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[-] stoly@lemmy.world 231 points 3 months ago

Never buy L.L. Bean again, gotcha.

[-] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 55 points 3 months ago

They were amazing once, but that was sort of a long time ago now.

They had super high quality with an unbelievably good warranty. Basically, most of the store was buy it for life. They dropped quality and then the warranty followed. Now it's mostly just a familiar name.

Makes sense they're trumptards

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

I remember learning about LL Bean from Seinfeld and asking why people like it. Later when I wasn't living paycheck to paycheck and started buying quality goods, I learned that their famous warranty was gone. Which sucks because I'm all about BIFL.

[-] Empyreus@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago

This is why I switched to Patagonia, quality stuff, great customer service, great warranty.

[-] Dark_Arc@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

And way better ownership evidently

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah from what I’ve heard it’s owned by someone who genuinely wants to make the world less awful. Whether or not that’s true idk, but I’ll always prioritize a company that acknowledges and claims to attempt to minimize environmental impact over one owned by bigots

[-] Dark_Arc@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It was owned by someone like that, he gave the company away and it's now owned by a bunch of non-profits oriented around environmentalism.

[-] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

They also tell their workers to go outside when the surfing is nice according to a podcast I heard once.

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