shit, i get all my ski clothes on sale. $300 jacket = $150. $150 pants = $90. i dont see the benefit in buying into the hype when you can own the hype in the middle of the season for half the price sometimes.
take oakley sunglasses, for instance. they usually go for about $80 - $300 retail, but every year oakley has a special sale for employees of oakley and retailers (who sell their stuff) at their manufacturing facility in so. cal. - a $300 pair of titanium sunglasses? they're sold at the sale for $45. no joke, it happens every november. (they also trade in goggles - they'll give you a new pair for your beat up old ones)
kind of long getting to my point, but all i'm saying is, don't buy into the hype for a $300 jacket that's probably worth only $75-$100 and that you could just as easily get for $150 with a little patience.
unless you're all about the whole status thing.
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