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Not sure if this belongs here but...
Just bought some 874s and they've changed a few things on them and now I'm tweaking out that they won't be as good as the original ones. They've changed the print on the waistband which was the dead giveaway. They're using different zips and hook and eye closure and they've changed the factory which is what's concerning me the most. Basically Dickies cost a ton over here so that's why I'm tweaking.
Can anyone with some 874s check where yours were made please? I think it's usually Honduras but the updated ones I have were made in Bangladesh.
Thanks
Sucks. I loved the standard 874s but looks like I might be going to Bens again.
Anyone else notice the lengthening in the Mexico made?
Oh damn that's strange. I wonder how they'll hold up to the original ones. Hopefully they're just the same but made in a different factory like the guy above you said.
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It is not uncommon for different markets to be manufactured in different countries due to various trade agreements, customs fees, and shipping costs. Issues in QC generally come when that work is outsourced or done in a contracted factory, but lots of big companies have the same equipment in their facilities.
Oh damn okay that actually makes a ton of sense. Thanks for the help. Kinda put me at ease knowing that.
In Australia they have always been high priced "fashion pants" more than work wear, so unless they were on a really good clearance sale, I never really bought any locally.
I always found it curious that when I found somewhere to order bulk pants lots from USA to AU from uniform wholesaler type places, going back almost twenty years, there would be so many inconsistencies even then, including with the USA made Dickies, although there certainly were no where near as many size and length differences as there have been more so in the last ten years.
The most recent versions here seem almost a cheap looking knock off compared to the old ones, these ones coming from a few different places, China mostly but others as mentioned, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua and others I can't recall right now, but they still hold up fine and don't have any issues.
I usually size up and put a belt in them and as much as the same exact size, colour and style can be different, I find if I make them work for certain things, eg the weird lengths as said cut off, the looser leg skate in and wear with bigger shoes like Half Cabs, the not so wide leg wear more for other things and not skating, etc.
It might be a different story if you only bought a pair or so at a time, or had more specific needs, but I live in mine, 24/7 so it is not such a big deal for me, for work, skate, everything.
For those people in USA, are the cheaper Walmart pants significantly different to the ones from other places like uniform shops and disposal stores? Some people had said definitely, but others said there is no difference. That is not even considering fashion shops, but I am really only talking about the 874 style, none of the other ones.
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