I'm not sure how many of you BOTLs are aware that S.T. DuPont's factory in France burned down early this year. I was talking to another employee at the B&M I work at and apparently he spoke to our DuPont rep about it not too long ago. Again, not sure if this is new news or not, but it turns out that DuPont lost all of their molds in the fire. This could mean that DuPont prices, at least for the higher-end models, could rise in the future. Just a heads up if you're on the fence about getting a lighter then you might want to do it sooner than later. I'm not sure if prices on Xtends or any of their standard stuff (ligne 1, 2, Gatsby, etc.) will rise considerably, but it would not be unrasonable to expect prices on existing DuPont limited editions to rise in the near-ish future (maybe they won't re-make the limited edition molds or something).
Sorry if it's old news, but I just found out about the loss of all the molds and thought I would spread the word in case it ends up saving a brother a buck or two.
I would assume DuPont won't raise prices on regular stuff too terribly because they would have had insurance, but I would guess that any limited-edition runs that were halted due to the fire will not be continued.
TYLER
Sorry if it's old news, but I just found out about the loss of all the molds and thought I would spread the word in case it ends up saving a brother a buck or two.
I would assume DuPont won't raise prices on regular stuff too terribly because they would have had insurance, but I would guess that any limited-edition runs that were halted due to the fire will not be continued.
TYLER
