Re: [RBW] Zipper fix or replacement advice?

2012-01-30 Thread Anne Paulson
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 3:17 PM, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: The lady at the nearby sewing place just quoted me $75 ($3/inch X 15) to replace the front zipper on my Cannondale vest/jacket. She can't just replace the puller part because the little metal thingy that clamps onto the

Re: [RBW] Zipper fix or replacement advice?

2012-01-30 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Thanks. Yes, it was a separating zipper, tho' I'd have been happy with a single-action one. After some thought, I abandoned an plan to do it myself -- indeed, abandoned the thought of paying someone else to do it, too, after talking to two professionals who emphasized the difficulty and cost.

[RBW] Zipper fix or replacement advice?

2012-01-26 Thread PATRICK MOORE
The lady at the nearby sewing place just quoted me $75 ($3/inch X 15) to replace the front zipper on my Cannondale vest/jacket. She can't just replace the puller part because the little metal thingy that clamps onto the bottom of one side of the zip, to keep the puller from falling off, is gone.

[RBW] Zipper fix or replacement advice?

2012-01-26 Thread Kelly
Be sure to check with Cannondale. I had a jacket that had a seam pull on a Pearl Izumi Jacket and found out it was life time warranty for those types of things. They just exchanged it for a new one of similar value. Never know, might get lucky. Kelly -- You received this message because

[RBW] Zipper fix or replacement advice?

2012-01-26 Thread Leslie
I had a TNF jacket that had a seam come lose; I contacted them about it, the repaired it and shipped it back to me w/ no charge. (Moss did that w/ a repair on a tent for me, too.) A lot of bigger companies will do that to help build/keep up a reputation. If something was my fault, I'd not