| miha_z10. 01. 2011 17:31:53 |
Hello!
I'd like to add my experience with the MAYA MAYA store. I'll try to be as objective as possible and focus only on facts. If you notice any subjectivity, I apologize in advance, as it wasn't intended.
I bought three "waterproof" pants from them when they had a -70% sale. The pants alone cost 187€ (with discount 56€). I'm attaching the receipt as proof in the pictures. The pants are made of approx. 0.2 mm thick plastic (Gore-Tex variant), under which there is a mesh, as visible from the picture. They can be used as pants alone, or if it's colder, over other pants. I bought two on 15.10.2010, the third on 18.10.2010 (visible from receipts). The 187€ price for pants is very high, so I imagined they were really good.
I'm a student in Ljubljana and I use these pants only if I go for a morning walk in the rain, or if it's raining and I go by bike to lunch in them. Mostly I'm in my room, so even when wearing them, about 2h/day. I washed the first pants 1x, the second 2x, the third I never wore. I've never been in mountains or anything like that. Used exclusively in Ljubljana on the Bežigrad-Center, Bežigrad-BTC route (on foot or by bike). If estimating wear time: first about 20 hours, others max 40-50h.
The first pants are falling apart completely. That white lining from the inside under the mesh has cracked everywhere. Pictures show some larger cracks, but the pants are full of small ones. They don't hold water as they should. The second pants... instead of repelling and holding water, they soak it completely... I have to admit they are a bit better than normal jeans, but please... 20 000 mm water column??? Where?? My whole thigh is wet... This is also visible from the picture, where you can see how they absorb water... whole stains..
If there's still any doubt about the quality, you can look at the picture with three straps at the end of the pants. Two pants are pictured. One is unworn, the other is the one I washed 2x. After a few walks, the straps peeled off halfway. Since they looked silly hanging, I tried to pull them down by hand to the end. You won't believe what glue they used... normal office adhesive tape holds much stronger than this glue... I've never seen anything like this (except with Chinese stuff).. for pants that cost 20€, I'd be surprised they dare to put something like this on the market..
Today it was raining outside. I decided to go by bike in these pants through the rain to lunch and then to MAYA MAYA to show the salesgirl how the pants absorb water and leak. When I arrived at the store and showed the salesgirl the water stains on the pants and said they leak, the first reaction was that these aren't even MAYA MAYA pants at all. Then I turned and showed them the MAYA MAYA stitching on the knee. Then the standard apologetics began... how to convince me that I was to blame for everything..
They told me I was the very first with this problem and that everyone else was extremely happy.. And the salesgirl also has such pants and they are incredible.. Then they mentioned 100 times that these pants aren't made for many washes.. then of course I said, even if not.. 2 washes must hold!!! 187€.. please??? Are they for single use???
Then the salesgirl slowly ran out of excuses.. and admitted that this still shouldn't happen.. in 2 months and 2 washes.. I also slowly felt how they could hardly wait to get rid of me.. and dismiss me.. For fun I asked just what I could do.. and the answer was NOTHING!!! That I should dry them and impregnate them.. that's it… there was no talk of any warranty or anything similar.. I didn't even mention the first pants that are falling apart from the inside..
Anyway… I'm happy only that I didn't pay 187€ for each pair of pants… this would really be the robbery of the century… 56€, well, I'll survive..
If I were to metaphorically describe these pants, I'd say they are like some expensive off-road vehicle that completely falls apart when you park it on the sidewalk. Anyway, nothing praiseworthy from my side..
Receipt
Crack 1
Cracks
Straps
Absorbing
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