Last Season's Proud Stash Backpack at Myer for $25.
It shows $50 on the webpage, but when you add it to the checkout it will take off 50%.
Quote:
"Take a further 50% off a great range of already reduced electrical tech accessories. Discount will apply at checkout. Offer available until 11:59pm AEST Sunday 31st July, unless sold out or otherwise stated"
The link you showed has $75.00 $52.50. Given that Aussie businesses are only allowed to use this pricing format I'm certain circumstances, I'm distrusting your take. This particular backpack model is designed for low weight, not high padding levels.
The link you showed has $75.00 $52.50. Given that Aussie businesses are only allowed to use this pricing format I'm certain circumstances, I'm distrusting your take
Myer are claiming $75 original price. Nothing to 'distrust' except Myer. Manufacturers themselves nearly always have higher prices than retailers. This is to not take business away from their retailers. Myer's claim of $75 seems far-fetched.
I am aware that the bag is designed for light weight. This makes it all the more ridiculous that Crunpler's (and Myer's) price is so high; there is nothing special here. You can get a half-decent bag for this money. Last I checked Officeworks had better bags for $5. You could also try your local Big W and Kmart and Target.
What is going on in this thread?
@Jesmond:
Beats me.
I think it goes something like this:
* Myer sells a thin bag for a laughable price (even after discount).
* Someone complains about what I wrote about Myer's original claimed price and Crumpler's listed price.
* I respond.
If you have any other questions, feel free.
The RRP of the bag is $75. Crumpler currently has it on sale for $52.50, yet their regular price is $75, you know RRP. Therefore it makes perfect sense that Myer is saying it was $75.
If Cheepwun actually went and had a look at this bag he would quickly pick up the difference between this and a $5 job from Officeworks. However he is just having a whinge that you could buy a backpack much cheaper elsewhere. Also I'm pretty sure that the $5 job from Officeworks, won't come with a lifetime warranty like this one does.
@scorpionsa:
Also the cheapest bag at Officworks (that is comparable - ie not a library bag) is $8.
http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/essential-b…
If Cheepwun actually went and had a look at this bag he would quickly pick up the difference between this and a $5 job from Officeworks. However he is just having a whinge that you could buy a backpack much cheaper elsewhere. Also I'm pretty sure that the $5 job from Officeworks, won't come with a lifetime warranty like this one does
I always love the argument about warranty when the user has paid for the bag 15 times over and is seemingly only interested in worshipping brands rather than actual value. Builds such a strong case. Thanks for the downvotes.
People that pay $75 for this thing have no clue what is going on in the bag market (let alone 25 dollars).
@cheepwun:
You're welcome. Have you actually used anything made from Crumpler before? I've had plenty of cheap backpacks in my time to compare this one too. I actually own this exact backpack in black from a previous Crumpler deal.
@scorpionsa:
No, I haven't used Crumpler. I have Lowepro, Tamrac & even a Nike bag like this one, made of a thin sheet of polyester. Except that Nike one was discounted to what it was worth.
Tell me what you find special about this.
Well for starters at $25 it is 67% off the recommended retail for this item (you may not agree with the RRP, but the RRP is what it is, and the bag has actually been sold at this price for a considerable amount of time).
The bag is very lightweight yet still made from strong materials. The bag itself is quite well made compared to the type of backpack you could buy from another retailer like Officeworks, Big W, KMart, Target etc. I haven't looked at the $8 backpack at Officeworks, but from years of stacking backpacks on the shelves at a major Department Store, I can tell you that this backpack is of much better quality than either the $40-$50 range, let alone their bargain basement ones they sell at back to school.
I haven't purchased backpacks from Lowepro and Tarmac previously so I can't comment on the quality of Crumpler versus these two brands. I do note however that like Crumlper, neither of these two brands appear to have anything in the $8 range as seen at Officeworks. I also note that these bags look similar to bags you can get for less than $50 bucks at department stores - so I could mount the same argument you have made against this Crumpler one.
I have purchased a number of Nike Bags over the years for carrying uni stuff around and travelling. For the price they charge I have always found them to be quite good value. The Crumpler i'm using at the moment actually replaced a Nike one I had been using. I wish the zips on my Nike bag didn't break - but what ya gonna do - these things happen. This particular model doesn't have alot of padding, but for what I use it for it's more than enough.
Well for starters at $25 it is 67% off the recommended retail for this item
Are you seriously going to use this as your first point? The recommended retail is an absolute joke. This is a bag with no padding designed for its light weight. For that money you can buy a half-decent bag with just about any other manufacturer. A bag which costs far more to manufacture than this thin sheet of nonsense.
The bag is very lightweight yet still made from strong materials.
Oh yeah, I can see that.
I can tell you that this backpack is of much better quality than either the $40-$50 range, let alone their bargain basement ones they sell at back to school.
What we have here is one of the lowest cost-of-manufacture products in the company's line-up. The company has no special materials or quality. What it does have is consistently high prices and perhaps a brand image with some sheep, which is precisely what allows it to sell for these prices.
The only 'conclusion' to this argument is to directly compare 2 bags. At 25 dollars, this thin piece of garbage is a total rip-off, from where I am sitting. At the original prices, I have only this to say:
"A fool and his money…"
Can you please find me a bag of comparable quality at $25?
As someone who has stacked 1000's of backpacks on the shelves of a major department store, nothing comes close to this.
The quality of this bag is far superior to my previous backpacks manufactured by Nike.
@cheepwun: You are delusional if you think a $5 backpack is comparable to this Crumpler bag. Where can you even get a backpack for $5? It's 2016, not 1990.
@Orpheus:
Well, my local Officeworks definitely had some for 5 bucks a few months ago. I can probably check again. If you want online they have them for $8: http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/essential-b…
That you even have to ask where they are available at 5 dollars shows me that you have no idea what is going on in the bag market. The perfect customer for Crumpler.
As I said you can also check Target, BigW and Kmart. Have you seen the video for this bag yet? Go take a look. It's listed above. Tell me what is special about this bag that would make it worth 3x more than the Officeworks one, at this discounted price.
Can you please find me a bag of comparable quality at $25?
How 'bout checking out the stores I mentioned? I bet you'd find more built better than this thin sheet of nonsense at a third of the price, just like the Officeworks one for $8 that you looked up. http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/essential-b…
Are you seriously suggesting this bag is worth 75 dollars? Your bag-stacking days must have been really limited if you have found something special in this bag for $25 (let alone 75).
@cheepwun: cheepwun jealous he/she owns everything except crumpler by the sounds of things. $25 great deal. Crumpler great brand. If in doubt get on board. Lifetime warranty - no questions asked replacement or repaired. Means if you want a backpack buy this one. You'll never have to buy another one again.
cheepwun jealous he/she owns everything except crumpler by the sounds of things. $25 great deal. Crumpler great brand
And this is what it boils down to: morons more concerned with a brand than the actual materials or construction. Yes, jealousy, that's exactly what it is. LOL.
Lifetime warranty - no questions asked replacement or repaired. Means if you want a backpack buy this one. You'll never have to buy another one again.
The Moron Fall-back argument. Never realising that they paid for the bag many times over, that no warranty would ever reimburse them for. Feel free to downvote rather than argue objectively.
Brandists. Emotional thinking.
I don't recall saying I think the bag is worth $75. It is certainly worth $25 though. Well it would be in a different colour LOL. These two colours aren't really my fancy.
I haven't checked all the stores you have said specifically, but I worked for one of them for over a decade. In all that time, we never had anything of comparable quality to this $25 backpack.
I love how you keep referring to it as a thin-sheet. If you actually owned this bag, or went and looked at it, you would realise it isn't made from a thin-sheet material. In fact the material it is made from (I'm not sure what it is) is either different, or certainly coated differently to the material used in cheap bags made by other manufacturers.
I haven't checked all the stores you have said specifically, but I worked for one of them for over a decade. In all that time, we never had anything of comparable quality to this $25 backpack.
'comparable quality' is a meaningless term until we get this bag and COMPARE it with one costing 25 dollars or less from a competitor. It's like me saying: "Australia's favourite store".
Meaningless. Compare 2 bags objectively & then talk. What I see here is Brandists preferring Crumpler over the 'no-name' with zero interest to ACTUALLY COMPARE and TELL ME what 3x the cost buys them.
I love how you keep referring to it as a thin-sheet. If you actually owned this bag, or went and looked at it, you would realise it isn't made from a thin-sheet material. In fact the material it is made from (I'm not sure what it is) is either different, or certainly coated differently to the material used in cheap bags made by other manufacturers.
More meaningless drivel. I've seen the video. Every manufacturer makes good stuff and cheap stuff. This is thin, cheap unpadded stuff not worthy of $25. I have been buying bags for years and I know what value is and what isn't.
This is not value. This is Brandists arguing a 'well-known brand' is better than an unknown.
And this is what it boils down to: morons more concerned with a brand than the actual materials or construction. Yes, jealousy, that's exactly what it is. LOL.
What are you on about? The materials used in Crumpler bags are much more durable and lasting than generic bags. They also have stronger stitching for the straps at the top and are more comfortable. Ive bought plenty of cheap bags before, they break and fade quickly and are disposable. For $8, that officeworks school bag you linked to isnt a very convincing argument. Id rather pay the $25 and have a bag that will last for more than 6 months and can survive heavy use. I suggest you listen to your own advice and consider the materials and durability of the bag and compare apples to apples.
You can watch a video all you like, in case you have missed it, I actually own this backpack.
I have owned backpacks from several other manufacturers in the past and the quality of this backpack is much better IN MY OPINION, and certainly justifiable paying the additional $17 on-top of an $8 backpack from Officeworks.
What are you on about? The materials used in Crumpler bags are much more durable and lasting than generic bags. They also have stronger stitching for the straps at the top and are more comfortable. Ive bought plenty of cheap bags before, they break and fade quickly and are disposable.
I have a large collection of bags. I know what cheap is. I have several cameras. All need a home. I know what stronger stitching is. You won't convince me this thing is 'more comfortable' after looking at that video. Sorry, there are things you can tell from a video and this bag won't be coming close to winning any comfort competitions.
More Brandist talk essentially saying "this brand is good, your unknown brand is crap". In other words, a 'known' versus an 'unknown'. This thin bag is simply not worth $25, let alone those other ridiculous prices. That's my contention.
I own branded and 'unbranded' bags. Even the big brands make light crap for the 'light and crap' market, which they sell for high prices.
I have owned backpacks from several other manufacturers in the past and the quality of this backpack is much better IN MY OPINION, and certainly justifiable paying the additional $17 on-top of an $8 backpack from Officeworks.
Do me a favour. Go inspect the Officeworks bag & then COMPARE. See what less than a third of the price buys you. Then, if still feeling unconvinced, go COMPARE it to countless other bags selling for $25 or less
See if you don't come away convinced that you really overpaid. I'm amazed that I am even having this conversation with Brandists. Amazed.
Especially from a bag-stacker that should know far better. Keep downvoting until you run out of downvotes.
@cheepwun: holy cow! Pick the person with the shares in the company selling $8 backpacks or else someone cares far too much on how buyers want to spend their extra $17 on a name brand product.
Makes me think I should buy all my clothes from goodwill and ride a $50 no name bike from Kmart - because anything else and I'm a BRANDIST!!!!!! No one knows Quality like me!!!
It is the fact I've had to handle so many cheap backpacks over the years which gives me this opinion!
@cheepwun: anyone who buys an $8 bag from officeworks is BRANDIST. I demand people buy cheaper bags off gumtree. Compare the quality before commenting!!!
PENNY SCALLAN LARGE BACKPACK on Gumtree http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/1117073009
Pick the person with the shares in the company selling $8 backpacks
never bought shares in my life
or else someone cares far too much on how buyers want to spend their extra $17 on a name brand product.
Couldn't care less how people spend their own money, but I love arguing with people trying to convince me their brand is best and that this bag is good value compared to what is selling on the market. I'm not arguing what is good value for them but to compare objectively with other things on the market.
Nor am I stating Crumpler don't make good bags. I am simply stating what you can get better for this money elsewhere. Not worse. Better.
Makes me think I should buy all my clothes from goodwill and ride a $50 no name bike from Kmart - because anything else and I'm a BRANDIST!!!!!! No one knows Quality like me!!!
You should be able to do what you like. I am simply stating that the MATERIALS and construction of this bag don't make it worth 25 dollars in the bag market, compared to what is out there in countless stores from countless manufacturers. Crumpler are traditinally low bang-for-buck, as they are here.
That's my argument. Plus the original retail prices are truly laughable for a bag of this type.
I demand people buy cheaper bags off gumtree. Compare the quality before commenting!!!
Why would you be making those demands? I'm not. I'm simply asking people to compare what $25 buys you in the bag market objectively.
If you like the Crumpler bag, buy it. But try to argue it's good value? Yeah, when viewed in isolation. It may be good value for you. I won't argue your brandist loyalties and 'feelings'. Brand loyalty is the very thing allowing them to sell for so much and it's hilarious to see it play out on the forums.
@cheepwun:
I've had exactly this bag for over a year. Used it almost daily, sometimes carrying heavy stuff and it's still perfectly fine.
I had many backpacks in my life and I can guarantee you that this one is pretty sturdy for a $25 bag. I had more expensive ones that broke much quicker.
Surely nothing anyone should ever pay $75 for, but for $25 it is good value.
If you need a small, cheap, sturdy bag, that is.
Then again, I think I paid something around $16 for mine on CatchOfTheDay.
@scorpionsa: From what I know, they cannot use RRP as a comparison price unless it was actually sold for that price… ACCC and Myer are both familiar with this standard of retailer practice.
Yeah, Crumpler's build quality went south years ago. I bought one of their bags to use for bike messenger work after they'd moved their manufacturing to China and it didn't last me six months (for comparison my next bag was by PAC Designs from Canada and I worked with it for over four years and still use it day-to-day years later ).
Once upon a time Crumpler did make solid, durable courier bags though. They built a reputation on that then started mass producing overpriced crap for people who like buying things with trendy brand names (I know, I'm grossly generalising, but that's my experience with and view of them anyway).
[edit: actually, I had a Chrome bag before the PAC. Chrome are just as bad as Crumpler on the overpriced—shitty-build—trendy brand factor]
Currently out of stock online.
There are some in SA. But probably out of stock very soon.
Good price because Crumpler almost never has discount.
Not sure about their quality, I never bought because price always turned me off
The quality is top notch which is one of the reasons why they're so expensive.
They have a lifetime guarantee as well
Proud stash is at the lower end of the scale of Crumpler products compared to the dry reds or low level aviator range. Still it's. Good price.
I actually saw two purple ones at chatswood Myer. I think you have to go thru the website though to get that extra discounts.
Thanks OP. I'm not interested in the bag, but I appreciate you posting the deal anyway.
Anyone who's not interested, just close the window and move on - easy.
Thanks bought one.its nice to be Myer One gold member. I get free shipping no minimum spend.:)
Can't argue about the quality of crumpler bags, I've got a 6 million dollar home and private zoo backpack. I've had both of them for years and have taken it with me on all my holidays and it still looks new.
Not a fan of the colours too :(
Besides that, Crumpler are a great bag brand. I've got a few different Crumpler items (messenger bag, duffle, backpack and large suitcase) not one of those items have failed me and I was doing some solid traveling.
They are a tad more expensive yes, but the quality of gear is top stuff. Lifetime guarantee too!
Damn… ozbargained :(
http://m.myer.com.au/shop/mobile/mystore/crumpler--proud-sta…
For those who missed out, there are still purple colour
green seems to be back up
Got the last one (purple) from Perth Myer. Scanned as $25 in store
Both colours seem to be back in stock.
Crumpler is so overrated, it was in a niche market back in the days, but there are so many choices now and Crumpler is just another nothing special brand.
They used to never go on sale but now it seems to be a weekly affair, goes to show they are over priced.
Overrated would be the Herschel bags.
They're the Apple of bags.
Myer website indicates that the Plum colour is still in (limited) stock.
Good to see Crumpler's traditional low bang-for-buck is still alive. The bag's only padding is on the straps, it seems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBJ0cA4MmQY
I offer $5.
How they can justify those original prices is anyone's guess. Crumpler's website claims $52.50 so an original $75 price (claimed by Myer) seems unlikely. http://www.crumpler.com/au/how-to-choose-a-backpack/proud-st…