I would get it for the warmth, not the appendage measuring contest.

*After thinking about it, it’s shocking how many people here think the only value of a product is the brand and not the actual product.

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      People who wear t-shirts advertising expensive brands mystify me. Ryan George has a funny YT about this.

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      Anyone know if we’ve got some kinda brandless/debadging community in the Fediverse? Seems like the sort of place one would thrive, but finding communities isn’t very straightforward to a newb like me.

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      Yeah I hate any clothing with branding on it. I even hate how trucks now stamp the entire tailgate with their name.

      Clothing companies should stick to little tags on the collar with their name on it.

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      Once my car was paid off I told the people of the dealership I wanted their badges removed. And the guy tried to talk me out of it saying by now it would leave a clean spot under it. I told him to do it anyway

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    Are they expensive or something? Usually outerwear that has an elevated status is high quality, such as north face or Carhartt.

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      Very much so, they have become a status symbol for some people.

      They used to be incredibly well made, I believe they still are but the draw for many people is the name and known high price tag.

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    You’d be destroying half of its value. If you want a warm coat buy one without the label on it in the first place and save a shit ton of money

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      Per my text box:

      I would get it for the warmth, not the appendage measuring contest.

      Value is in the warmth, not the look at me badge.

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          Canada Goose is the warmest, high quality, lifetime warranty, and made in Canada. That’s the value. Do you think the antarctic program picked Canada Goose because of brand imaging? No. Because they are the best parkas. Didn’t think I would have had to post to unpopular opinion.

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            Antarctic program probably chose Canada Goose because they gave a special discount in exchange for brand recognition.

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              Oh yea, decades before they started trying to sell to anything other than hardcore cold weather people. /s

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    Knowing nothing about what badge you speak of, I’m just going to assume the bragging rights implied by keeping the badge is how much you hate Canadian Geese and want people to know their suffering is keeping you warm due to the specific brand’s inhumane method of harvesting the down.

    If that was the case, I’m a badge on kinda guy.

    (I have a Carhartt and while I don’t think anything of the status, I know these are highly desired and often stolen so I’ve put patches over the logos on my jacket just as a security measure; nobody is stealing an UwU jacket)

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    I live in Winterland and have multiple Canada goose locations near me. I bought a $50 winter coat on Amazon this year and it’s been great in -18 wind chill. The last time I bought a winter coat was 20 years ago and it too was cheap. It’s fine to spend the money but you don’t have to.

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      Laughs in daytime high of -30 C (not a feels like, an actual temperature).