it's the best. So, now I'm hooked and won't
break away even though I can't really afford it.

You buy stuff you can't afford for the name? And you do it knowingly?
You
wanna wear the name? Wow. That's very sick.

It's called good marketing.

No, it's called credulity.....pathology.....something like that.

Wolfgang
oh, and that person you highly respect?.......you shouldn't.


LOL Yes it's pathetic. But, like so many others, I just gotta have
it. Hey, I want a Harley too.


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"Corndog" wrote in message
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...Hey, I want a Harley too.

Come here and take all of them. Please.

Wolfgang

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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"JT" wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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Having never owned any clothing with the Orvis label, I can't speak to
the
issue of their quality versus that of any other brand. However, the
matter
of style leaves me somewhat perplexed. How is it that Orvis clothing
remains in style longer than that of any other retailer who sells the
same
styles?

Wolfgang


Good question, I suppose it's the Orvis, Patagonia, Simms... patch sown
on the pocket??

I don't own any Orvis clothing either, I prefer the Columbia PFG
sportswear for the money.
I also like the Ex-Officio clothing, however it's generally way over
priced for my pocketbook.
And you?

Generally, I pay no attention to brand names in clothing. Well, that's
not quite accurate......generally I AVOID popular brand names,
particularly when the name or logo is emblazoned somewhere on the article
of clothing; I've never seen the benefit to the consumer (me) of paying
for the privilege of being a walking billboard. Nor have I found, in my
limited experience with popular brands, that they are necessarily more
durable or stylish than many other options. I buy virtually all my
clothing from the end of season sale racks at places like Target,
Wal-Mart, etc., making only occasional exceptions if I happen to find
something sufficiently discounted at the likes of Gander Mountain,
Cabela's etc.

I recently made an unwitting exception when, after looking unsuccessfully
for a comfortable pair of low cut walking shoes in my usual haunts, I
found a pair that fit, were comfortable and were affordable at Gander
Mountain. It was only later when one of my co-workers asked if they were
"Sketchers" (which I had, till then, never heard of) that I discovered
they are apparently a popular brand. Incidentally, I was in the market
for a new pair of shoes not because my old ones, purchased for about
fifteen bucks at K-Mart seven or eight years earlier had worn out or
disintegrated, but because they disappeared.

As to quality, well most of the clothing items I purchase last long enough
that I throw individual articles out (or, more often, donate them, still
serviceable, to an organization like Goodwill Industries) only when my
storage space gets crammed so full as to be frustrating, as happened
recently in a move to a new apartment, or when, as I suspect happened with
my shoes, someone else disposes of them for me.

Wolfgang
whose sartorial tastes have thus far remained blessedly free of the taint
of stylishness.



I'm already married with two kids, so I don't think or worry too much about
being stylishly impressive. I tend to concentrate more on wearing clothing
and gear that is effective. Wolgang can probably agree that knowing what to
wear, when to wear it, and how to wear it are FAR more important than those
items being worn being stylish. Seasons in this part of the country
(Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, etc.) can change in the blink of an eye.
Some of my favorite (and best) gear is stuff I picked up as a supply
sergeant while still in the Marine Corps. The old tan poly-pros, nylon
poncho liners, and glove liners are some of my best gear. No brand name on
any of them. The only brand name gear I DO swear by is my Underarmor. I
tried cheaper versions and it does work better for me in the conditions it
is marketed for. My ALL TIME favorite no name piece of non-clothing gear is
my roll of 550 chord. I keep about 20 yrds of the stuff in a zip lock with
me whenever I venture out. Great for many emergencies.

Jeremy Moe