[at-l] Cheap gear

[chaynes@javanet.com (Clifford R. Haynes)]

There is also a Reny's in Farmington, Maine.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Cummings" <ellen@clinic.net>
To: <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 10:22 AM
Subject: [at-l] Cheap gear


> "...Doggone it, why didn't you post this before we went to Maine??????
Just in
> case we go to Maine again, which Goodwill stores get LL Bean castoffs?
Which
> towns have Reny Department Stores?"
>
>  Reny's is a small Maine chain , founded 40 years ago and still run by a
very
>  clever merchandiser. It is located in mostly small to moderate sized
cities (by
>  Maine standards) five to 10 thousand people. I tried to find a flyer
listing
>  the locations, but couldn't quickly, which is why this reply is so slow
in
>  coming. But they have stores in Bath, Rockland, Damariscotta, Dexter,
Gardiner
>  (just off Interstate 95) and several other places.
>
>  He buys seconds and remainders and factory reconditioned stuff and sells
it at
>  quite low prices. When Zip Lock freezer and storage bags went to color
coding
>  of the lock, Reny's bought remaining supplies of the old version and sold
it 70
>  percent off the regular price, for instance. (unfortunately I didn't
stock up)
>
>  From time to time he picks up stuff from LL Bean, Eddie Bauer and Lands
End and
>  other major brands and sells them at half price, or lower. The labels are
>  removed, but usually enough remains to make the identification and the
Reny
>  label provides positive identification with the initials lb for Beans, eb
for
>  eddie Bauer, etc.
>
>  As for Goodwill. The store in Portland seems to get the most LL Bean
discards,
>  though the store in Bath near where I live has supplies periodically. I
have no
>  idea how the distribution system works.
>
>  A doctor, a psychiatrist like OB actually, who I winter backpacked with
for 25
>  years, used to show up with new gear on almost every trip. I kind of
thought he
>  must have money to waste until I discovered he did all his outdoor
shopping at
>  the Goodwill Store down the block from the hospital where he worked.
>
>  Hmmm. Now that I think about it, I've only had contact with two
psychiatrists
>  in my life; both, an astounding 100 percent, climb mountains in January
and
>  sleep in the snow. Naw. the sample may be too small to be statistically
>  significant.
>
>  Weary
>
>
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