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Late last year, I responded to some dramatic weight loss by buying some new sweatpants: I bought a $25 pair of "Champion" sweatpants from Costco and a $100 pair from the Canadian made "House of Blanks" to compare the difference between something very clearly made in bulk-ass bulk and something made locally.

The quality differences between the two pairs of sweatpants are very noticeable, and I think I would prefer to own one pair of House of Blanks over four of the dirt cheap Costco brand

Mar 9 at 9:24pmMoshidon
Show threadCube DroneMar 9
Anyways today the "Champion" embroidery fell off of the Costco sweats, revealing that this detail was simply iron-on, glued to the pants
Show threadCube DroneMar 9
My Uniqlo Jeans Experiment went well, though! I ordered them online to get them hemmed appropriately and picked two sizes that were kind of circling what my actual size could be and they both fit and look very good.
Show threadNeil KandalgaonkarMar 9

@cube_drone I have coveted a Miele brand vacuum for a while and saw there was a shockingly cheap one on sale at Costco. It is a special model made just for Costco that doesn’t have half of their usual features

So, that’s the Costco angle in a nutshell. If it isn’t actually bulk-sized, it’s a way to give big brands a way to sell a crappy self-knockoff

Show threadCube DroneMar 9
@neilk I recall spending a bunch of time engaging with Vacuum Reddit (that's a thing apparently) and reading very specific comparisons between the Miele and the SEBO vacuum lines, ultimately settling on "the plug-in bagless Shark I already own" because it's not like me or my wife ever bother to vacuum anyways
Show threadDavid Fleetwood - RG AdminMar 10
@cube_drone This is what I discovered with jeans. I can pay $50 for a pair that will last maybe a year at best, or I can pay $200 and have a pair that lasts like. 6+ years and are made in a way that's reasonably repairable.