Quote Originally Posted by Alan H View Post
--However, for about 45% of the people polled, the axiom of "buy quality, irregardless of expense, because quality clothing will last your lifetime" may not make sense, and for 8/30 or about 27% of the people polled, because their body type changes so much, it makes no sense at all because they know full well that they won't be able to wear it for more than a couple of years.
Alan

I am going to challenge your conclusion stated above. It is my opinion that you should buy quality regardless of whether or not you are sure that you will be able to wear it in the future. If it is truly quality it should maintain a significant portion of its original value, so you should be able to recoup at least part of your initial outlay in the current (or future) resale market, something you would not be able to do if you bought inferior quality goods which would lose value in greater proportion and more rapidly yielding little if any opportunity to recoup any significant portion of your initial outlay. This would be particularly true with regards to quality highlandwear, which seems to have a particularly keen market these days.

Okay, call me a rabble rouser. Bring it on.

jeff