No more COW discounts at Wings

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No more COW discounts at Wings

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Email just received:
COW Discounts…

Due to the new cost of doing business and the price of Leather... Cotton... Silk and Zippers US Wings will no longer offer any price discounts to COW member… (As of Feb. 1, 2011)….Bob Kruty Our VP of US Military Sales will be in charge of any and all future Wholesale pricing. For any special pricing there will be a Min. of 6 of each item.



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So does the discount end on 02/01, or is it over effective immediately? Reads like it's 02/01, but I just wanted to check.

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I read it as 2/1 as well, but Sgt. will have to clarify that if it's different.

You see what I see, and know what I know about this.

That was the whole message, and 'as found' in my email this morning. :TOH:

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If it does end on the 1st, could anyone kindly clarify what the current discount is? I forget off the top of my head, but I might have to get an order in ASAP if that's the case...

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My suggestion would be to call Wings and ask what jackets this discount applies to at this time.

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Wow, I emailed Sgt Hack and told him I'd be ordering the CE Signature Series in the next few days. I've been so excited to order, I thought, "Heck with it!" and decided to just order today when I got back from lunch and the price went up $100. Oh well, money saved I guess, pretty disappointing though...

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Economic realities, I guess. Unfortunate for the buyers in the short run, but I suppose that having a well-functioning, solvent Wings rather than get the discounts in the short run and have the business have to cut corners on quality or go under altogether.
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I doubt they'd go under. They do a ton more business than just selling to us! ;)
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Yep, we're barely visible on the account spread sheets. :lol:
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It was a wonderful ride they gave us!!! A huge hassle at times I would imagine as well around the holidays especially. Many thanks to them for giving us such big discounts!
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Well, as a comparison, when the discount goes away it puts the Wings Legend series of Schott made jackets in the same price range as the G&B Expedition, and G&B warranty their jacket's zips, snaps and seams for the life of the garment to the original purchaser.

Current prices on the G&B Expedition today is $488 and $528 OTR*.

The Legend Striated and Bison are $495, also OTR*.

The Wings imports are still a great deal, but now equal in price with Todd's costumes OTR* offerings.

I'm afraid a great era of jacket bargains for the Indy fan is going away for this community with this announcement. :cry:

Who said progress was always good? :?

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They still have the signature series goatskin for 195.00 (brown - a bit more in black). That's awfully good.
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Yep. They are phasing out the goatskin Indy completely, so that's a great price.

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Michaelson wrote:Well, as a comparison, when the discount goes away it puts the Wings Legend series of Schott made jackets in the same price range as the G&B Expedition, and G&B warranty their jacket's zips, snaps and seams for the life of the garment to the original purchaser.

Current prices on the G&B Expedition today is $488 and $528 OTR*.

The Legend Striated and Bison are $495, also OTR*.

The Wings imports are still a great deal, but now equal in price with Todd's costumes OTR* offerings.

I'm afraid a great era of jacket bargains for the Indy fan is going away for this community with this announcement. :cry:

Who said progress was always good? :?

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I believe Todd's Costumes OTR's are still $149.00 and have free shipping if purchased through his Ebay store. So still one great bargain out there.
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Wow! Glad I made it just under the wire... got my imported cowhide last week! One heck of a deal on that one.
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Wested OTR's a great bargain as well. Didn't mean to leave them out of the list above..... #-o

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