Disenchantment (Consumer)

[eregyrn]

Call me crazy, but I actually like jeans from the Gap. Or I used to... which is what this post is about

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[eregyrn]

Er... M&S would appear not to have any United States retail locations. And jeans and shoes are two things that I will no longer buy unless I can try them on first.

Besides -- part of my point is not that I don't think I *can* find a replacement pair (I've gotten a semi-adequate replaecment pair from Gap already, but only semi), or a replacement retailer who offers an adequate product and with whom I can develop a "long-term" relationship...

Part of my bitching is that this is just becoming the story more and more -- that you can't form a long-term relationship with a vendor in regards any particular staple item. Hell, LL Bean has bootcut jeans, now. But I'm even wary about whether they will have the same jeans 5 years from now or 10 years from now. And LL Bean is one of the most stable retailers I can think of.

And the other part of the bitching is -- yeah, I know I *can* find replacements. I'm grumpy because I'm being forced to go to that effort. It's the effort I hate. I already *went* to the effort and *found* the thing I want. I'm annoyed at having to do that every 5 years, or whatever.

[huffytiger]

In that case, I *DO* I feel your pain. {{{HUGS}}}