Poster: A snowHead
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I've been wondering for the last couple weeks why the BBC seem to have shelled out a load of licence payers money on Kjuss Jackets for the skiing presenters in Vancouver? Why get jackets costing between £600 - 800 when other brands such as North Face, HH or even Tog 24 are available at a fraction of the cost? The weather's been quite clement so it's not as if they're on a polar expedition where the best clothing would be essential. Having said that why would anyone in their right mind pay £880 for a Kjuss ski jacket
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hywel, they didn't pay £800 for them, there's another thread somewhere on this, but I'm on the iphone and can't find it.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Helen Beaumont,
I'm just jealous actually But seriously, I was looking at the £880 jacket in Snow and Rock last week, and whilst it was a nice jacket, was quite unremarkable in many respects and wouldn't be in my list of coveted ski wear - Peak Performance anyone?
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Loads of Kjus gear being worn in Laax last week and in the shops there many jackets were going for the SFr equivalent of £1000+.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Hywel, us poor pharmacists have to go to TMaxx for our jackets.
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Hywel,
On the contrary they were probably getting paid at least £800 to wear them and even then it would be cheap advertising (OK maybe not directly it is the BBC after all, but their are ways round it, corporate hospitality etc). Look at the news presenters they all wear TNF or Berghaus, surely not a co-incidence.
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Helen Beaumont wrote: |
Hywel, us poor pharmacists have to go to TMaxx for our jackets. |
But then it wouldn't surprise if those jackets eventually show up in good old TKMaxx! Pretty much every other big name ski brand seems to.
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Nowt wrong with TKMaxx! I'm sure there was a post on here from Megamum who bought a Killy jacket from some charity shop.......
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Hywel, and I got a Rossignol one from TKMaxx, and even managed to find the matching pants.
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Yep, my Rossignol tribe (this years model) came from TK Maxx as well, can't remember the exact price but it was certainly under £40
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davkt, I think mine was £34, and I go the pants from ebay for the same price. Bargain.
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Helen Beaumont, Not got the matching pants, my £15ish soft shells from Aldi doing too good a job to bother spending on even thirty or fourty quid to get a matching set!
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You know it makes sense.
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davkt, only by chance I found them, I wasn't looking.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Does the licence fee go on flying those muppets to Argentina to compete on Wipeout??
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