[at-l] O2 rainwear

[trailr at aol.com]

Hmmmm... That was before my time at AO. Sounds like a totally different Jonathan than the one I now know. I'd be mad too. Maybe he got wiser... With my help. :-)  I've seen people yell at him for telling them they needed to rethink their gear for a thruhike (I agreed with him), And yell at him for suggesting other than North Face. After all, all their friends have one! LOL!
For now I will continue to take my Precip and mainly use it around camp, or for a wind layer. Or to keep the heat in. I'm mellow... I follow my own path...
Hotdog

------Original Message------
From: Frank Looper
To: trailr at aol.com
Cc: at-l-bounces at backcountry.net
Cc: JPL
Cc: at-l
Subject: Re: [at-l] O2 rainwear
Sent: Oct 14, 2009 5:43 PM

What about the difference between my results and their statement that
"if it's not right, we'll make it right?" Jonathan knew what I was
buying that gear for, never even hinted that it was flimsy as it
turned out to be, and then when it failed ON FIRST USE, I was laughed
at for even thinking that it would work.

Not bitter, angry. Luckily it doesn't come up very often. I got played
and did not like it.

Now, I go to Sunrift Adventures in Travelers Rest, SC. They seriously
understand who keeps the lights on. Occasionally, I'll be looking at
something, and the sales person will say "you don't want that. It
won't do what you need it to." Jonathan was really happy to sell me a
lot of stuff. He just wasn't happy to stand behind what he sold.

You have to make a living. I get that. I love you and you know that.
You just work for someone that I absolutely can not respect. I don't
even disrespect you for that. I will, however, warn people away from
that store every chance I get. All I asked for was a 1/2 store credit
for something that was such crap that it shouldn't have been in the
store. Don't make fun of people for buying crap if it's crap with your
logo on it!

Also, I said yuppy store, not yuppy clothes. You know, the "lifestyle"
folks that think TNF is the good stuff. That's his niche and he's
welcome to it.

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 9:33 AM,  <trailr at aol.com> wrote:
> Yuppy clothes? Maybe a few, because they sell. But good tech gear too. If you Only sell to backpackers you go out of business.

Sunrift sells to serious outdoors people. That's what they do. I mean.
the Lifestyle folks are welcome, because, you know, everyone needs a
250.00 piece of gear to wear to the mall, right?

:-)
Frank


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