best backpack made in america under $200
07-29-10, 03:55 AM
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This is true. However, I am very glad that Americans are starting to care. There isn't another country that doesn't take great pride in the products they produce. American business can use the boost and we should be willing to give it to them in order to provide them the chance of returning to having the most intelligent, creative, motivated (not to mention good looking) people on the planet making the best, most innovative products the world has ever seen. We sort of lost our way there for awhile. We let ourselves go. We are now paying the price. But, I think we now see that for what it is, are taking it on the chin and coming back swinging.
Time to stand up and make the world believers again. Whenever appropriate - meaning whenever the quality is there - we should all buy American. It will cost more. But, that's fine. We provide more. It's a best value as opposed to lowest price proposition. Never settle for crap. Insist on good, old fashioned, best quality, most innovative American products. If you do not find an American product that meets those criteria then buy a product made in another country and tell someone in the store you are in - preferably a manager - why you are buying a product produced overseas. Because they are not selling your preferred product which would be a standout quality, American made thingy.
Time to stand up and make the world believers again. Whenever appropriate - meaning whenever the quality is there - we should all buy American. It will cost more. But, that's fine. We provide more. It's a best value as opposed to lowest price proposition. Never settle for crap. Insist on good, old fashioned, best quality, most innovative American products. If you do not find an American product that meets those criteria then buy a product made in another country and tell someone in the store you are in - preferably a manager - why you are buying a product produced overseas. Because they are not selling your preferred product which would be a standout quality, American made thingy.
07-29-10, 06:38 AM
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07-29-10, 11:43 AM
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07-29-10, 11:46 AM
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seagull ftw
07-29-10, 08:17 PM
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just ordered a baileyworks citizen pack large in linen color. came in at $193. I feel like a winner.
9) messenger bags
how did no one get that yet?
9) messenger bags
how did no one get that yet?
07-29-10, 08:57 PM
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I see what you did there . . .
07-29-10, 10:24 PM
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*mind explode*
After I read your post, I went back to the picture like three times and thought, noooo. And here I was thinking that the girl on the right was clearly added just to have some semblance of gender balance.
15) Converse sneakers
After I read your post, I went back to the picture like three times and thought, noooo. And here I was thinking that the girl on the right was clearly added just to have some semblance of gender balance.
15) Converse sneakers
07-29-10, 10:33 PM
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07-29-10, 11:17 PM
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RE: Mission backpacks - For $220 I'd save $30 and get a T-level backpack instead.
07-30-10, 12:56 AM
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A trapper keeper? That's the worst comeback I've ever seen. It's a great cycling bag. Wish I could get my mitts on one. Sold out everywhere.
07-30-10, 01:05 AM
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it's not a comeback, it's a humorous insult.
and i hope the mission workshop is sewn by illegal laborers that are 3 years old and get paid in Beer, from materials that are nuclear hazards hardened in a baby seal resin.
it will still be a better bag than the t-level, and i'd still rather have it than a t-level and 60 dollars. i just don't like the t-level- not the style, not the design, not the price. i'd pay 75-90 for a t-level... i'd pay 180-200 for a mw.
and i hope the mission workshop is sewn by illegal laborers that are 3 years old and get paid in Beer, from materials that are nuclear hazards hardened in a baby seal resin.
it will still be a better bag than the t-level, and i'd still rather have it than a t-level and 60 dollars. i just don't like the t-level- not the style, not the design, not the price. i'd pay 75-90 for a t-level... i'd pay 180-200 for a mw.
08-02-10, 10:41 AM
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T Level are great quality bags. I got to get my hands on another but yeah they are sold out everywhere. Build quality is great worth every damn dollar.
