Chainstitching by mail?

[Buzz]

Anyone out there accept jeans to be hemmed through the mail and return them?

[irbe78]

Yeah, anybody in Canada? Prefer not to send jeans out of the country.

[erbs]

BiG does chainstitching; the price is $15 plus return shipping. Self Edge is also going to start chainstitching some time this summer. Not sure about any places in Canada, though.

[irbe78]

Really i thought BIG stop doing it for people who don't buy jeans from them. Andybody know what is turn around time for them to do this? Going to NYC in Sept, was going to drop by to check out store, figure i can bring my Flatheads with me to get them hemmed.

[homi29]

i got mine hemmed over the weekend at big

they had em for me same day, but i didnt pick up till a biz day later

great peoples, just ask em and they'll try to accomodate

[ktouran6923]

you could also hit up 45rpm in NYC, but they cant do denim over 14.25oz

[sbbbjm]

i got mine done at BiG all the way from houston, tx. it was about $22 total - $6 to ship to them, $10 to hem, $6 for return shipping - all done through USPS priority mail.

i also remember reading that BiG might stop providing the service for items not bought in store shortly after i had mine done. it was something about how the chainstitch machine they have isn't neccessarily meant for doing hems and they don't want to break it (i'm guessing it was originally supposed to be used on the waistband, bc thats the only other place i see a chainstitch on my SD-103's)

[Dick Danger]

If you search, you should find a thread about a guy in a town north of of San Francisco, I forget the important parts, he did my 5000BKs. I don't know how you'll find it but I know it's there. If you can find them they might do it, probably not but you won't know if you don't ask. If you sent them jeans with a prepaid UPS box or something they might do if you made it easy for them to send them back to you.

[scoon0224]

  sbbbjm said:

i got mine done at BiG all the way from houston, tx. it was about $22 total - $6 to ship to them, $10 to hem, $6 for return shipping - all done through USPS priority mail.

i also remember reading that BiG might stop providing the service for items not bought in store shortly after i had mine done. it was something about how the chainstitch machine they have isn't neccessarily meant for doing hems and they don't want to break it (i'm guessing it was originally supposed to be used on the waistband, bc thats the only other place i see a chainstitch on my SD-103's)

You sure they're not chainstitched on the inseam, plus all the felled seams in the top block? (I'm certain that any repro would be)

[Dick Danger]

Welcome Captain Irrelevant.

[JohnnyRed]

  Dick Danger said:

If you search, you should find a thread about a guy in a town north of of San Francisco, I forget the important parts, he did my 5000BKs. I don't know how you'll find it but I know it's there. If you can find them they might do it, probably not but you won't know if you don't ask. If you sent them jeans with a prepaid UPS box or something they might do if you made it easy for them to send them back to you.

San Rafael, it's called Jamies. Amazing work! I hemmed a pair I sold to Denim Phenom, and it's really quality. Took almost a week though! Good people though, nice small shop

[Dick Danger]

Yes that's the one, the exit is Redwood Lane or Redwood something.