Muggers stealing Canada Goose Jackets (sometimes at gunpoint)

[Anonymous]

I’ve never bought a North Face or Canada Goose jacket because I figured I’d get robbed. And yep!

In Europe, people wear a lot of these brands and I guess don’t have to worry about muggings?

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/howard-university-student-becomes-most-recent-victim-of-violent-theft-for-canada-goose-jacket/3263953/?amp=1

[Anonymous]

That's silly - North Face is a fraction of the price of Canada Goose.

Also, your attitude brings to mind the old saying that even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[Anonymous]

I'm from Paris and my family member was robbed at knifepoint for their wallet in the metro. My Grandma had her rings torn from her fingers.

Risk is everywhere, OP.

[Anonymous]

Those Canada Goose jackets are like a flashing neon sign for robbers. They are also wholly unnecessary in DC.

[Anonymous]

Gap ftw!

[Anonymous]

Article says the jackets retail for $1000.
How much student loans does the victim have? 30 jackets? I would be furious if my kid owned and wore a $1,000 item of clothing. My family's HHI is about 160 stupid forking jackets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm from Paris and my family member was robbed at knifepoint for their wallet in the metro. My Grandma had her rings torn from her fingers.

Risk is everywhere, OP.

That's weird, because there are extraordinarily 'gifted' pickpockets in Paris and other European Capitals, and it's so much less risky for them to magically obtain those wallets.

[Anonymous]

Right, status symbols can back fire. Flashy bags, coats, shoes. It can absolutely make you a target. These are dumb rich white kids enrolled at GW though.

The entire point of this $1k coat is to tell people you are rich.

[Anonymous]

Is there a black market for them, or something? Weird.

I'm Canadian. A lot of Canadians don't even wear them. Ridiculous price and not necessary enough to warrant the price. Wear layers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Right, status symbols can back fire. Flashy bags, coats, shoes. It can absolutely make you a target. These are dumb rich white kids enrolled at GW though.

The entire point of this $1k coat is to tell people you are rich.

Or you pretend to be.

[Anonymous]

Is Canada Goose going to go the way of Starter now?

[Anonymous]

Used to be north face jackets they would steal in the 2000s.

[Anonymous]

Canada goose isn't even expensive lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Article says the jackets retail for $1000.
How much student loans does the victim have? 30 jackets? I would be furious if my kid owned and wore a $1,000 item of clothing. My family's HHI is about 160 stupid forking jackets.

My family's HHI is about 1200 jackets, and my college kids who are way up north don't own them. Their coats are plenty warm without adding extra $$ for the showy label. Even when you can "afford" it, it's just silly IMO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Article says the jackets retail for $1000.
How much student loans does the victim have? 30 jackets? I would be furious if my kid owned and wore a $1,000 item of clothing. My family's HHI is about 160 stupid forking jackets.

Your kid very likely carries around a $1,000 computer in the palm of his hand. Seems like an arbitrary thing to protest the jacket?