My new FIFTY DOLLAR LEATHER GLOVES were made in India.

[Deja Q]

I bet $10 the leather came from a cow.

Seems apropos.

Do you agree or disagree?

[ThomWV]

1. At A Production Cost of $0.06 American

Think about that for a minute .....

[Deja Q]

3. That crossed and passed my mind a long time ago...

I'm more concerned about how their religion is being treated. And, last I recall, the Indians of India consider cows to be sacred.

Not very much, I should expect.

[JCMach1]

11. a little more than that... the price for leather gloves in the UAE

would be about 15-20 AED or about $3-6.

The wholesale cost would be about 1/2 that. Also, the higher quality stuff comes from Pakistan, not India.

:(

[rzemanfl]

2. If they aren't kidskin and you paid fifty bucks I wonder if you got

screwed. I have not priced kidskin gloves in a long time though.

[Deja Q]

4. Got them at an upperclass chain store. Marshall Fields.

Still, I know that even Armani now goes offshore to have goods made (yet the prices haven't gone down.)

[rzemanfl]

7. I thought Marshall Fields was history. n/t

[Deja Q]

10. Good if they are; but I still have one open 30 miles away.

Maybe they'll close soon too.

[rzemanfl]

14. Just a name change (Macy's????). Looked at the price of gloves

on the net. Good thing I never need them anymore, they have gone up. I wear gloves maybe once every five years if I travel up North in the Winter. I have a lifetime supply and then some.

[doc03]

15. They make gloves out of kids? sick sick people

[Deja Q]

17. 'kid' is a technical term for a goat's offspring.

[FarLeftRage]

5. They kill cows in India???

I thought cows are considered sacred in India... :wtf:

[Deja Q]

9. Since when do corporations work within rules and laws?

NEVER

So, I do not joke when I fathom they are made from mooing milk machines.

The real cows are the Indians themselves for allowing themselves to be cheated and ill-treated like this.

Still, it's just business. Who DOESN'T bend over for the right price? :think:

[FarLeftRage]

13. Good point.

Nothing is sacred to them, nothing... well except the almighty $$$$.

[Deja Q]

16. And when America converts to another currency, then we must worry.

Corporate 'leaders' already have, often insulting the dollar as they do so (so the next time such filth claim to be altruistic or patriotic, tell them to take a long walk off a short plank in the middle of the Pacific Ocean...)

And why convert at all, unless they themselves think they have a future and can spare the hell that's about to be bestowed upon the rest of us? :think: I say they're going to abandon America entirely; and then do something that redefines "horrific". :cry:

[silverweb]

6. And poisoned a lot of people.

I've read that the leather tanning industry in India is responsible for massive-scale poisoning of the water, the land, and the people there.

[Deja Q]

12. Well, when you put cows over water...

One gets shit on; the other just gets treated like shit.

Besides, I think we're all beyond recrimination at this point anyway. Too many news articles about too many crises.

[silverweb]

20. Actually, I wasn't referring to cows.

I was referring to the chemical pollution resulting from the tanning process itself. Nor was I attempting to engage in "recrimination" of any sort, just making an observation.

In any case, the problem is one that is being managed with some early signs of success:

http://www.unido.org/doc/3638

http://www.elaw.org/resources/text.asp?id=159

http://usembassy.state.gov/posts/in1/wwwhspnovdec0515.html

[JCMach1]

8. I eat Indian beef all the time

Seriously... only a % of people stick to the cow ban... or the vegetarian thing.

[madrchsod]

18. ya it came from a cow

i won`t buy any leather goods from overseas-native american or canadian leather goods for me.

[TlalocW]

19. Wasn't there a rebellion against the English

Because they insisted that native troops reload their muskets by biting off the cartridge of the ammo which was greased with pig and cattle fat - one would be forbidden to Muslims and one to Hindus.

TlalocW