On 2012-02-13, dpb wrote:

Nonsense.

"L.L.Bean is a privately held, family-owned company. We do not release
financial and operational information beyond what you will find here and
we do not produce an annual report."

OK, I stand corrected. Thanks fer that.

OTOH, I've bought a few things from LLBean. I hadda send back their
"wicked good" slippers ($60) cuz they 1) started losing alleged
shearling wool --after 6 wks-- like a chemo cancer patient, and 2)
caused such severe itching as to become unwearable (I'm not allergic
to wool). I also bought one of their alleged "20 below" down coats.
Nice coats....until one reaches 20F and starts feeling the chill.
Perhaps I missed where they defined "20 below". Last time I checked,
in US vernacular, it means 20 degrees F below zero F! As if to larf!

Sorry, but LL is a long way from the hype. OH!...btw, I hadda justify
my reasons for returning the items to get free return shipping. If my
reasons were not up to their standards, I hadda pay for return
shipping. I didn't both with the down coat, jes giving it to my
daughter in CA, where it rarely gets below 32F. She loves it.

nb

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