My hat arrived today. I have to say that im extremely happy with it. Very light weight, can be folded and put into pack, and the neck sun shield is very easy to fold up and store away within a picket in the brim.
20% off 1 item coupon came out today
MEM2011
$467.61
Time to start lookin' for stuff.
Fear ridges that are depicted as flat lines on a profile map.
I was able to score a Mountain Hardwear soft shell, spare MSR stakes for the Hubba Hubba and some toys for the dogs.
Cabin Fever
You need God—to hope, to care, to love, to live.
Cleaned out a good chunk of misc stuff off my wish list. Used the coupon to help score a SmartWool Microweight T - Cause, you know, Cotton Kills!
L Dog
AT 2000 Miler
The Laughing Dog Blog
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"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness." - John Muir
Member since 1973. My dividend was $0.00. REI and I have agreed to split due to philosophical differences.
Con men understand that their job is not to use facts to convince skeptics but to use words to help the gullible to believe what they want to believe - Thomas Sowell
My dividend this year was $0.08
I bought a few hundred dollars worth of stuff, but most of it was during a sale or uing the 20% coupon.
Decent dividend: two new WTB weirwolf bike tires, Pisgah ranger district map, 8L Sea to summit ultra sil sack, Pearl izumi bike gloves, classic rei full-zip fleece. All free.
...God's Country, and Scotch.
Marmot Helium $310 with $17 dividend and 20% off. Shipped to store
I got myself new Keen boots, a new summer bag,
And a 800 fill down jacket, a shirt, and some pants.
It worked out.
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AT 2x, LT, JMT, CT, Camino, Ireland Coast to Coast, HWT, WT, NET, NST, PCT
Before you buy from REI:
If anything goes wrong with their products, REI will claim zero responsibility and not even give you a refund (claiming that they're only the seller, not the manufacturer and thereby dismissing any liability).
The case involved Monika Johnson, who (now deceased) purchased a REI/Novara branded carbon fiber front fork that failed catastrophically, resulting in significant personal injury, and permanent disability. REI issued a recall of the questionable units (using Monika Johnson's photograph and never accrediting photo rights of compensation for such). Despite the recall, no liability was ever assumed, nor apology offered. She suffered damages which medical insurance would not cover, e.g., deductible, lost wages, loss associated with residual brain injury, dental and facial reconstructive surgery. ALL these costs were born by Monika Johnson individually. No disability was paid her.
This is absolutely disgusting. REI is showing itself to be a corporation that doesn't care about the individual. If the same thing happened to REI's CEO or one of her family members, I'm pretty sure there wouldn't have been any appeals.
I just can't get over the irony, that REI-- the company that preaches 100% satisfaction guaranteed-- left Monika high and dry. REI is all about branding to its members, creating that strong sense of value, community and reliability in their products. But when push comes to shove, when a member is seriously hurt through no fault of her own, this is their response. Shameful.
I've been an REI member for over 40 years.
Until this is resolved in a positive outcome, I will be proactively steering all business, mine and that of my friends, relatives, coworkers, and more to other more conscionable retailers.
It's that time again...REI Dividends
Already spent! Could have re-spent my divy 10 times over.