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Peter Spindloe
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Jan 17, 2009
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BC
· Joined Jan 2001
· Points: 3,370
Does anyone have any suggestions, recommendations or cautions about the various mail order companies out there? Although I'll need my orders to be shipped to Canada, from what I can see most places will do that, so suggestions regardless of location are welcome. Specifically, I'm looking at getting some rock shoes and approach shoes that the Mountain Equipment Co-op no longer carries and haven't found them anywhere else locally. I've looked at backcountry.com and it has what I'm looking for, but I thought I'd solicit opinions before whipping out the plastic.
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Kat A
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Jan 17, 2009
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Boulder, CO
· Joined Jun 2006
· Points: 510
I've so far had good luck with every placed I've ordered on-line from, including MountainGear.com, BentGate.com, Backcountry.com, SteepAndCheap.com, REI.com, EverestGear.com.
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Nathan Stokes
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Jan 17, 2009
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Oct 2008
· Points: 440
Ditto on SteepandCheap.com, Backcountry.com, MountainGear.com. Also mountaintools.com is great, they have a guaranteed fit policy on their shoes. They are up near Monterey CA and carry lots of really good climbing gear. Backcountry has a pretty sweet shipping policy though if you don't need it yesterday and no sales tax. The other thing about Backcountry is they have have a good return policy and the online help is top notch.
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Evan1984
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Jan 17, 2009
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Aug 2007
· Points: 30
Mail order companies I've used and liked: I'd check sierratradingpost.com-they often get closeout shoes and limited gear for stupid cheap prices. Other than that, in no particular order: Rei.com (check the outlet section for killer deals) mountaingear.com (some really good sales) Campmor.com libertymountain.com bent gate mountaineering-I've only used the store, but they have a good website as well I've never personally used these, but heard multiple positive reports about: steapandcheap.com backcountry.com pagangear.com Come to think of it, I've never been stiffed by an outdoor, online company. One thing I like about the industry is that they have made a unified effort to maintain customer service and product quality. Knock on wood. Evan
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John McNamee
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Jan 17, 2009
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Littleton, CO
· Joined Jul 2002
· Points: 1,690
All our our sponsors do mail order so I'd recommend contacting them first...
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Kat A
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Jan 17, 2009
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Boulder, CO
· Joined Jun 2006
· Points: 510
John McNamee wrote:All our our sponsors do mail order so I'd recommend contacting them first... Good point John. Peter, I also recommend Spadout, where you search for the lowest price of a specific item from multiple vendors. Good stuff.
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Peter Spindloe
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Mar 4, 2009
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BC
· Joined Jan 2001
· Points: 3,370
Just to close this thread off: I ordered from Bent Gate in Golden. They were very responsive by email and phone, and I got what I wanted. Thanks for all the suggestions.
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Josh Brown
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Mar 4, 2009
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Apr 2008
· Points: 20
Kateri Aren't wrote:I've so far had good luck with every placed I've ordered on-line from, including MountainGear.com, BentGate.com, Backcountry.com, SteepAndCheap.com, REI.com, EverestGear.com. Other than steepandcheap (cheapandcrap is more like it) I've had great luck with all of the above. Also outdoor gear exchange is awesome with mail orders. They have upgraded a whole set of closeout powercams on sale to the newer ultralights for the same price for me.
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TresSki Roach
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Mar 4, 2009
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Santa Fe, NM
· Joined May 2002
· Points: 605
Wilderness Exchange was great. Gear Express (www.gearexpress.com) has been good to me. Once I ordered a mountainteering axe from them that ended up being out of stock. They upgraded my order to the next best one and didn't charge me for it. I've also had really good luck on Steep and Cheap. The pop up when a new item arrives gets me good! Come to think of it I haven't had any bad luck with anything I have ever ordered via mail order.
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