Does anyone have a picture of the pocket? The item linked from the article no longer exists.
The reason your Columbia shirt has a tiny pocket near your waistline (2019)
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Re: The reason your Columbia shirt has a tiny pocket near your waistline (2019)
#12Does anyone have a picture of the pocket? The item linked from the article no longer exists.
I looked as well. There is a "Women's PFG Tamiami™ II Short Sleeve Shirt"
https://www.columbia.com/p/womens-pfg-tamiami-ii-short-sleev...
which has two small pockets on the side but it seems above the waist.
they describe them as "Two zip pockets on the side seams secure small items like keys, hair ties, and lip balm."
I think the original line mentioned in OP is completely gone and now we are on the Tamiami II style atm.
Re: The reason your Columbia shirt has a tiny pocket near your waistline (2019)
#13I work in a different industry (but still manufacturing) and it's mind boggling how much brain power and employee time is devoted to "correctly" interacting with the customs and importing system. I wouldn't be surprised if 30% to 40% of the total man hours at some companies are spent directly or indirectly related to the HTS system. This includes products built in North America - you still need to do a huge amount of accounting to show that you're meeting [one of the] the definition[s] of substantial transformation.
I can't really frame this as a global criticism either, the system has clearly evolved around the fact that importers of cheap overseas goods are constantly trying to game the rules to pay lower tariffs than competitors (see Ford with the Transit Connect).
The most frustrating part is political, and two parts:
* US politics have destabilized so much in the last decade that the rules are constantly changing, exceptions being granted and taken away, etc. This has dramatically increased the amount of brain share devoted to tariff engineering rather than product engineering.
* The tariff exclusion process (especially the recent Section 301 tariffs) is heavily lobbyist based. Small players are basically crushed while larger competitors are granted exclusions.
Re: The reason your Columbia shirt has a tiny pocket near your waistline (2019)
#14Of course the circumvention of the "chicken tax" is probably the most well-known example of tariff engineering: > Ford imported all of its first-generation Ford Transit Connect models as "passenger vehicles" by including rear windows, rear seats, and rear seat belts. The vehicles are exported from Turkey on ships owned by Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL), arrive in Baltimore, and are converted back into light tru…
I'd also note that Ford's attempt to dodge the tariff here wasn't successful. The US DOJ sued and Ford coughed up $365 million to settle the lawsuit: https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2024/03/11/ford-...
Re: The reason your Columbia shirt has a tiny pocket near your waistline (2019)
#15Does anyone have a picture of the pocket? The item linked from the article no longer exists.
I looked as well. There is a "Women's PFG Tamiami™ II Short Sleeve Shirt" https://www.columbia.com/p/womens-pfg-tamiami-ii-short-sleev... which has two small pockets on the side but it seems above the waist. they describe them as "Two zip pockets on the side seams secure small items like keys, hair ties, and lip balm." I think the original line mentioned in OP is completely gone and now we are on the Tamiami II style…
I think the waist is defined as the narrowest part of the garment
Re: The reason your Columbia shirt has a tiny pocket near your waistline (2019)
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
I looked as well. There is a "Women's PFG Tamiami™ II Short Sleeve Shirt" https://www.columbia.com/p/womens-pfg-tamiami-ii-short-sleev... which has two small pockets on the side but it seems above the waist. they describe them as "Two zip pockets on the side seams secure small items like keys, hair ties, and lip balm." I think the original line mentioned in OP is completely gone and now we are on the Tamiami II style…
I think the waist is defined as the narrowest part of the garment
ah that would make sense then!
Re: The reason your Columbia shirt has a tiny pocket near your waistline (2019)
#17A bit related: In the early aughts we bought a Porsche 911, which had a ridiculously tiny back seat. According to the dealer, it existed because two-seaters were considered sports cars and were therefore costlier to ensure.
Worked out perfectly for us because our children were young, we lived at the beach, and driving them to school on the freeway was an absolute blast.
Re: The reason your Columbia shirt has a tiny pocket near your waistline (2019)
#18Even better is the shoes (like chucks) that have fuzzy soles to be classified as slippers.
I've never understood why that works. They clearly aren't slippers. They aren't sold as slippers. Nobody looks at them and says "nice slippers". Chuck Taylor importing their shoes as slippers feels fraudulent.
Re: The reason your Columbia shirt has a tiny pocket near your waistline (2019)
#19A bit related: In the early aughts we bought a Porsche 911, which had a ridiculously tiny back seat. According to the dealer, it existed because two-seaters were considered sports cars and were therefore costlier to ensure. Worked out perfectly for us because our children were young, we lived at the beach, and driving them to school on the freeway was an absolute blast.
I highly doubt actuaries are dumb enough to allow this arbitrage at the insurance company’s expense.
Re: The reason your Columbia shirt has a tiny pocket near your waistline (2019)
#20Even better is the shoes (like chucks) that have fuzzy soles to be classified as slippers.
Wow, I had no idea! That is kinda clever and horrible at the same time.