LL Bean, Bean Boots

[wEstSidE]

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/african_american_boycott_of_l_l

sorry but those boots...hah!

[Charlie Delta]

That's odd.

Elaborate?

[wEstSidE]

blak ppl cant buy ll bean. ull get shamed.

[Charlie Delta]

Yes but why???

Ehhhh....

Something they did in the past?

[wEstSidE]

i lyk u n all cotton but i honestly cant tell ne1 wite...not evn suppose 2 sai tht i cant buy it.

blak ppl kno wats up.

[Charlie Delta]

Hahaha,

well if that's how it's going to be played then I guess I couldn't care less.

As long as I won't get attacked over it.

Do think that it's pretty weak to boycott something without stating why, but wuteffs....

[wEstSidE]

yea mayne keep warin it if u lyk it. its ok wit me im not rly crazzy about it but i gotta keep up appearances ya kno? its not going 2 end netime soon either...

[Charlie Delta]

OK, well as long as I don't offend you....

[superBobo]

this thread turned weird guys!

Will post pics wearing them sooner or later, but they feel abit hardcore for a coldish, dry and sunny autumn day

You got the ones with straps cotton?

Maybe I should have bought some used ones from ebay, but couldnt find any. On the very postive side, I didnt had to pay customs and tax, even though the full value was stated.

Will probably order from the LL Bean site again, some nice moccasins and maybe a down vest...

[Charlie Delta]

Yup got the same ones as Hawkeye has, really look forward to them.

[jubei]

hooray, I've got more 'Bean buddies on SuFu

those bison boots you ordered look INTENSE, bobo

[poliopoliopolio]

i got the shearling boots for christmas last year and i wore the fuck out of them.

[superBobo]

how is the shearling Polio? I though about getting those, but choose normal ones since it might be nice to wear them even when its not freezing.

jubei, Bean Buddy Crew! They dont look that extreme irl really, but the leather is quite textured and rough. They look pretty much like Polios worn, but I tried em with jeans outside, not tucked (might do that with slimmer jeans though).

[poliopoliopolio]

i like the shearling. they allowed me to stomp through the snows of ann arbor with impunity. they were really warm, though. i probably wouldn't wear them in early fall or spring. i really want buckled ones now, though! those look sweet.

[Charlie Delta]

Damn Polio, I knew I had seen them on here already somewhere!

Looks really great!

[superBobo]

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yea, my carpet is dirty.. Taken with flash, the leather upper is normally a darker, duller color. Still a really nice brown-red.

[cto]

this is a great thread... i was planning on buying the 10" shearlings for the winter. Cant beat them when you need to get around the city on a wet winter day. and you cant mess w/ the classics.

[heBAY]

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yea, my carpet is dirty.. Taken with flash, the leather upper is normally a darker, duller color. Still a really nice brown-red.

Bobez...are those 10"?

[knucks]

Honestly these are the ugliest boots ever made. Next level shit? Fuckk that.

[superBobo]

heBay

yea, 10" "bison" leather boots (dont know wtf that is though, since real bison seems a bit un-pc?).

[postroyal]

I should of posted something earlier, but I rarely think of L.L. Bean as such a popular place.

But I actually work at L.L. Bean in the factory store up here in Freeport, Maine. I get 33%-40% discounts on all items, clothes, shoes, camping equipment, anything.

Maybe I should open a proxy if people are that interested? It'd actually be very easy, from the website I can enter my customer ID number, get the discount, and have LL Bean ship the item to you. Thefore I wouldn't have to charge for shipping also.

[Charlie Delta]

YES!

Curious, but does the factory store have stuff as samples, dicontinued models, material variations etc?

Now I turned to ebay for a pair of those buckled boots...

[the wit of the staircase]

schnee makes a MUCH better version of these.

http://www.schnees.com/catalog/schnee-boots/cat_schnee-non-insulated-pac-boots.html

[postroyal]

YES!

Curious, but does the factory store have stuff as samples, dicontinued models, material variations etc?

Now I turned to ebay for a pair of those buckled boots...

We have two stores. One is the employee store - This is returned items. They are usually brand new, the customer just didn't like them. So they get returned, since we have 100% return policy. I went once, I got a 200 dollar camping backpack for only 25 dollars. It's INSANE inside.

The second store is the "defect" store, if you will call it that. It's minor mistakes, maybe a missed stitching. Crooked logo. Wrong color. It's usually something minor.

[DEPHT]

I visited the outlet store in Freeport this summer. It's pretty nice, i've been wearing LL Bean for years. I like their blank T's and long sleeves....picked up a few when I was in the outlet store. I think the one I went to was the "defect" store? Dunno.....but nothing was wrong with anything that I bought, and you can find some amazing deals. Picked up all my shit for less than 8 bucks.

[postroyal]

Employee store is obviously for employees only, so it had to be the defect store.

Like I said, the defect store is usuaully VERY minor mistakes, maybe a mechanical error during processing, or a wrong color choice. It's usually not something noticable unless told.

[superBobo]

postroyal, that offer is great! LL Bean proxy!

[knucks]

I'd be down for a proxy, there's a few tops I want

[postroyal]

Well, I might as well. What is the going rate charge for my cut? 10%?

[heBAY]

I should of posted something earlier, but I rarely think of L.L. Bean as such a popular place.

But I actually work at L.L. Bean in the factory store up here in Freeport, Maine. I get 33%-40% discounts on all items, clothes, shoes, camping equipment, anything.

Maybe I should open a proxy if people are that interested? It'd actually be very easy, from the website I can enter my customer ID number, get the discount, and have LL Bean ship the item to you. Thefore I wouldn't have to charge for shipping also.

Uhm...the best idea I've heard this week.