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Re: P&G’s Gillette Sues Dollar Shave Club

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Post by JshWright » Fri, Dec 18, 2015, 1:27 PM UTC

tluyben2 wrote: post #95

JshWright wrote: post #45

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There are some occupations where that is not an option.

Like? Honest question. I have not shaved for many years and I am not planning to nor have I worn a suit since the 90s yet my clients are banks and big brands where the conference rooms are full with clean shaven suit wearing people. In the 80s I was told by my parents you cannot do business without shaving and suits as it was not allowed (one of the bigger IT consulting companies had a strict dresscode which forbade…

Firefighting. Facial hair can interfere with the seal of the SCBA mask.

Re: P&G’s Gillette Sues Dollar Shave Club

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Post by jschwartzi » Fri, Dec 18, 2015, 1:52 PM UTC

abakker wrote: post #12

reitanqild wrote: post #7

Tangentially related: I moved to old fashioned razor blades a few months ago and have actually hurt myself less since then. Bonus: It cost like a fraction of the price and you don't look like a teenager when shaving :-P

As someone with a coarse beard, safety razors are the only way to go. A safety razor blade from feather lasts 2-3 shaves, while one of those 4/5 blade things from gillette clogs fast, and dulls completely before 1 shave is over. Safety razors really don't clog, and they're much cheaper.

I can get my safety razor to clog when I'm shaving my head. Otherwise I have the same experience.

Re: P&G’s Gillette Sues Dollar Shave Club

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Post by cobrabyte » Fri, Dec 18, 2015, 4:04 PM UTC

numo16 wrote: post #82

manyxcxi wrote: post #61

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I guess I'm lucky that my skin must not be very sensitive... I use a moderately priced safety razor handle ~$40-50 4 or 5 years ago and store brand menthol shaving foam. Old school Barbasol type foam. I rarely ever get ingrown hairs and have never had razor burn. What I did do, though, was basically buy one of every brand of blade that was available on Amazon and find the one that was the most comfortable, and now I…

> What I did do, though, was basically buy one of every brand of blade that was available on Amazon For those interested, there is a service for this very thing now: http://www.tryablade.com/blade

These guys rock. I tried all sorts of blades from them before settling on the Gillette Silver Blue. Really good stuff!

Re: P&G’s Gillette Sues Dollar Shave Club

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Post by adrr » Fri, Dec 18, 2015, 8:30 PM UTC

tristor wrote: post #6

I find the claims that P&G makes to be interesting, because unless something has changed, Dollar Shave Club does not actually produce or manufacture under license any of its own products, rather the service is about the delivery and cost mechanism, not the actual product received. Instead, they use products made by Dorco, a South Korean company, http://www.dorcousa.com/ . The 4X, for instance is the same as the Dorco…

Gillette sued Dorco in 2008. I think they settled out of court.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/business/worldbusiness/29i...