W. H. Ranch Dungarees

[shredwin_206]

He can’t scale back because he’s prolly so deep in the hole and has spent every penny of 5 years worth of orders. 
I don’t know anyone who would support him these days. 
seems he’s more obsessed with yoakam and top gun shit these days. 

[ColonelAngus]

I didn’t mean he should scale back, I meant scale as in grow. He’s one person doing everything, allegedly, which means he should hire more workers to help him catch up on all the back orders he has. The guy is either very stupid or greedy/cheap. 

[Maynard Friedman]

Photos 2&3: “How can I get that order backlog to disappear without actually making anything or refunding my customers?”

Meanwhile, he’s relieving an altogether different backlog!

Edited July 19, 2021 by Maynard Friedman

[mondo]

I still have a pair of super-faded Nudie Flare Glenns at the bottom of my cupboard... does that get me in the ballpark? Maybe the parking lot next door, peeping through a knothole at his fabulousness...

[bartlebyyphonics]

important matter to note of pics 2&3; either he goes commando or is not even committing to his own attempts at comedy...

plus ça change...

[Sansome1877]

I remember meeting gods gift to cool guys, pic 1 pretty much sums it up.

[428CJ]

This dude is a total douchebag. One quick look at his Instagram will tell you that. 

That magazine that is doing a "Best of Kansas City" entry about him ought to get a couple of letters from us, to provide some balance, and let them know they are promoting a sleaze ball.

[shredwin_206]

[428CJ]

Going on seven years. Anybody been waiting longer?

[Broark]

What a scam artist, I hope it catches up to him eventually.
A quick search online shows that he is evidently the director of design at Tecovas?

[mlwdp]

Hudson’s Hill in Greensboro was the last place to get his denim before they ran out.  I guess they’re considered collector’s items now lol smh.

[shredwin_206]

I know maybe 7-8 people who have waited as long if not longer @428CJ. Probably a lost cause at this point. He doesn’t make denim anymore as far as I know. He is a designer at a cowboy boot company now. 
He is a huge scam artist. I don’t know how he never got in trouble with the BBB or how he hasn’t been sued yet…..

[ATWM]

Have people filed real complaints against him with BBB? That takes work, but given his track record it seems warranted. Then again, the headache might not be worth it for an individual. 

[julian-wolf]

I’m almost surprised no one’s put together a little class action lawsuit?? Hah

[mlwdp]

If they can sue Imogene and Willie, they can sue him too.

[shredwin_206]

[shredwin_206]

trading an old jacket to Bandit for these. 
older pair of WH ranch made with Broken Twill

[Broark]

I wonder what this scam artist is up to these days.
Came across my mind a few weeks back, website was still up but his posts on social media had been limited.
Checked just now and his website has expired. Curious how much in total he stole from folks.

[shredwin_206]

@Broark just from people I’ve met and myself not getting my last two pairs I ordered. He took thousands. I think he was charging $400-$700 per pair. $700 was the rush order……..  

yea I saw he finally took down is IG. I hear he works for Tecovas Boots now. Some of his last posts he was going really hard for the Dwight yoakam and top gun clothing which was weird to me.  
A real shame because he really was making some of the best jeans I’ve ever handled, but his reputation caught up to him and I think everyone just hates him now. Hahaha 

[Broark]

31 minutes ago, shredwin_206 said:

I hear he works for Tecovas Boots now.

Interesting, I know some people that work there.

[shredwin_206]

He’s been in some Yt clips of clothes he made for them. The clothes look like crap to me. Haha 

[ATWM]

Excellence in an art or craft and running a business are two separate skills. Rarely does the same person exemplify both to a high degree. Sort of sucks that it needs to be the case so often, especially these days, but it's not an excuse for ripping people off.

Even worse is that better sellers/businesspeople/con men tend to succeed more than the ones who are excellent in craft. Rewards go to the wrong places. 

[indigoeagle]

I read recently about a German entertainer/TV&radio guy. He had passed away in his 80s.
He had his own shows on TV and radio for decades and was quite popular and well liked.
Apparently in the 80s or so he had a tough time taking drugs and frequenting brothes and also debt.
Despite making good money apparently he was in debt for around DM 700,000 (in today's money probably EUR 1m) or so.
Instead of filing for personal bankruptcy and having the debt extinguished after five years or so (in which time you only receive the bare minimum to live from your income) he paid back everything over many years once he got sober again.

Quite remarkable, especially compared to today with scams and fraud in many places.

[youngofthesoonest]

oh wow he also comes right out and namedrops WHranch. 

[Maynard Friedman]

I heard he was also moonlighting for WHSmith

[youngofthesoonest]

he's helping them with a new concept of airport stores where all the snacks, magazines and neck pillows are preorder only but you'll never receive them. 

[scooby]

Funny he’d name drop and not just say “__ years designing, making” 

but also, those of us who’ve worked around narcissists aren’t surprised by this behavior

and 99% of the people who watch these videos aren’t really listening, or know/care about his old brand

We can all rest assured that most people at the company know he’s a con and can’t stand him though

[Double 0 Soul]

I know fuck all about this brand but my takeaways here are.. the leather shoulders on that first jacket look terribly cheap and shiny .. they’re repro-ing the 90s a decade after everyone else and the dude is wearing an outdoor jacket and hat indoors? .. is he trying to disguise the weight he’s put on? 

[Double 0 Soul]

18 hours ago, ATWM said:

Excellence in an art or craft and running a business are two separate skills. Rarely does the same person exemplify both to a high degree. Sort of sucks that it needs to be the case so often, especially these days, but it's not an excuse for ripping people off.

Even worse is that better sellers/businesspeople/con men tend to succeed more than the ones who are excellent in craft. Rewards go to the wrong places. 

What i find strange about these folks.. same with Masterson's, they'll jeopardise it all for such a low-level grift.. although i don't condone, i do understand those folks who check out for £100k+ .. because it gets them out of a business that they might not want to be in.. but this bellend above, was doing something he loved (if he didn't love it, why is he still doing it now?) ..and with minimal amounts of internet-shilling, folks were literally queuing up to hand over large sums of cash in exchange for his work, all he had to do was 'the work' and his business would be a success.. but no, throws it all away for a few measly grand. 

[Maynard Friedman]

Were Jack/Knife involved in similar shenanigans?