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Teresa wrote:It's not the Mom and Pop factor so much as the big elephant factor. After the big elephant steps on all the mice, it doesn't stay around to bury them.
If the elephant moved in and became head vendor, and stayed, not so many people would be squawking.
CaveGimp wrote:Heck, REI will take back my hiking boots after several years of hard use and give me a new pair...... but its part of the business plan of REI and Wal-Mart and others.
That being said, I typically only buys things from REI I expect I will wear out.
Scott McCrea wrote:CaveGimp wrote:Heck, REI will take back my hiking boots after several years of hard use and give me a new pair...... but its part of the business plan of REI and Wal-Mart and others.
That being said, I typically only buys things from REI I expect I will wear out.
Bad Karma.
Scott McCrea wrote:Satisfaction is the key word in these and many other 100%, lifetime, unconditional guarantees. Returning something because you wore it out or out grew it does not make a product unsatisfactory and causes bad Karma.
NZcaver wrote:Scott McCrea wrote:Satisfaction is the key word in these and many other 100%, lifetime, unconditional guarantees. Returning something because you wore it out or out grew it does not make a product unsatisfactory and causes bad Karma.
Sorry to drag this out... but you're only half right. "Satisfaction" is the key word, which may or may not have anything to do with whether a product proves "satisfactory" by any presumed standard. Two similar words there, but with subtly different connotations. Personally I respect Karma
wendy wrote:I just now read this thread, and it kinda cracked me up.
X-mart in Florida is the name of a chain of adult themed retail stores. They have harnesses, but I don't think they are for caving. lol
CaveGimp wrote:The X-marts and other box stores, REI, etc offer something the caver stores just couldn't afford. And that is returning stuff when it "falis to work properly" after a long cave trip.
fuzzy-hair-man wrote:Some international caving suppliers:
http://www.srte.com.au SRTE (Aust)
http://www.mtde.net MTDE
http://www.daleswear.co.uk Daleswear (UK)
http://www.berniescafe.co.uk Bernie's (UK)
http://www.meander.sk Meander
http://www.aspiring.co.nz Aspiring (New Zealand)
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