Spent $180 on a Filson jacket 6 years ago and it finally started fraying at the cuffs

I bought this thing back in 2019 when I was working a warehouse job in Columbus. Thought I was crazy dropping that much on a coat. But man, it survived 4 moves, a winter shoveling snow for my neighbor's driveway business, and even got caught on a chain link fence once. The fraying is just now showing. I sent Filson a message about getting the cuffs fixed but their repair wait time is like 8 weeks now. Anyone else have luck getting them to fix old stuff or is it just worth paying a local tailor? The coat still works fine otherwise, just looks a bit rough around the edges.

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coleman.seth4d ago

Tried the local tailor route myself once, saved like two months of waiting time and it held up fine.

gibson.mark4d ago

Two months wait for a tailor sounds extreme unless you're getting a custom suit sewn from scratch. Most alterations shops turn things around in a week tops if you're not in a rush. Maybe the big brands are the ones making it sound like a bigger deal than it really is.