DavidL Report post Posted April 18, 2014 (edited) I believe they did it purposely. They would undercut springfield leather if they want to compete with them, which is not necessary because they supply them with healthy margins for themselves. It would be cheaper to just allow springfield to handle small orders and tannery row take on larger orders. The 30 dollar handling fee make single hides more than springfield's price. If thats not planned out it sure looks like it was. Correct me if I'm wrong I'm curious about these type of things. Edited April 18, 2014 by DavidL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnv474 Report post Posted April 18, 2014 I wouldn't be surprised if the handling fee acted to offset the higher returns from buyers of small quantities. End-purchasers are more finnicky than, say, a store that buys a stack of hides at a time. -JV474 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigGriff Report post Posted April 19, 2014 I wouldn't be surprised if the handling fee acted to offset the higher returns from buyers of small quantities. End-purchasers are more finnicky than, say, a store that buys a stack of hides at a time. -JV474 That should be a restocking fee. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnv474 Report post Posted April 19, 2014 I agree with you; if that is their reasoning, they should call it that. I think those same buyers would be more likely to post negative reviews if they were charged to return an item that didn't meet unrealistic expectations. Again, I don't know their reasoning. I'm drawing from meetings where I've heard this type of misguided justification. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoosterShooter Report post Posted April 25, 2014 I'm not a defender of Tannery Row, although I have ordered from them before. One thing you have to keep in mind is that Horween / Tannery Row will only sell you #1 Grade whereas Springfield gets their Tannery Run (TR) grade. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DavidL Report post Posted April 25, 2014 Springfield leather should get the first grade leathers they would profit at least 2-3 dollars a sq foot, which is twice what they get for other leathers. They should at least say they are tannery run leathers rather than trick people into thinking they are first grade. If they do sell first grades then thats fair. The thing is you can't tell if they sent you lower grade leather even if you bought first grade. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricIsaiah Report post Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) I got some really really dirty natural Essex from them last year. It was unusable and there was nothing on the site to indicate the inferior quality of the leather. Never again. Definitely lost my business. edit: by "them," I mean Springfield Edited April 25, 2014 by EricIsaiah Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt T Report post Posted April 27, 2014 Yeah, seems that they aren't selling first grade. Not surprising. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nrk Report post Posted October 25, 2015 Yeah, seems that they aren't selling first grade. Not surprising. true ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
