Chromexcel

[midwestislander]

Thank you, John. Not wanting to Hi Jack the thread, but wanted to say that before the Eric incident, dealing with John and Horween was a good experience with top products of its kind.

[John 2015]

Thanks and please keep me posted when working with Shelley as she has done a good job for us!!

[ducjes]

Thanks and please keep me posted when working with Shelley as she has done a good job for us!!

Shelley is always a pleasure to work with. Very quick to respond.

[Matt T]

John, have you considered the idea of selling your leftovers or seconds on tannery row, similar to what Maverick leather does? You can use a platform like shopify.com, without needing to work with a design company or developers. Take pictures of what you have, post to your store, sell, and fulfill, all with a few clicks. I know this is probably not a big part of your business, but it would be a lot more effecient and profitable than the way things are being done at the moment.

[John 2015]

Matt,

Thanks for the question. The idea behind Tannery Row was to work direct with small companies and individuals on our TR grade material. We have received requests for our low grade products and these are sold direct to companies like Maverick so they can sort and categorize a shipment based on leather we accumulate. We have not been able to come up with a system in house here at the tannery to effectively categorize the low grade leathers to best offer these direct on line.

Thanks again,

John

[DavidL]

Matt,

Thanks for the question. The idea behind Tannery Row was to work direct with small companies and individuals on our TR grade material. We have received requests for our low grade products and these are sold direct to companies like Maverick so they can sort and categorize a shipment based on leather we accumulate. We have not been able to come up with a system in house here at the tannery to effectively categorize the low grade leathers to best offer these direct on line.

Thanks again,

John

For chromexcel that you sell to springfield leather I was under the impression they are regular quality leather is this true or are they seconds?

[John 2015]

David

They have purchased both grades from us in the past.

Thanks

John

[BigGriff]

Placed an order today for the English Tan Dublin in 4.5/5 oz. Here are the details:

$13+/foot. Goes down to $9.99 if you order 100 feet or more.

$30 Handling fee. Personally I hate these "fees". You're going to charge me because you had to put your hands on the leather to sell it to me.

~$20 shipping for one side. Didn't know exact price, but still seems high. Waterhouse offers fee shipping on orders of $99.

On a 20 sq ft side, my total will be ~$310!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Said it will be two weeks. At that time, I will get a notification that my order is ready. Once I confirm, I will be charged and it will ship. Might cancel to be honest. Don't know if it is worth it. Going to take a day or two to mull it over.

Edited April 18, 2014 by BigGriff

[LTC]

a $30 "handling fee" for doing their flippin JOB??? yeah, i don't care for those kind of games myself either.

tell me more about this "waterhouse" place you speak of...

was considered ordering from these people, but not if they play the "handling fee" and excessive shipping cost games. i don't play those and i steer far clear of those that do.

Edited April 18, 2014 by LTC

[BigGriff]

a $30 "handling fee" for doing their flippin JOB??? yeah, i don't care for those kind of games myself either.

tell me more about this "waterhouse" place you speak of...

was considered ordering from these people, but not if they play the "handling fee" and excessive shipping cost games. i don't play those and i steer far clear of those that do.

I guess they know they have a good thing, I mean it's hard to beat Horween leather, but I still think it's bad business practice myself.

Waterhouse is actually a vendor of mine at my job. I work in the prosthetics and orthotics industry and we buy a lot of leather. Peter is a stand-up guy. i highly recommend them if they have something you like.

I also buy from Springfield often. I call them sometimes. They take my order over the phone. Check on things for me when I have questions. Will cut most leathers to whatever size I want. NEVER charged me a handling fee.

Maverick has the Horween leather too. I may give them a look.