My (ongoing) quest for a Wested

Posted by Indy Fan from 4.it.21stcentury.net on March 08, 2001 at 10:58:11:

hi all--
I thought I'd share my story to get a Wested Jacket to this forum. I figure if anyone could really appreciate this, it would be the people here. I've always liked the Jacket Indy had, in fact I associate the Jacket with Indy more so than any other piece of equipment he had, with the exception of the Hat. The last half of the Temple of Doom just didn't feel right without Indy wearing his jacket. I've always toyed around with the idea of getting a jacket similar to his, but until I visted indygear.com, never did I imagine I could get an almost exact copy from the same man who claimed to have made the original and at a pretty decent price. I looked at the US Wings site, but found the price to be a bit much and from what I knew at the time, it sounded Wested was the way to go.
I ordered my jacket on 11-29-2000 via the wested.com's site. It was a size 42 Temple of Doom style (I favored the longer length)new lambskin with a cotten lining. The jacket finally arrived in Chicago on 01-17-2001. Unfourtunately the jacket felt too snug and the sleeves were a bit long. I sent the jacket back for a larger size on 01-20-2001 and it took about a week and a half to get there. Peter Botwright replied on 02-04-2001 to an email I had sent asking if the jacket had been returned to him and if there were any problems with my larger size request. He replied he did received the jacket and a replacement was in the works. He was quite backlogged at the moment because of Christmas and New Year closure and film assignments. He asked me to wait 2 to 3 weeks for the replacement.
I wrote him on 03-01-2001 to ask for a status check of my jacket. He replied to me the next day saying the jacket shipped yesterday and provided a tracking number. Excited, I checked the usps.com website and in the delivery status I received this message:

There is no record of that mail item. If it was mailed recently, it may not yet be tracked. Please try again later.

Initally I thought it was too soon for my package to be tracked. I checked on the weekend and on a daily basis since then, and the message is the same. I wrote to Peter asking to confirm the tracking number and he wrote back saying, indeed it was correct. It's been a week since my package "shipped" and I still haven't been able to track the package. I wrote back to Peter this morning asking to double check the tracking number and and to go to usps.com site to do a search for himself. I'm giving Peter the benefit of the doubt and assuming the jacket is on its way, and either the tracking number he gave me is wrong or the usps.com site is not working properly. It's either that or the jacket has not shipped yet or was lost before the package could be scanned. I'm hoping I will get the jacket soon and it'll fit properly. As soon as I find out anything more, I'll post a update.

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Re: My (ongoing) quest for a Wested larry 14:55:28 3/08/2001 (0)
Re: My (ongoing) quest for a Wested Danno 12:39:20 3/08/2001 (0)
Re: My (ongoing) quest for a Wested Shawnkara 12:05:28 3/08/2001 (0)
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Re: My (ongoing) quest for a Wested Jamison 11:52:03 3/08/2001 (0)

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: hi all--
:    I thought I'd share my story to get a Wested Jacket to this forum. I figure if anyone could really appreciate this, it would be the people here. I've always liked the Jacket Indy had, in fact I associate the Jacket with Indy more so than any other piece of equipment he had, with the exception of the Hat. The last half of the Temple of Doom just didn't feel right without Indy wearing his jacket. I've always toyed around with the idea of getting a jacket similar to his, but until I visted indygear.com, never did I imagine I could get an almost exact copy from the same man who claimed to have made the original and at a pretty decent price. I looked at the US Wings site, but found the price to be a bit much and from what I knew at the time, it sounded Wested was the way to go.
:    I ordered my jacket on 11-29-2000 via the wested.com's site. It was a size 42 Temple of Doom style (I favored the longer length)new lambskin with a cotten lining. The jacket finally arrived in Chicago on 01-17-2001. Unfourtunately the jacket felt too snug and the sleeves were a bit long. I sent the jacket back for a larger size on 01-20-2001 and it took about a week and a half to get there. Peter Botwright replied on 02-04-2001 to an email I had sent asking if the jacket had been returned to him and if there were any problems with my larger size request. He replied he did received the jacket and a replacement was in the works. He was quite backlogged at the moment because of Christmas and New Year closure and film assignments. He asked me to wait 2 to 3 weeks for the replacement.
:    I wrote him on 03-01-2001 to ask for a status check of my jacket. He replied to me the next day saying the jacket shipped yesterday and provided a tracking number. Excited, I checked the usps.com website and in the delivery status I received this message:

: There is no record of that mail item. If it was mailed recently, it may not yet be tracked. Please try again later.

:    Initally I thought it was too soon for my package to be tracked. I checked on the weekend and on a daily basis since then, and the message is the same. I wrote to Peter asking to confirm the tracking number and he wrote back saying, indeed it was correct. It's been a week since my package "shipped" and I still haven't been able to track the package. I wrote back to Peter this morning asking to double check the tracking number and and to go to usps.com site to do a search for himself. I'm giving Peter the benefit of the doubt and assuming the jacket is on its way, and either the tracking number he gave me is wrong or the usps.com site is not working properly. It's either that or the jacket has not shipped yet or was lost before the package could be scanned. I'm hoping I will get the jacket soon and it'll fit properly. As soon as I find out anything more, I'll post a update.

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