| Nationals 400 discontinued |
Thu, 03 January 2008 21:41  |
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Hi Folks,
as I learned today from Nationals (USA) customer service, their Item 400 RHT stockings are going out of production. I was initially asking in an email when they were going to have a certain size back in stock when they replied about discontinuing of the stockings. For a reason they told me they had lost their source for the particular yarn being used in the mill to produce their 400 RHT stockings.
A very sad moment for the stocking enthusiast community.
I suggest you all send some sort of complaint about that fact to their customer service in order to get them back into production.
A very disappointed Mac
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| Re: Nationals 400 discontinued |
Fri, 04 January 2008 07:03  |
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Greetings there Mr. Mac.
As I understand the situation, Nationals found a production facility in South Africa after they decided to quit production from their original mills due to continuous and increasing maintenance problems with the machinery. Simply, their units were worn out and replacement parts required them to be hand made, a very costly venture. The resultant products apparently were not consistent with regards to quality. Different sizes and different shades differed considerably and tell has that they were nothing like the “old” Nationals.
A shame as Nationals were a good turn for the price. I’ve heard that National suffered in that they were not particularly generous with regards to size in the thighs and those lassies found then uncomfortable to wear if not entirely unable to do so.
I venture to say that perhaps the announcement was to save face as possibly they were unable to find production facilities capable of producing wares with the former quality. As a musician I make note that both Fender and Gibson guitars (among many other instrument makers) went through various periods where the quality of their instruments quite frankly sucked. A lot of auto makers had the same stages periodically and it is not uncommon an occurrence. Some survive to reclaim fame, others go away, sometimes gracefully.
I’d like to think Nationals may have taken the graceful exit rather then subject fans to shoddiness.
The good news may be that they might find other facilities. And National is unlikely to go away as they have a big hand in a lot of areas, more than just hosiery. To be sure, I’ve always liked Nationals and scarfed a few boxes before they discontinued production the first time. The downside is now I can’t find them among the piles of antiques and vintage stuff I’ve collected and can’t sell due to the current business market. Some relative may inherit a bunch of stuff to offer at an Estate Sale someday. Keep checking the obits and rush over should you here of my demise; there’s a boatload of things folks here should like and I’d hate to see it go to a dumpster. Of course, should one read my obit then I’d not be likely to give a damn.
At least Nationals appear to widely available on eBay and other sources about the Net so there are rays of light still about.
Regards,
Dworkin
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| Re: Nationals 400 discontinued |
Fri, 04 January 2008 11:35 |
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Dworkin, Great reply. Since the demise of Hanes 415's we have found that National's have been one of the more economic choices.
Glad to here you have a supply. Please write "stocking donor" next to "organ donor" on the back of your driver's license 
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