Fifty bucks for shorts?!!

[SouthPoleScout]

I cannot believe that I just paid over fifty bucks for a pair of of questionable quality shorts for a Venture uniform. The price 46.65 + tax!!

 

If it were not for necessity I would never have done it. But DS needs them for an upcoming function and I could not find any Venture shorts in his size anywhere else.

 

Absolutely ridiculous.

 

Again, I could find better quality, better fit, and better price at the local outdoor store. Unfortunately they don't carry shorts in the slate blue/green venture color.

 

Regular scout items are pricey enough...

This is what I was looking at for a new Venture outfit

 

Shirt, green, short sleeve 30.90

Shorts, 46.65

Need something warmer?

Pants 64.65

 

They have got to be kidding!

These items would never sell for this price on an open market. Talk about price gouging. Guess they know they have a captive audience, huh?

[SouthPoleScout]

oh wait..

I didn't list the part that made me actually laugh out loud in the store!

 

SOCKS - Venture type

Ankle $12.95

Crew $14.95

Long $38.95 - yes you are seeing that correctly, nearly FOURTY BUCKS for a pair of SOCKS!!!

[Eagle74]

Do you suppose anyone from the B.S.A. reads this forum? Do you suppose anyone from the B.S.A. is paying attention?

 

I am a firm believer that members of an organization with a uniform should be in uniform (as prescribed). But without belaboring this point further . . . low quality coupled with a high price makes this concept a lesson in futility for BSA.