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flobee1

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2. I always thought North Face

Reply to snagglepuss (Original post)

Mon Feb 20, 2012, 11:23 AM

Feb 2012

items were obscenely overpriced anyway. You can get the exact same quality from Columbia or Marmot and pay about 20% less. I always thought of people that wore North face as being the same types that wore old navy and american eagle, just buying it because everybody else is buying it.

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Popular NORTH FACE jackets made from feathers of force-fed geese - extremely cruel conditions [View all] snagglepuss Feb 2012 OP

TNF is overpriced, mass produced, consumer market garbage... Earth_First Feb 2012 #1

The North Face is a brand of VF Industries FarCenter Feb 2012 #9

As stated in the article, The North Face admits sourcing from Hungarian farms snagglepuss Feb 2012 #15

They actually get the feathers from Allied Feathers and Down FarCenter Feb 2012 #18

The point is that their own brochure assures people their feathers are not from farms that snagglepuss Feb 2012 #19

What is the alternative use of the down? Land fill? Grind up for animal feed? FarCenter Feb 2012 #20

I always thought North Face flobee1 Feb 2012 #2

Unfortunately, Marmot is heading the same direction... Earth_First Feb 2012 #4

buy early flobee1 Feb 2012 #5

And to think all my coats came from other places because I thought North Face was overpriced Arkana Feb 2012 #3

Not defending North Face, but lemme ask you . . . . . Stinky The Clown Feb 2012 #6

You do raise a good point... Earth_First Feb 2012 #7

Once North Face knew the geese were forced fed they should have exposed snagglepuss Feb 2012 #13

I want to buy a smiliar-looking jacket and have this put on the left side... KansDem Feb 2012 #8

The South will rise again? hlthe2b Feb 2012 #10

Seems to me the issue is pate' consumers... Force feeding isn't helpful for feathers... hlthe2b Feb 2012 #11

As stated in the article, The North Face admits sourcing from Hungarian farms snagglepuss Feb 2012 #17

Its too expensive to throw it away but we coat owners could get a marker pen Peregrine Took Feb 2012 #12

I refuse to wear or buy any clothing with roody Feb 2012 #14

+1 snagglepuss Feb 2012 #16