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Saturday, January 14. 2017

Why not show L.L. Bean some love?

Why People Are Boycotting LL Bean Over Donald Trump


Linda Bean is quite the entrepreneur.


LL Bean is a wonderful store with excellent footwear and outerwear, fine hunting and fishing gear, etc.  Not high end, and eminently practical stuff. Excellent return and repair policies. They will stand by their outerwear and footwear, even after ten years.


Their winter sale is on now.


Pic is their Maine Hunting Shoe. I have two pairs, one larger to fit heavy socks. They have already re-soled one, for free.  I use them like Wellies.

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Ditto. Have had the Shoe for decades. Hunting gear is top shelf and makes the grade out in the fields and mounhtains of the West.
#1 rocdoctom on 2017-01-14 13:09 (Reply)
We love LL Bean. Whenever we cross over into New York State and get anywhere near an LL Bean outlet, we're in!

Last summer we were able to pop by the flagship store in Freeport while heading to Nova Scotia. Years go, when we were posted to New Brunswick, our pilgrimages to Freeport were frequent and rewarding.

People are free to boycott whatever of course (as the Dixie Chicks discovered) but this is a nonsense.

I wear a Columbia puffy jacket; I don't doubt that the owners of that company might well donate to what I might consider some pretty flaky causes.

Doesn't make me want to stop wearing my jacket though.
#2 JJM on 2017-01-14 13:15 (Reply)
I have had, as have many people in Maine, the pleasure of spending time with Linda L. Bean, and look forward to hearing how much this lame attempt to bully a citizen for supporting the candidate of their choice backfires, ultimately increasing sales at L.L. Bean's. Never heard of the outfit pushing the boycott, so boycotting them will be easy... Think I'll get get my new union suit this weekend!
#3 The Distributist (Link) on 2017-01-14 13:59 (Reply)
The news commentators were hyperventilating last night over whether it was improper "winner-picking" for PEOTUS to endorse L.L. Bean. The way I see it, he just identified a company he thought had behaved well and invited anyone who agreed with him to throw some voluntary business their way. If all government "winner-picking" were this benign, I'd never have begun objecting to it. Now, it he started awarding them military contracts or something, that would be different.
#4 Texan99 on 2017-01-14 14:05 (Reply)
I don't purchase much from Bean, but what I have is good stuff. I placed an order with them yesterday, along with a note explaining my reason for the purchase. I'm sick of these lefty marxists, and their bulling tactics. Punch back, twice as hard.
#5 B Hammer on 2017-01-14 18:32 (Reply)
I've had their chamois shirts and bean boots since the 1970s.
Great stuff.
#6 Charlie on 2017-01-14 20:26 (Reply)
Just received their beanie winter cap with LED lights in front. My way of countering boycott. Love this hat great for walking the dog at night. It is like having a front porch light on my head.
#7 pocono pam on 2017-01-15 06:33 (Reply)
Ah . . . four pairs of Maine Hunting Shoes: one slip on to wear into the city when its snowy; one pair of low cut with laces; one pair of four inch with laces; one pair of insulated "pacs". Pairs # two and three are each at least 30 years old and have been re-soled several times. Had a camo chamois shirt that was still going strong at 25+ years but unfortunately, the owner sort of out grew it. Purchased a wonderful 8 wt rod and reel there in the spring. Excellent combo, they sent a manager out onto the front lawn with me to practice casting and determine which rod I liked best. If you've not been to the store in Freeport, make a it a point to go there - great winter weekend trip from anywhere in the Northeast. Stay in Portland and have some seafood for dinner. Good times.
#8 BlackDog on 2017-01-15 10:36 (Reply)
More salvos in the New Civil War.

The left seems to destroy apostates.

I'm afraid there will be blood, and soon. Just wait for the inauguration.
#9 Kevin on 2017-01-15 14:28 (Reply)
Bought some waterproof stuff for our trip to the Outer Hebrides.
#10 BD on 2017-01-15 15:50 (Reply)
All I know is just before this boycott I heard that LL Bean was back-ordered by 50,000 pairs of boots. Then this past week I got on a elevator full of young people and a 20-year-old or so black female student was wearing a pair.
#11 JorgXMcKie on 2017-01-15 16:13 (Reply)

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