gmcunni
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I didn't want to make a new thread but I did see that Bj's has a Mountain Hardware 650 down jacket for $135 and noticed that Costco in NH had a North Face one for around the same price.
costco selling North Face?
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I didn't want to make a new thread but I did see that Bj's has a Mountain Hardware 650 down jacket for $135 and noticed that Costco in NH had a North Face one for around the same price.
costco selling North Face?
stopped in the same TJM i've been going to for weeks. wasn't planning to buy anything but was in teh shopping center so i popped in.
more pants (CB + columbia) and more jackets, include a few Mountain Hardware soft shells. They had a handful of very nice cloudveil (red) jackets. fit nice but wasn't really looking to spend $200.
also had larger assortment of baselayers than previously seen.
So you bought nothing?
correct. had the baselayer pants (level 8 - 3/4 length) in my hand @ $15 but i wanted something a little thicker.
My son had LAX practice in the lcoal dome last night so stopped into the TJMaxx next door for a quick peak and they had more stock than the one in the city.
Could of got 2 pairs
You figure out their thinking, "Vermont equals skiing, so lets put all the ski stuff up there", but little do they know that only a small percentage of Vermonters actually ski/snowboard.
costco selling North Face?
Yeah, I discovered the one I hit in VT had probably 5 to 8 times the winter stuff as we have down here. Inventory management fail. You figure out their thinking, "Vermont equals skiing, so lets put all the ski stuff up there", but little do they know that only a small percentage of Vermonters actually ski/snowboard. They'd do better overloading the stores in NYC, Jersey, Boston etc...
That's not true!
I'm [planning on getting some extra gloves for the kids and base layers for us all at the one down here. I will have to see where the nearest one to be in VT is for other apparal/equipement needs.
Heck yeah it is. The vast majority of Vermonters* dont ski or snowboard.
*Defined as born and raised, not someone that moved there.
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I won't say it's an economic thing either. I knew plenty of Vermonters who snowmachined, which isn't a cheap hobby.
Speaking as "one of those," you're wrong again.....lots of folks do. Don't rely on stereotypes....that's something lots of "flatlanders" do. :dunce: :wink:Heck yeah it is. The vast majority of Vermonters* dont ski or snowboard.
*Defined as born and raised, not someone that moved there.
Having had a family home in VT, gone to High School and College in Vermont, actually spent more time living there than anywhere else, I definitely agree with you.
The vast majority of the "True Vermonters" I knew didn't ski or board. This was even true of the Vermonters I encountered working at the ski areas who presumably got a season pass as part of their compensation.
Speaking as "one of those," you're wrong again.....lots of folks do. Don't rely on stereotypes....that's something lots of "flatlanders" do. :dunce: :wink:
TJ Maxx as one of the largest retailers, must have some idea what they are doing. I imagine that they found that areas closer to resorts with folks of lower socieoeconomic backgrounds bought more of the ski stuff than folks in more wealthy areas, where folks are more likely to go to EMS, LL Bean, or buy it new. But I don't know...maybe you are in the business and know something I don't (is your last name Penney, Macy, or Marcus? :dunce: )
There is a difference between "lots of folks" and "a preponderance of folks". I'm sure "lots of folks" beekeep, stamp collect, and scuba dive in Vermont too, but not many in actuality. My point was, I guarantee you that many more people (on balance - key distinction here) from the "flatlands" ironically are skiers/boarders than people from Vermont, which is an ironic happenstance given that the skiing is so much better in Vermont. All I'm saying - No need for it to be taken so personal.
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There is no question that "on balance many more people from the flatlands are skiers/boarders." A state of 650,000 versus one with several million there is no question about that. But that's not what you had originally said.
Though I do concede that this is slowly changing, and that far more mountains and communities are trying to open the sport and make it as accessible as possible. Little Bolton does a great job with this, for instance, they have after-school "ski club" type programs with a TON of schools in the area, and these sorts of programs have a soft-spot in my heart, as they are the way I learned how to ski.