• BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    They were amazing once, but that was sort of a long time ago now.

    They had super high quality with an unbelievably good warranty. Basically, most of the store was buy it for life. They dropped quality and then the warranty followed. Now it’s mostly just a familiar name.

    Makes sense they’re trumptards

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      7 months ago

      List of chairmen

      • Leon Gorman (2001–2013)
      • Shawn Gorman (since May 2013)

      List of CEOs

      • Leon L. Bean (1912–1967)
      • Leon Gorman (1967–2001)
      • Christopher McCormick (2001–2015); first non-family CEO
      • Stephen Smith (since November 2015)

      This largely lines up with my experience with their quality over time.

    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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      I remember learning about LL Bean from Seinfeld and asking why people like it. Later when I wasn’t living paycheck to paycheck and started buying quality goods, I learned that their famous warranty was gone. Which sucks because I’m all about BIFL.

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        7 months ago

        This is why I switched to Patagonia, quality stuff, great customer service, great warranty.

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            7 months ago

            Yeah from what I’ve heard it’s owned by someone who genuinely wants to make the world less awful. Whether or not that’s true idk, but I’ll always prioritize a company that acknowledges and claims to attempt to minimize environmental impact over one owned by bigots

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              7 months ago

              It was owned by someone like that, he gave the company away and it’s now owned by a bunch of non-profits oriented around environmentalism.