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Cleanclock t1_iupnte2 wrote

Reply to comment by SplitOk7780 in Anyone having issues with new dickies stuff? On the right is their old 834 shorts I've worn for years and on the left their new "everyday" shorts after barely two months of use! by SuperDidier

Really? So Walmart’s selling knockoff dickies?

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Mamapalooza t1_iupr491 wrote

Not knockoffs. It's the same idea as outlet malls. They used to buy out of season and overstock items and sell them at a discount. But then the companies decided they could monetize even the discount market and began producing lower quality goods with their branding. It's like the direct-to-VHS version of retail.

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BBBBKKKK t1_iupuxr4 wrote

This is so interesting. I always wondered why/how Sears could sell 501s for $40 (some years ago) but other stores with higher end stuff sold them for much much more.

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Mamapalooza t1_iuqsctw wrote

Yep. It's all nonsense.

I was touring a factory once and they were manufacturing some at-the-time name brand pants (Bill Blass?). They were coming off the machines. Then a buzzer sounded, the machines stopped for a few minutes. When they started back up, same pants, Wranglers labels.

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TerryPies t1_iurrtwg wrote

Exactly the same as the Black Friday bullshit. People think they're getting great deals, but they're getting cheaper made products with cheap internals. It's all an illusion, but it works because we're consumers first and foremost. I don't participate, but I'm as much a part of the problem because I still give shitheads like Wal-Mart my money for other things.

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disapprovingfox t1_iupva50 wrote

It will be a line of the name brand made especially for Walmart. At one time Outlet shops for chains was to offload the stuff that didn't sell. Now those brands make an entire cheaper and lower quality version just to sell in their outlet shops.

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em-ah t1_iupwuzg wrote

this made me so sad. outlet malls selling out of season/stuff they didn’t sell sounds AMAZING. outlet malls selling shitty quality stuff the companies made specifically for them is horrible!!! just adding more garbage to the landfill, man… that’s so disheartening

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disapprovingfox t1_iupxzy1 wrote

Early outlet stores were amazing. I miss them too.

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iamshifter t1_iuqsp8r wrote

Now it’s all “factory stores” instead of outlets.

Outlet = some items are factory rejects, most items are actually just from a year or two old design, and they have made changes to the newest design.

Factory Store: we sell our own stuff directly to you. Cut out the middle man, pay us!

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breachofcontract t1_iupz0bb wrote

They buy in large enough quantities they ask the brand and manufacturer to make them a specific way to hit a price point in their stores that they sell them for. They’re never the exact same model or anything that would buy directly from the brand or something. The items are often one digit off and tough to find on the tag.

Same goes for Black Friday stuff. They order shit specifically made to be sold on Black Friday and no other day. It’s fair shittier bc it has to be sold so cheaply at their stores. Electronics are a great example.

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Cleanclock t1_iurn6ms wrote

This is shocking to me that it’s not illegal. It’s been the issue I’ve had with Amazon prime for the last few years but I didn’t realize all retailers are doing this too. You think you’re buying quality name brand, but shoddy, low quality merchandise arrives instead.

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breachofcontract t1_iuujohf wrote

But directly from the manufacturer to avoid it. Also, if you’re an American, I ask when has this country protected consumers over corporations in the past two decades? C’mon.

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