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I believe around 640 as per Guy. Wonder what different materials
The price keeps goes up because people are willing to pay the retail price. Just like any other luxury brand.
What other brands are making similar boots at this level of quality? As long as Viberg keeps doing so, I'll keep paying the price.
I be curious to know such a large jump on price
Are these to be on site Thursday ?
The price keeps goes up because people are willing to pay the retail price. Just like any other luxury brand.
The original workboot.com site launched 4 years ago. It was never properly maintained and has never really been accurate in terms of available product, pricing, leathers, etc. If an order was processed it was of course honoured, but the site probably should have just been taken down a long time ago. It's true that the Hiker was listed at $440 (USD), but that is a price almost 10 years old and does not come close to reflecting the amount of materials and labour that go into that particular boot. It would be similar to browsing a decade old catalogue. We also have no stock in the hiker as it was shown on workboot.com and haven't for quite some time, so it's not like we've taken an existing physical product and just changed the price arbitrarily. $640 is based around a wholesale price that our stockists have been paying for a few years now. If you've seen the past hikers at Leffot or Four Horsemen they were nowhere near $440. The reality is that the Hiker is one of the most complicated boots we produce. The upper is a single piece which makes it very difficult and expensive to cut. It has a Thinsulate liner (which is hand cut) and a full leather lining which essentially doubles the labour time. It gets a full length leather and foam footbed which is again hand cut and assembled for each boot. Even the hardware is considerably more expensive. Given that a Service Boot at an absolute base cost is still over $600 the Hiker should really be somewhere in the $7-800 range. We don't produce that many of them anymore, and it would be easy enough to just axe the style completely, but it's an important boot in our own heritage and offers something different aesthetically and functionally. There are cheaper hiking boots out there, just like there are cheaper work boots, service boots, oxfords, derbies, etc., but we're not really interested in changing what we do to compete with them. We only make boots one way and unfortunately it is expensive.
That's what i'm aiming for! I'll try to confirm before the end of the day.
I wish this were the case. Every year our cost of materials and labour rise considerably. Unlike most companies we cannot increase our production capacity because it is not outsourced. I'm not sure what you mean by luxury brand, but we simply do not operate on that level. We don't have an advertising budget, we don't sell fragrances and handbags, we don't have flagship stores to support. I'm personally the only full time employee who is not directly involved in production on some level. If you mean more independent "luxury" brands like Nigel Cabourn, Visvim, etc. then i can tell you for sure that we have nowhere near the same margins on the wholesale or retail level. We continually undercut ourselves to maintain our current prices and I know many small, independent manufacturers across North America who are in the exact same boat. Unfortunately, an expensive product does not always equate to large profits and inflated margins.
The original workboot.com site launched 4 years ago. It was never properly maintained and has never really been accurate in terms of available product, pricing, leathers, etc. If an order was processed it was of course honoured, but the site probably should have just been taken down a long time ago. It's true that the Hiker was listed at $440 (USD), but that is a price almost 10 years old and does not come close to reflecting the amount of materials and labour that go into that particular boot. It would be similar to browsing a decade old catalogue. We also have no stock in the hiker as it was shown on workboot.com and haven't for quite some time, so it's not like we've taken an existing physical product and just changed the price arbitrarily. $640 is based around a wholesale price that our stockists have been paying for a few years now. If you've seen the past hikers at Leffot or Four Horsemen they were nowhere near $440. The reality is that the Hiker is one of the most complicated boots we produce. The upper is a single piece which makes it very difficult and expensive to cut. It has a Thinsulate liner (which is hand cut) and a full leather lining which essentially doubles the labour time. It gets a full length leather and foam footbed which is again hand cut and assembled for each boot. Even the hardware is considerably more expensive. Given that a Service Boot at an absolute base cost is still over $600 the Hiker should really be somewhere in the $7-800 range. We don't produce that many of them anymore, and it would be easy enough to just axe the style completely, but it's an important boot in our own heritage and offers something different aesthetically and functionally. There are cheaper hiking boots out there, just like there are cheaper work boots, service boots, oxfords, derbies, etc., but we're not really interested in changing what we do to compete with them. We only make boots one way and unfortunately it is expensive.
That's what i'm aiming for! I'll try to confirm before the end of the day.
I wish this were the case. Every year our cost of materials and labour rise considerably. Unlike most companies we cannot increase our production capacity because it is not outsourced. I'm not sure what you mean by luxury brand, but we simply do not operate on that level. We don't have an advertising budget, we don't sell fragrances and handbags, we don't have flagship stores to support. I'm personally the only full time employee who is not directly involved in production on some level. If you mean more independent "luxury" brands like Nigel Cabourn, Visvim, etc. then i can tell you for sure that we have nowhere near the same margins on the wholesale or retail level. We continually undercut ourselves to maintain our current prices and I know many small, independent manufacturers across North America who are in the exact same boat. Unfortunately, an expensive product does not always equate to large profits and inflated margins.
I was speaking of Viberg in general, not just their hiking boots, but Ron Rider's hiking boots are also priced higher than Viberg's. This pair at Leather Soul was $800. If we're going to compare sale prices, we should compare it to Viberg's sale prices.Here you go. I believe Norvegese stitching is even higher on the quality scale than regular stitchdown.
http://www.riderbootshop.com/categories/Rider-Boot-Co./
The original workboot.com site launched 4 years ago. It was never properly maintained and has never really been accurate in terms of available product, pricing, leathers, etc. If an order was processed it was of course honoured, but the site probably should have just been taken down a long time ago. It's true that the Hiker was listed at $440 (USD), but that is a price almost 10 years old and does not come close to reflecting the amount of materials and labour that go into that particular boot. It would be similar to browsing a decade old catalogue. We also have no stock in the hiker as it was shown on workboot.com and haven't for quite some time, so it's not like we've taken an existing physical product and just changed the price arbitrarily. $640 is based around a wholesale price that our stockists have been paying for a few years now. If you've seen the past hikers at Leffot or Four Horsemen they were nowhere near $440. The reality is that the Hiker is one of the most complicated boots we produce. The upper is a single piece which makes it very difficult and expensive to cut. It has a Thinsulate liner (which is hand cut) and a full leather lining which essentially doubles the labour time. It gets a full length leather and foam footbed which is again hand cut and assembled for each boot. Even the hardware is considerably more expensive. Given that a Service Boot at an absolute base cost is still over $600 the Hiker should really be somewhere in the $7-800 range. We don't produce that many of them anymore, and it would be easy enough to just axe the style completely, but it's an important boot in our own heritage and offers something different aesthetically and functionally. There are cheaper hiking boots out there, just like there are cheaper work boots, service boots, oxfords, derbies, etc., but we're not really interested in changing what we do to compete with them. We only make boots one way and unfortunately it is expensive.
I wear runners at -30: as long as I'm moving, no problem.Thanks for that detailed reply.
Are the hikers good to -10 degrees celsius?