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Re: ManPacks.com - a different kind of startup

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post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"How often do you need to buy new underwear?" If you're asking that question, the answer is yesterday!

Why? In case I need to come out and say it - My underwear is clean! It's just not new . Sounds like typical consumerist propaganda.

My boxers become pretty much shredded after 6-7 years.

Re: ManPacks.com - a different kind of startup

#32
I'd be more interested if the underwear on offer wasn't such lousy quality. I can see that they're looking for hefty markups, but it makes no sense to me to set up a service like this and then sell really crummy socks. From the link:

Hanes Classics Comfort Cool Ankle Fiber Content: Cotton/Polyester/Acrylic/Nylon/Spandex/Other Fiber

I don't know about you, but I have a general policy of not wearing anything made of "Other Fiber".

Re: ManPacks.com - a different kind of startup

#34
I'm not sure what's "different" about this. Google "subscription socks" or "subscription underwear", you'll find about 10 startups doing the same thing. One of them was even featured in the WSJ last year.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=534330

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/03/19/socks-dont-match-how-...

Re: ManPacks.com - a different kind of startup

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post #5

Your site is really slow for me and quite a few times has thrown up error pages for php though I didn't screenshot them. edit: here you go http://imgur.com/fFQ4G.png I might have given it a try if these were available as boxers: http://www.hanes.com/Hanes/Products/Men-Hanes/Men_ShopByCate... some of us just prefer buttons

I don't know about the owner of the site, but I would not have appreciated that screenshot. Then again, if you're letting your site spit out detailed errors, you're doing it wrong.

Re: ManPacks.com - a different kind of startup

#38

How often do you need to buy new underwear? The last time I did so was sometime in the mid 1990s. They don't look as good as they used to but they still do the job. When it becomes a necessity to do so, most underwear can be bought pretty cheaply locally without paying for shipping costs. This seems rather fussy to me.

From Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys:

When is it okay to throw away a set of veteran underwear?

a. When it has turned the color of a dead whale and developed new holes so large that you're not sure which ones were originally intended for your legs.

b. When it is down to eight loosely connected underwear molecules and has to be handled with tweezers.

c. It is never okay to throw away veteran underwear. A real guy checks the garbage regularly in case somebody -- and we are not naming names, but this would be his wife -- is quietly trying to discard his underwear, which she is frankly jealous of, because the guy seems to have a more intimate relationship with it than with her.

Re: ManPacks.com - a different kind of startup

#39

How often do you need to buy new underwear? The last time I did so was sometime in the mid 1990s. They don't look as good as they used to but they still do the job. When it becomes a necessity to do so, most underwear can be bought pretty cheaply locally without paying for shipping costs. This seems rather fussy to me.

I absolutely hate running out if I'm a little behind on laundry so I buy a 6-pack a year and maybe throw out 2-3 pair.

Re: ManPacks.com - a different kind of startup

#40
I understand that you'd pay a premium for convenience, but if you compare the prices to hanes.com I can't see the additional value. I've compared a sample "Manpack" (8 of each for 120$ per year) with similar items on Hanes (45$ + 10$ shipping, free above 50$). Why don't you buy 3 years worth of stuff in advance and open a new pack every few month? You still have to decide what items to throw away. I get the "stuff gets icky and you'll forget to change" argument for toothbrushes, maybe for razorblades, this one smells more like marketing spin.
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