News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shopping on Amazon or eBay. Parent comment

Re:Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shoppi... by jiveturkey on Sunday May 09, 2021 @12:13AM (#27093173)
i think i figured it out. they measure cut sew dye wash. the size changes during the wash, variably depending on the dye and randomness. it would be cost prohibitive to control for this so instead you get size variability which is fine because most people buy in store.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shoppi... by dataflow on Sunday May 09, 2021 @12:17AM (#27093195)
I'm not sure what wash you're referring to, but I'm talking about brand new jeans. Can't they measure whatever they want at the end of manufacture instead of the beginning? It's not like the consumer wears anything but the end product. The error bars are ridiculous.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shoppi... by jiveturkey on Sunday May 09, 2021 @12:23AM (#27093218)
brand new jeans are washed before you get them. it gives them the texture.

i noticed that a certain jean i buy fit consistently only within a given dye and wash. darker pair or different wash fit differently.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shoppi... by dataflow on Sunday May 09, 2021 @12:27AM (#27093235)
Yeah I get that they're washed, but I don't care if they're washed... can't they just measure something after the wash? Is what I'm asking.

I'm talking about the exact same dye btw. Like the same color, number, everything. Only difference is sizes. I've gotten smaller sizes an inch larger than the "larger" sizes for the exact same jeans. It's ridiculous.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shoppi... by jiveturkey on Sunday May 09, 2021 @01:19PM (#27097749)
> can't they just measure something after the wash?

of course they can! those jeans cost double.

it’s not a matter of incompetence or don’t care. it’s a matter of production efficiency.

as for otherwise identical jeans being different sizes, that’s also a matter of consistency of the raw material. if you want high consistency it costs more. consumers aren’t willing to bear that cost.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shoppi... by adrianN on Sunday May 09, 2021 @03:26AM (#27093966)
Maybe they came out of different factories?
[ Parent | on HN ]