tomcook.net » sandals http://tomcook.net/wp The Cook Family Blog Mon, 23 Sep 2019 01:51:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Broken Chaco’s, broken heart http://tomcook.net/wp/blog/2011/05/22/broken-chacos-broken-heart/ http://tomcook.net/wp/blog/2011/05/22/broken-chacos-broken-heart/#comments Sun, 22 May 2011 12:57:45 +0000 Thomas Cook http://tomcook.net/wp/?p=1870 Continue reading →]]> Yesterday I noticed I had a huge crack in one of my sandals! This pair is my “newer pair” that are 5 years old, but restrapped in 2008. This morning I filled out the form to send them in for repair (or maybe replacement). I noticed that the shipping address was in Rockford MI. Weird, they were based and made in Colorado. Some searching and it would seem that in 2009 Chaco was sold to Wolverine (who also owns Merrel and Hush Puppies) and the company was being kept intact. That was good news, then I found out that later in 2009 they laid off all the Chaco people and moved production to China.

That makes me sad….

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