Members Tannin Posted October 16, 2014 Members Report Posted October 16, 2014 Yeah, agreed, that is disrespectful. Don't hear that kind of thing much these days. Not missing it. Simple Leathercrafting
Members Oldtoolsniper Posted October 16, 2014 Members Report Posted October 16, 2014 (edited) [The people on this forum I wouldn't say are non discerning craftsman, probably the opposite considering they actively searched out this forum. People that do events for kids, or for the campsite, things like that quality isn't a huge concern, marks scratches, brands they wont bother returning it in. In cases like warranties the majority don't get the item fixed (if we are talking about cheap electronics or something thats not worth the hassle). The same goes for mail in rebates the company knows that less than 50 percent will go through the mailing process to get a 5 dollar rebate (they forget, or are busy). ] In reading this I have to again ask if you read what you write? You imply that the only people who buy from SLC cater to kids and campfire types and have no idea about what quality is. I've seen pictures of holsters made on this website. Are those for the campfire kids? Yes, please post a picture of a mosquito bite on a hide. Explain how you determined it was a mosquito bite and not from a Dermestid beetle? Where did cheap electronics and warrantees come from in this conversation? Why did you not return the mosquito bite riddled hide? You can't say you did now because you just told me you would provide a picture if I asked, I'm asking. I've been to thirty five countries compliments of my previous employment. This has nothing to do with that. Edited October 16, 2014 by Oldtoolsniper
Members barehandcustoms Posted October 16, 2014 Members Report Posted October 16, 2014 SLC has always provided me with good leather and excellent customer service. I order the same leather from them all the time and only had to call once in the past. They corrected the issue and I continued doing business with them.
Members DavidL Posted October 16, 2014 Members Report Posted October 16, 2014 They shipped me another hide free of charge and let me keep the unusable hide - Its unsellable anyways.. Roughly 70- 100 mosquito bites just on a 1 square foot piece. Total was 13 square foot and most of it was covered. When it comes to their selections of leathers, a lot of it I personally wouldn't touch . The exception probably being the H/O leather, Horweens and the suedes if I had to choose. The goods that are bottled, tools ect are okay though. The Hermann oak can be bought one hide at a time from the tannery and the price is gets cheaper than SLC. Horween is also cheaper to buy from the factory. Manufacturer > Retailer. A business owner will always get the most profit for there inventory as they can. So it may end up cheaper for them to take a gamble and put C quality hides into "B" shipments and hopefully they don't request a refund. The same concept is with mail in rebates, they say they will give you 10 dollars in cash back if you mail in the request form, get a envelope, stamp and then take the time to send it. Most people are too busy for it, forget, or they don't want to spend the time to do that. Very similar to what SLC is doing, it could just be coincidental though. Its hard to believe a company that size has trouble training staff that large holes in leathers aren't sellable and 200+ mosquito bites is not A quality leather. If they sold you a bad hide they probably know it unless they just throw them into the shipping crates without giving them a once over. I could be wrong, to me a large portion of customer has to be people that aren't on this forum, that aren't getting their work critiqued or asking about different techniques. Then a good amount are regular buyers from this forum, and others are buying from other stores, hide house, waterhouse, RJF, ebay or straight from the tannery.
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted October 16, 2014 Contributing Member Report Posted October 16, 2014 (edited) Okay, so tha's two votes agin the calendar, one fer it ... CRAP.. I hope they don't git offended and stop sellin ta me Edited October 16, 2014 by JLSleather "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Members Tannin Posted October 16, 2014 Members Report Posted October 16, 2014 :D you are an incorrigible reprobate JLS Simple Leathercrafting
Members danli1980 Posted October 16, 2014 Members Report Posted October 16, 2014 The Hermann oak can be bought one hide at a time from the tannery and the price is gets cheaper than SLC. Have you tried ordering one hide from the HO tannery before? All I can see on their Web site says minimum order of 5 or 10. Did you call?
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted October 16, 2014 Contributing Member Report Posted October 16, 2014 I think HO is a minimum order of 10 sides if all the same thickness -- otherwise 20 sides. "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Members DavidL Posted October 16, 2014 Members Report Posted October 16, 2014 sorry, I got Wickett and craig and HO mixed up.
Members Oldtoolsniper Posted October 16, 2014 Members Report Posted October 16, 2014 (edited) DavidL So getting two hides plus free shipping on one of them to Canada for the price of one is what you consider a good business model? Still need to give us a guide on how to get the best hides we can and where we are getting them from. If you look at my posts they are for the most part contributing to the forum. I take clear pictures and explain why and what I am doing. I even remember where and how I buy my leather. If there is a minimum I'm pretty sure I can keep that clear too. So you know those are mosquito bites, explain it so I can benefit from it. Do the Mosquitos feed on the hides after the cow is skinned or is this feeding taking place before? I mean are they somehow sucking blood from a skinned hide or do they chew on them to eat the flesh? I have read a lot of posts on this forum and you Sir, seem to dispense a lot of information as though it were a fact and you have the knowledge others are seeking. I see that when you are directly questioned you give no answers and no support for your facts. You supply pictures that are at best murky and unusable for anything other than to say your camera is bad and you have poor photography skills. Are you really a US Citizen running for office? Answer one question at a time. How do you know those are mosquito bites? Edited October 16, 2014 by Oldtoolsniper
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