I have some fahhhbulous riding boots - Newmarket style - perfect for shopping in London, then rushing over the Guards to watch the polo. Or Cowdray; wherever HRM can be found. :D;)
(In truth they are just rubber boots I got on sale at a local tack store. But they are made in England.)
Yeah new Ariats suck… they are more like rubber than leather. I can’t believe that even the Monacos are made in China… who here wants to pay for $800 non-custom, Chinese made boots when you can get custom, Italian made boots for that price?! The old Ariats were made in Italy, at least that’s what my old Crownes said.
I LOVE Grand Prix now… and as far as I know, they are still made in Italy.
[QUOTE=J Swan;3458459]
. I don’t see y’all complaining about India. Ever make a service call for computer related problems?
OUTSOURCING is what y’all are complaining about .[/QUOTE]
That reminds me of when I was rerouted away from New Orleans and my baggage lost by Delta during Hurricane Katrina. When I called the airline about the bag, the heavily accented person who answered had no idea what I was talking about when I mentioned the hurricane. He was in Delhi, and had no idea a big hurricane had hit New Orleans.
Anyone considering spending that kind of money on paddock boots should look to getting Vogel ones – custom, made in NYC, and less expensive.
Or Dehner’s. Made in the US. Somewhere. Nebraska? Iowa? Somewhere people grow lots of corn.
Good boots.
my Dehner paddock boots are still going strong - 17 years old, black and brown - I loff them!
My husband is a buyer for a bicycle company. Most bicycles are made in China, or Taiwan these days. The quality out of Taiwan is much higher then average then the quality out of China. With the SAME SPECs. The specs are given out to bidders, samples are made… and inspected. Even with the same specs quality differs greatly from one manufacturer to the next.
Its also VERY common to have a manufacturer make samples, that look good, get the deal inked, first shipments will look good… and then, quality will go down after the deal is sealed. This has happened time and time again with different manufacturers. Once the contract is in place, it is hard to leverage the manufacturers to improve their quality.
One was a Chinese company making bike frames. First two shipments were great, then, the bikes started breaking in half (with riders on them!). But, the contract was signed, and the Chinese company pointed out they had the option to “fix” the broken frames… which was a shoddy patch… Long story short quality is often not consistent in china, and business carries a different set of ethics then what is thought as acceptable in the western world.
[QUOTE=Reynard Ridge;3458369]
If Ariat boots are crappy “now” and the only difference between “then” and “now” is that the boots are made in China, it’s not a reflection of the ability of a Chinese production facility to produce quality work. It is a reflection of Ariat’s choice of materials and their production standards. The Chinese factories produce to the standard of the company purchasing the goods. Ariat is choosing to produce substandard products.[/QUOTE]
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