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I really appreciate the efforts you put into this review...Its not often you get to see that much detail on a products in a non sales related viewpoint....
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I had great luck with Smitty brand apparel in Basketball. I also have an Umpire shirt and pants and have no complaints so far.
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I had a bad experience with Smitty pants. I bought a pair of base pants last year for American Legion ball because they are lighter weight and cooler.
I only wore them a few times, cleaned them, and hung them in the closet. Got them out this year and they had shrunk! No joke! They're much tighter in the waist than they were late last summer. Bummer. :rolleyes: |
I bought the Smitty pants this year. I liked the look and the feel of the pants. I was disappointed with the belt loops of all things. They advertised 3/4 inch wide loops on their new pants. The loops were barely 3/8 inch wide. Not enough for a wide belt in my opinion. I sent them back and got GD's.
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I have a pair of Cliff Keens which are okay, but I would much rather have the Honigs GD's, or a pair of Fetchhimers (if they still exist in charcoal). Now if +POS still existed..... |
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If they solved those problems, great, but I still threw away 100 bucks trying two pairs of this inexcusably poor crap (slacks, shipping and tailoring). One pair was worn and washed three times, and the other pair was worn and washed twice. Two pairs of slacks: two improperly sized pairs of slacks with clasps that are tearing out and pocket buttons that fall off and waistbands that bunch. They sucked as badly as a new pair of slacks can suck. No such problems with any other brand. The shirts are pretty good, however. I'm open-minded enough to say it: they're good shirts. Irrespective of all of that, the Smitty's company is a typical American company willing to take any shortcuts in quality and workmanship in order to make an undeservedly high profit at the expense of forever angering scores of members of their customer base. And the only way they'll ever know is to watch their sales disappear like they should after foisting this unusable crap on us. ... Name change! |
Hands down the best shirts are +POS if you can get them.
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I deal with many overseas companies. Don't talk about shortcuts and poor quality until you've dealt with other places. Plus, the quality of US products has increased drastically over the past few years. Further, you don't know that these weren't outsourced to a foreign company to have them cut and sewn, then sold here. Sorry to highjack the thread - this just didn't sit well with me since I work for a US company that takes quality quite seriously, as do our customers. If this is your view, buy foreign and watch our economy continue to plummet. |
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And I have enough dealings to know what I am talking about. Perhaps you should finish reading what is written, comprehend what is said, and then you wouldn't have to go off. |
Au contraire le Arbitre Publius
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The Smitty Shirts are pretty good actually, I cant complain. The pants on the other hand, seem to be a bit tight. Maybe they should write up a review on pants?
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You may be correct that in the past US products were less quality oriented than in other parts of the world. It is no longer that way. Thus "typical" US companies no longer fit that bill. Further, the profit margins on the majority of products is not nearly as high as people think. Retail/list price is rarely paid by anyone. Quote:
I did. That's why I had to. If you left something unsaid that should have been implied, it got lost after the US bashing. Maybe you should have said it. However, this has nothing to do with umpiring, so let's just agree to disagree and go on. |
Where do you find LeTrell?
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Thanks, KJump |
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