ManInTheWall
Active member
Well, I think it's common sense. How many of these backpacks do you think XP sells a year? 100? 200?. And they have these custom made, that adds to production cost, along with the low volume. Then they have to import these. Also, low product runs like this, does not give much time to sort out the defects/problems. And XP is tagging a profit on it, along with the manuf. Where as a lot of the items on Ebay are manufacture direct, cutting out the middle man. You are also paying for the XP logo on the bag, another added cost.But since you have never owned one, you are just speculating on the quality of the XP pack when you say others can offer a better product at a lower cost.
Now take one of the ones on Amazon, thats made by a company, and sold under multiple private labels. They are probably making these 5,000 at a time. Allows a much lower production cost.
But as with many things, what may be best for you, may be terrible for me, and vice versa. I would buy both, and Amazon has very lenient return policy, and if you think that XP bag does magic for you, keep it, and send the other back. Keep which ever one you like!
For me, I like the compactness of the $29 or so bag I posted. So, you could not give me an XP bag for free. Thats my preference! I know my choice in women isn't the same as everyone else's either!