Overpriced.

[Poop~Ghost]

It's more the fact that after they switched operations to China they didn't keep the prices down, but instead jacked them up into the stratosphere. I always thought they were expensive 8 years ago, now it's crazy.

To be fair, everybody knows that to climb really hard routes you have to wear Arc'teryx.

[powski3]

+1 on razor blades, cable tv, smartphone plans, day lift tickets, and bike tires.
Bike clothing
Bike tuneups
Seattle in general, 520 bridge tolls in particular
Flights to small airports
Professional/dress clothes
Contact lense solution
Gasoline. I don't know what I'm talking about but when can we start running cars on that cheap natural gas from North Dakota?
Canada

[Hugh Conway]

uhhhhh if Seattle is "overpriced" sounds like you are floating in the douche scene and that's a personal problem

[DJSapp]

Landline phones and long distance plans (yes, these still exist, and there's a reason younger people aren't buying)

T-1 Data connections

[half-fast]

anything solar-powered or "green" if they want everybody to use that shit, they should make it affordable

[mud]

Landline phones and long distance plans (yes, these still exist, and there's a reason younger people aren't buying)

T-1 Data connections

It even worse if it's a business land line, almost jacked up twice as much.

[iceman]

If I could get my 85-year-old father-in-law to call us on our cells that landline would be gone in a heartbeat. It's just a phone for him and the telemarketers at this point.

[MarcusBrody]

Olympus lens hoods.

[Ted Striker]

If I could get my 85-year-old father-in-law to call us on our cells that landline would be gone in a heartbeat. It's just a phone for him and the telemarketers at this point.

Replace 85 yo father-in-law with 90+ yo grandfather, and that's me. 20% in taxes on that stupid phone here in WA.

[Cayuse]

Beer at a ski lodge.

[The AD]

Tickets to professional sporting events.

[Bite Me]

Just curious. All you bitching about Arc'teryx moving to China. Where are your precious lightweight skis made?

Austria.

1234

[powski3]

Running and cycling events and races

[BmillsSkier]

Whole Foods and The Fresh Market.


Yet I keep going back.

[Tippster]

Just curious. All you bitching about Arc'teryx moving to China. Where are your precious lightweight skis made?

Nevada (I think.)

[schuss]

uhhhhh if Seattle is "overpriced" sounds like you are floating in the douche scene and that's a personal problem

Seriously. Seattle is cheap compared to SF or NYC

[Ted Striker]

Just curious. All you bitching about Arc'teryx moving to China. Where are your precious lightweight skis made?

Reno, Portland, Truckee, and some town in Spain.

[refried]

Everything on this island

[Alaskan Rover]

Westerbeke wanted $347.99 for a cylinder head gasket for a four-cylinder sailboat diesel engine.

I scoured the internet for parts based upon the original land-vehicle based engine (originally made by Leyland in England for farm tractors and taxicabs...Westerbeke simply shipped the engines to the USA and marinized them for boats and added whopping amounts of $$$$ to their price!!), and tracked down a head gasket for the same engine (same exact gasket) in England for $7.50 plus $20 dollars international shipping.

Total price: $27.50 for the same gasket that Westerbeke was listing for $347.99.

I called up westerbeke to ask them about this...talked to one of the head engineers...he had no comment.

High seas piracy!!!!!

--

[DeathVan]

Everything on this island

QF (the Absolute Mother Fucking) T

add 40% to Everything you buy, that's what's "normal" here

[ashmgee]

heirloom tomatoes at the local coop

$5.99/lb = about $5.00/tomato

[DJSapp]

Westerbeke wanted $347.99 for a cylinder head gasket for a four-cylinder sailboat diesel engine.

I scoured the internet for parts based upon the original land-vehicle based engine (originally made by Leyland in England for farm tractors and taxicabs...Westerbeke simply shipped the engines to the USA and marinized them for boats and added whopping amounts of $$$$ to their price!!), and tracked down a head gasket for the same engine (same exact gasket) in England for $7.50 plus $20 dollars international shipping.

Total price: $27.50 for the same gasket that Westerbeke was listing for $347.99.

I called up westerbeke to ask them about this...talked to one of the head engineers...he had no comment.

High seas piracy!!!!!

--

You mind pm'ing the exact engine make of both the Westerbeke and the Leyland? I sense a business opportunity here...

[chatton18]

QF (the Absolute Mother Fucking) T

add 40% to Everything you buy, that's what's "normal" here

So Move

I'll add Diamonds and Gold to the list. I guess they should be categorized with anything that has value because it makes you look pretty.

[refried]

QF (the Absolute Mother Fucking) T

add 40% to Everything you buy, that's what's "normal" here

That's about normal here too but I'm only a few miles from America. I paid $4.89 yesterday for gas, the refineries are less than 10 miles away but they send that fuel south.

[HankScorpio]

Bike clothing

It's incredible that a I can get a polypro t-shirt to ride in for $15. Take that same poly pro t-shirt, make it tighter, add elastic and a zipper, call it a bike jersey, charge $75 for it.