US Wings and the "Lottery" Jacket
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:01 pm
Greetings, everyone. I just wanted to share a story concerning US Wings and the Indiana Jones KOTCS "Lottery" jacket. I have been meaning to so for quite a while but, for whatever reason, haven't done so until now.
This past July, I purchased a Indiana Jones "Lottery Prize Pack" jacket off of Ebay for $235.50 thinking I was purchasing an exclusive item from US Wings for a discounted price. During that time my, knowledge of the Indiana Jones jackets was quite limited.
Anyway, in trying to determine what leather the jacket made of, I contacted US Wings. Soon afterwards, US Wings was inquiring about the jacket for it was obvious that the jacket was not produced by their company and several states had lottery brochures stating the jacket was produced by US Wings. To make a long story short, to assist US Wings with the legal issues , I provided US Wings with the "lottery" jacket, which in turn they paid for the shipment of the "lottery" jacket to their facility, credited the $235.00 for cost of the jacket towards a Collector Edition Signature Series Indy-style Vintage Adventurer Jacket with the snaps on the storm flap size xxl, and also gave me the $100 discount for being a COW member. The minimal remainder of the cost of the jacket plus shipping and handling was what I paid for.
My sincerest thanks go out to everyone at US Wings and michaelson for providing assistance and advice concerning this situation. The US Wings customer service went above and beyond of what expected and needed. Something that will always be remembered.
And my sincerest thanks goes out to "IndyGear", "ClubObiWan" and all of the knowledgable members. Though I have been a long time fan of the character of Indiana Jones and all the movies, and a long time reader of "IndyGear", my knowledge of the history, origins, and resources of all the gear was limited until this past May when my interest in Indiana Jones was vigorously renewed with the release of "Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull". With that renewed interest, along came the persistance to research all the gear. With that research came the "rediscovery" of the "IndyGear" website and the "ClubObiWan" message board.
Here are pictures of the US Wings CE jacket with outdoor lighting with no flash.
Though I know the members here would prefer to see a picture of me wearing the jacket, for my own personal reasons, it's not going to happen. It is a very nice jacket but, to be honest, it is bit heavier than desired and, through my own fault, a bit too big. As much as I would like to retain the jacket for sentimental reasons, I do not want to possess the jacket if it will not be used. So, right now I am deciding what to do with the jacket.
This past July, I purchased a Indiana Jones "Lottery Prize Pack" jacket off of Ebay for $235.50 thinking I was purchasing an exclusive item from US Wings for a discounted price. During that time my, knowledge of the Indiana Jones jackets was quite limited.
Anyway, in trying to determine what leather the jacket made of, I contacted US Wings. Soon afterwards, US Wings was inquiring about the jacket for it was obvious that the jacket was not produced by their company and several states had lottery brochures stating the jacket was produced by US Wings. To make a long story short, to assist US Wings with the legal issues , I provided US Wings with the "lottery" jacket, which in turn they paid for the shipment of the "lottery" jacket to their facility, credited the $235.00 for cost of the jacket towards a Collector Edition Signature Series Indy-style Vintage Adventurer Jacket with the snaps on the storm flap size xxl, and also gave me the $100 discount for being a COW member. The minimal remainder of the cost of the jacket plus shipping and handling was what I paid for.
My sincerest thanks go out to everyone at US Wings and michaelson for providing assistance and advice concerning this situation. The US Wings customer service went above and beyond of what expected and needed. Something that will always be remembered.
And my sincerest thanks goes out to "IndyGear", "ClubObiWan" and all of the knowledgable members. Though I have been a long time fan of the character of Indiana Jones and all the movies, and a long time reader of "IndyGear", my knowledge of the history, origins, and resources of all the gear was limited until this past May when my interest in Indiana Jones was vigorously renewed with the release of "Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull". With that renewed interest, along came the persistance to research all the gear. With that research came the "rediscovery" of the "IndyGear" website and the "ClubObiWan" message board.
Here are pictures of the US Wings CE jacket with outdoor lighting with no flash.
Though I know the members here would prefer to see a picture of me wearing the jacket, for my own personal reasons, it's not going to happen. It is a very nice jacket but, to be honest, it is bit heavier than desired and, through my own fault, a bit too big. As much as I would like to retain the jacket for sentimental reasons, I do not want to possess the jacket if it will not be used. So, right now I am deciding what to do with the jacket.
Here I was thinking I was purchasing an "exclusive" item for a great price. Yeah.....right. What's that old saying....."You get what you paid for". 
