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Tomcat
Trad climber
Chatham N.H.
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Oct 10, 2008 - 05:01pm PT
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What kind of conspiracy is that?
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jbar
Mountain climber
Inside my head
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Oct 10, 2008 - 07:16pm PT
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Tomcat - Its a JOKE! Geez! Must be all that tin in your hat causing Alzheimers or something. Should check out something more modern like Aluminum. Remember, Shiny side out.
Who doesn't return stuff to REI? R eturn E very I tem.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Kidland, 24x7, but sometimes Pasadena, CA
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Oct 10, 2008 - 07:35pm PT
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I love to eat fruitcake! It's a constitutional right of every American to be able to freely bear (bare?) fruitcake as well as to organize local fruitcakes to defend against tyranny of Betty Crocker.
Fletch
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climbinginchico
Trad climber
Modesto, CA
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Oct 10, 2008 - 07:44pm PT
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REI in sac had a single OZ in stock last week when I was there. Then a guy tried to tell me the hotwire was the same thing essentially. When I informed him I have over 150 hotwires he backed off and walked away. I love know-it-all's. There is a good possibility they are sold out though.
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apogee
climber
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Oct 10, 2008 - 09:58pm PT
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REI = Big Box corporatization. Just say 'no'.
Buy from local outdoor retailers.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Oct 11, 2008 - 01:35am PT
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I'll be in that hood tomorrow am, fatty, (I'll bring my harness if you're gonna show) they got the $4 Crabs?
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rockermike
Mountain climber
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Oct 11, 2008 - 01:45am PT
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anybody know what REI execs get paid? What ever, they sure have taken a good organization down. Berkeley store has more floor space for socks than climbing gear. And that complaint is coming from a second generation member. My dad's membership # was in the 4 digits. Used to be the place to go for exotic climbing gear. Now you can get a black diamond raven ice ax in any of 10 different lengths. But that's about it. Unless you are into tank tops.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Oct 11, 2008 - 02:31am PT
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My membership # (from 1970) is 3 digits short of that of that of my ss#; gotta say the Bezerkeley store now sucks bald dog! Didn't used to. They are still the masters of merchandising for impulse purchasing, esp, near the front of the store, must have come from assimilating early winters™....
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jbar
Mountain climber
Inside my head
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Oct 11, 2008 - 05:11pm PT
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Was a time when the people that worked in REI actually practiced the sport/activity they were selling the gear for. Luckily the bike guy at my local still rides but the only climber they had is long gone. "Whats an ice screw?"
They have every new climber wearing shoes so tight their toes are permanently crimped.
I do have a nifty thing going where I buy a jacket and wear it for a year then return it and buy another one for around the same price and I got an awesome pair of msr snow shoes for $30 cuz nobody here knows what they are for. Problem is it's gonna start costing me to fly with them. While we're bailing out the mortgage companies how about giving some dough to the airlines?
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Chris2
Trad climber
The Gunks to Joshua Tree
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Oct 11, 2008 - 06:30pm PT
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I'am with apogee...REI, another big corportation pretending to "care" about the little people.
Each chance you get, support your small local vendor!
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BV
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Oct 11, 2008 - 07:06pm PT
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You can find the total compensation for REI execs on their website.
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Chris2
Trad climber
The Gunks to Joshua Tree
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Oct 11, 2008 - 08:24pm PT
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and that somehow negates being a responsible consumers?
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BV
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Oct 11, 2008 - 08:48pm PT
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No, but it answers the question rockermike posed about how much the execs made.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Kidland, 24x7, but sometimes Pasadena, CA
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Oct 11, 2008 - 09:14pm PT
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Why is everyone ignoring REI"s refusal to stock wire-gate fruitcakes???
Fletch
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Anastasia
climber
Not there
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Oct 11, 2008 - 10:41pm PT
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Norbert got old and sold out... The Chalet is now a public company. Their dive shop is still descent but their mountain shop/ climbing is very disappointing.
A16 and Nomads is still under private ownership.
AF
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 11, 2008 - 10:42pm PT
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Not to mention wire-gate zucchinis.
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