ELC new sky high release!

[johnwayne]

I know we like our boots here at VLJ but check out ELC’s new Raiders boots - great looking boots for sure BUT £949!!! Yes nearly a £Grand for boots - anyone here gonna go for pair?

 

[Brettafett]

Saw that.
Hello no.
Im selling everything not nailed down for that GW... Rather have a GW and some slippers.

 

[Mr. Mike]

Apparently part of yet another price increase at ELC. In the meantime e.g. their Great Escape A-2 already climbed up to £1.974,99 [https://www.eastmanleather.com/orig...2-.html#/1-jacket_size-36/312-vhilts_spec-yes].
Amazing! - buying more ELC stuff 3-5 years ago would have been a veritable investment case ...

 

[Chandler]

I guess there are guys always begging Rollin at ATF to make these.

Of course, with "Eastman" branded all over them, I doubt they'll pass muster at a re-enactment.

 

[Flightengineer]

The rest of the jackets have also risen in price , until recently the Star cost 1199, today it is already £1,299.99

 

[Rutger]

I know we like our boots here at VLJ but check out ELC’s new Raiders boots - great looking boots for sure BUT £949!!! Yes nearly a £Grand for boots - anyone here gonna go for pair?

Oh right. Kinda like some of our company's suppliers. "They are gonna buy it anyway. Just double the price".

 

[John Lever]

I see expensive things all the time that I like but can't afford, usually cars like like Porsches.
Paid 20 quid for a pint last week in Tromsø.....I'm not bitter.

 

[Chandler]

Paid 20 quid for a pint last week in Tromsø.....I'm not bitter.

Whoa. That better have been one damn fine libation.

 

[MikeyB-17]

They don’t do it for me. Wouldn’t pay that even if I could afford them. ELC have obviously got customers who will pay what they’re charging, so they’re going right on ahead and charging it. I’m quite pleased I got my old House A-2 when I did. They don’t make them any more, and I doubt I could afford it if they did.

 

[John Lever]

19p a bag today for 500g of sprouts in Sainsbury...choices... choices.
Do I need Raiders boots ? No.
Life is about choices.

 

[Smithy]

I see expensive things all the time that I like but can't afford, usually cars like like Porsches.
Paid 20 quid for a pint last week in Tromsø.....I'm not bitter.

That's why here in Norway we have the fine tradition of "vorspiel" and "nachspiel" if you're going out on the town and hitting the tiles. Exceedingly important.

 

[Smithy]

I'm sure the boots are lovely but I'm not paying that much for a pair of combat boots. Others though may disagree.

If I'm after an A-2 I'd rather push my moolah GW's way. Others yet again may disagree.

ELC are obviously shooting for the stars with their pricing and it's pretty clear that people will pay that kind of money for off the rack stuff. Luckily for the rest of us there's lots of other options and price points.

 

[B-Man2]

£949 =$1,143.00 US dollars for repro boots.
Who’s going to be the first ?
C’mom …. even the Pro Eastman guys here have to be thinking …..

 

[Chandler]

"Buckles: Solid brass - blackened."

Buckles?

FWIW -- looks like a couple sizes already sold out.

 

[bn1966]

Scored my semi retirement 50 Cal A-2 from ELC a few weeks back, new boots today..£70 from Clarks for NOS, going nowhere near a pair of ‘Raiders’…crazy money. £10 for a Dominoes pizza tonight with ‘Blue light’ discount.

 

[Happy Hooligan]

I don't see any buckles either?

 

[Chandler]

£10 for a Dominoes pizza tonight with ‘Blue light’ discount.

Life's too short to eat crap pizza, man. Even I drop some coin for good pie.

 

[bn1966]

Life's too short to eat crap pizza, man. Even I drop some coin for good pie.

Curry from a Gurkha run establishment next week…happy days

 

[Silver Surfer]

bitch and moan, bitch and moan....all just days from Christmas. where's ya Christmas spirit? bah....

 

[B-Man2]

"Buckles: Solid brass - blackened."

Buckles?

FWIW -- looks like a couple sizes already sold out.

Good marketing strategy… “Only 1 pair left “ or “Sold out , restocking orders now being accepted”