Last edited by Clusterfrack; 05-26-2024 at 10:40 AM.
“There is no growth in the comfort zone.”--Jocko Willink
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
I sent them a long letter back when I first posted in this thread and got back the exact sort of reply you'd expect from a woke automaton. There was no reasoning with them.
Haven't missed doing business with them either, and I first became a member in the early 70's.
There's nothing civil about this war.
I actually think it is sad. They have had good customer service, convenient locations, and a pretty good selection. I have had an REI credit card for ten or more years and enjoy getting a dividend to spend on more outdoors gear.
$300 million in losses is a large hole to climb out of, even larger than the hole USPSA is in! Seems like REI is just another example that you either run a business or worship woke causes, but it is hard to do both.
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.
When I moved to Seattle in 1975 I became a member. Hiked a lot in those days and REI was a good place to shop. They used to have a loft where a person could find used gear cheap. Several good Seattle outdoor stores lost their way in the 90's. One was REI, the other Eddie Bauer. JanSport, a Seattle company I discovered in the early 80's, got most of my money.
In the P-F basket of deplorables.
It's not like they actually lost money. They just didn't see as much come in the door as they did last year.
The 1.3 million new members could help fill that gap if REI leaders find the right mix of cheap foreign-made gear that people want to buy from them. Actual profit could be better on lower revenue if leaders manage the margins well.Revenues for 2023 were $3.76 billion, compared with $3.85 billion the previous year. REI added 1.3 million new members, bringing its total to 24 million. REI distributed $57 million in employee retirement and incentives and $200 million through its member rewards program.
Still, a pox on their house for boycotting Vista. In the six years since this thread opened, I've probably spent around $10k on the kind of gear that REI carries, but I bought none of it from them.
Okie John
“The reliability of the 30-06 on most of the world’s non-dangerous game is so well established as to be beyond intelligent dispute.” Finn Aagaard
"Don't fuck with it" seems to prevent the vast majority of reported issues." BehindBlueI's
“The reliability of the 30-06 on most of the world’s non-dangerous game is so well established as to be beyond intelligent dispute.” Finn Aagaard
"Don't fuck with it" seems to prevent the vast majority of reported issues." BehindBlueI's
Meh. I can't remember who I'm supposed to boycott anymore. The list has gotten so long of all the companies and people I'm supposed to be mad at (and truthfully there's good reason to be pissed at them) that if I boycotted all the anti-conservative-gun-whatever people/companies I'd have to grow all my own food, refine my own gasoline, spin my own thread to make my own clothes, etc. That's too much to delegate to my wife, she put her foot down and says no way. So I'm just gonna carry on my merry way and buy from whoever.