Thirty Five Dollars for a Tuque!

[bill barilko]

Headed over to nearby Boarder Row (4th & Burrard) to look for a simple winter tuque.

Average price was $35 with some to $40 and nothing less than $25-even in the so called Discount Centre-which is of course no such thing.

WTF is the world coming to-I ask you?!

Believe me I've been in the rag trade-there less than a dollar's worth of material even in the best quality unit and manufacturing/distribution add another dollar-the rest is pure profit.

Each and every one of those (usually empty) ripoff sh!thole stores can rot in the dark-small wonder they turn over like a $5 hotel room on Saturday night.

 

[CDNBear]

Holy crap, isn't there a GT boutique around?

$2.99 plus tax, and yer pumkin's toasty!

 

[Goober]

Holy crap, isn't there a GT boutique around?

$2.99 plus tax, and yer pumkin's toasty!

Guess he must have money to burn - Lots of inexpensive toques out there -

 

[Nuggler]

Where are ya, Bill? Lots of em at Cdn Tire and Walmart; nowhere near that price. My wife'll knit ya one. Buy the material. What colour ya want?

 

[bill barilko]

No Walmart in Vancouver-must check out Canadian Tire next I'm in that 'hood-Thanks.

As to their being lots around I doubt most of you Guys shop much at all.

 

[CDNBear]

As to their being lots around I doubt many of you Guys shop much at all.

I merely asked, but you are right. I have a wife that gets off on spending money. Thankfully she's frugal (Read cheap) and also takes note of the condition of my kit and replaces as necessary.

Life is good.

Do you guys have GT boutiques (Giant Tiger) out there?

 

[Goober]

No Walmart in Vancouver-must check out Canadian Tire next I'm in that 'hood-Thanks.

As to their being lots around I doubt most of you Guys shop much at all.

Matter of fact I do -

 

[captain morgan]

Headed over to nearby Boarder Row (4th & Burrard) to look for a simple winter tuque.

Average price was $35 with some to $40 and nothing less than $25-even in the so called Discount Centre-which is of course no such thing.

WTF is the world coming to-I ask you?!

Believe me I've been in the rag trade-there less than a dollar's worth of material even in the best quality unit and manufacturing/distribution add another dollar-the rest is pure profit.

Each and every one of those (usually empty) ripoff sh!thole stores can rot in the dark-small wonder they turn over like a $5 hotel room on Saturday night.

C'mon BB, there is nothing cheap in Kits.. You'd have better luck finding a cheap toque at Harrod's in London.

 

[petros]

Was he looking for a toke or a toque?

 

[bill barilko]

C'mon BB, there is nothing cheap in Kits.. You'd have better luck finding a cheap toque at Harrod's in London.

Yes it was naïve of me to think that those boarder kids don't have much money to spend in those stores-they don't but their parents do.

Was he looking for a toke or a toque?

Haven't heard anyone use that 70's term since well.......the 70's I guess.

I was after a Tuque a Toque is the tall white hat restaurant Chefs wear-sorry to be the agent of your disillusionment as per SOP.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Headed over to nearby Boarder Row (4th & Burrard) to look for a simple winter tuque.

Average price was $35 with some to $40 and nothing less than $25-even in the so called Discount Centre-which is of course no such thing.

WTF is the world coming to-I ask you?!

Holy ****!!! I bought a Helly Hanson touque for $25....& it's freaking awesome, &
they're not know for being inexpensive.

Light weight, made out'a some freaky material that whisks the moisture away, and
yet the warmest, most comfortable touque I've ever owned.

 

[petros]

Wooly Bully

 

[Kreskin]

Insane price. I had a similar experience on Mt Washington.

 

[Goober]

Holy ****!!! I bought a Helly Hanson touque for $25....& it's freaking awesome, &
they're not know for being inexpensive.

Light weight, made out'a some freaky material that whisks the moisture away, and
yet the warmest, most comfortable touque I've ever owned.

4.99 from Wally Mart - Thinsulate - Long, ugly but warm. i spend a lot of time outside - then inside - Froze last winter - Getting a heated vest for this winter. Gerber. Bikers use them and I heard positive reports on them. Not cheap.

 

[captain morgan]

Was he looking for a toke or a toque?

Surprisingly enough, you can find both in the same place... Kinda like 1-stop shopping with no receipts.

 

[JLM]

Headed over to nearby Boarder Row (4th & Burrard) to look for a simple winter tuque.

Average price was $35 with some to $40 and nothing less than $25-even in the so called Discount Centre-which is of course no such thing.

WTF is the world coming to-I ask you?!

Believe me I've been in the rag trade-there less than a dollar's worth of material even in the best quality unit and manufacturing/distribution add another dollar-the rest is pure profit.

Each and every one of those (usually empty) ripoff sh!thole stores can rot in the dark-small wonder they turn over like a $5 hotel room on Saturday night.

I doubt if I've paid more than $5 for a tuque in my life and they are not that hard to find. Mind you I was just looking for one to keep my ears warm, wasn't interested in wearing it to help pick up chicks! :lol:

 

[taxslave]

If you really need a tuque I have a few. I get them fer free just like hats. Some from equipment suppliers some from fire training courses. Tee shirts too. Actually that is why we volunteer, just to get free cloths cause it beats hell out of shopping.

 

[Nuggler]

No Walmart in Vancouver-must check out Canadian Tire next I'm in that 'hood-Thanks.

As to their being lots around I doubt most of you Guys shop much at all.

Hey...............I resent that eh. 8O I shop for my own clothes. My wife won't go into "those stores" that sell codpieces, etc.

I hit value village, sally ann, and used goodies at least twice a month, check the grocery fliers, patrol the lanes for "in stores", buy all me tools at "reuse", electric lights at the Real Deal, do the heavy lifting when frozen turkeys are on sale, haunt Payless shoes when they have a buy one get one free. Regularly meet all me old wingers in Second Time Around, we shop for a bit, then hit the Legion and get hammered. If we didn't shop sales, couldn't afford the beer. Yer RONG Bill..............just RONG!! :lol:............eh.

 

[JLM]

My wife just bought one for our grand daughter for $2 at Dollarama and the Bargain Store has scads of them in the $4-$5 price range.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Holy ****!!! I bought a Helly Hanson touque for $25....& it's freaking awesome, &
they're not know for being inexpensive.

Light weight, made out'a some freaky material that whisks the moisture away, and
yet the warmest, most comfortable touque I've ever owned.

Oh yeah, I worked outdoors, in Saskatchewan, doing 12hr shifts, through the last winter.
I swear by my touque. It's plain looking, and the cost isn't due to it having a Canadian
Flag or a Nike checkmark on it. I know I might sound like a Spammer here, but the
Helly Hanson stuff got me through that last winter comfortably. I buy mine at the
local Peavy Mart.