jason01 said:
I only enquired about the one I ordered, was too excited to even find out how much they are going to charge me for shipping. Will post my opinion for what its worth when I get mine.
Pierre, theyre shut now until Monday but if you have trouble ordering I'd be happy to act as a middle man for you, would be very interested to know if theyre the same as yours.
I'd imagine the website still allows orders - which will likely be answered in order of receipt.
It is quite possible they are blankets of lesser quality for the price they are asking. Let's hope they are the real deal.
They must have a US outlet for the shipping they are quoting me. I see the prices are in GB Pounds and US Dollars. No other scenario makes sense to me.
As to them not being allowed to sell HBCo blankets - the same was true of the local outlet. Drawing an X or a slash through the HBC tag was apparently sufficient to deal with this (it definitely cuts down on the resale value if dealing with collectors). As I'm only interested in a warm blanket - I could care less, but I want that good thick HBC blanket.
As to the blemishes of the seconds I've purchased. One had a kind of bunching on one small portion of the blanket - like a thread pulled too tight. A couple of years use has made this dissappear. Another had some spots - dirt or something. Use, and frequent hanging from the outdoor clothesline, has made this dissappear as well. I've never washed any of these blankets. A good afternoon hanging outside will get them smelling fresh as a daisy. I've seen some seconds with dye problems. Still not an issue if you just want a warm blanket.
PG
