Comments on: Sweet vintage REI backpack

By: dude

dude — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:16:23 +0000

OK. Don’t think of it as “a backpack you could have purchased for $10.” Think of AfterLife as a “curator of cool stuff to save you time from choosing and shipping it.” So now $68 is paying for:

* The convenient location so you don’t have to have something shipped to you and wait for it.
* The fact that someone at that store knew that this bag even existed and had the eye to pick it out and select it for you, so you don’t have to scan Ebay.

Not everyone needs this service, but some are happy to have it.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:16:44 +0000

Wow, serious rip-off!

By: henry

henry — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:04:38 +0000

SRSLY. just spotted a similar REI bag from the 80′s on ebay for around $10, used.

By: Well I guess so

Well I guess so — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:37:18 +0000

C’mon, that store’s mark-up rate is INSANE. They bought that back for a few dollars in some thrift store in the middle of nowhere and now it’s $68? Explain please

By: henry

henry — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:00:16 +0000

i want the one i can’t have. just bought a new backpack last week: http://ow.ly/bvdeI