REI Vs. Mom & Pop Stores (or, Why Pro-Deals Suck)

Just thought I'd give you FlameThrowers another outlet.
Really, I'm sick of getting emails that my "'Friends' at Mountain Project have responded to the Shoplifting At Neptunes" thread.
Feel free to act like children and throw sand in eachother's eyes all you want:

DEATH TO REI!!!!!!!!!!!

In all seriousness though, people just need to care less. So REI is the Walmart of the outdoor sporting world. BFD.

Evan Sanders wrote:DEATH TO REI!!!!!!!!!!! In all seriousness though, people just need to care less. So REI is the Walmart of the outdoor sporting world. BFD.

Yeah, I know.. I seriously don't get it! I mean, incessant rambling flame wars about Bolt Choppers, or Sport Grades....ok....fine....this IS a climbing forum after all...
BUT, REI debates?????
WHO GIVES A FLYING FUCK!!??

When did this shift to hating REI happen? I had always thought the climbing community loved REI.

Evan Sanders wrote:So REI is the Walmart of the outdoor sporting world. BFD.

Just making that comparison discredits the statement.

Nate C wrote:When did this shift to hating REI happen? I had always thought the climbing community loved REI.

The climbing community loves to take advantage of REI.

I shop there a lot, they're currently my only local option, and I dont have any issues with the company. Sure, you have to sort through all kinds of unnecessary camp gadgets, but half the vans I see at any given destination are spewing over with that shit, so it appears a good portion of the climbing community shops there.

mattm wrote: Just making that comparison discredits the statement.

Point taken.

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Cuttlefish is not sitting well!

Killing In The Name Of wrote:Pokemon is the Walmart of Japangamation. Don't buy Pikachu, he's the Ross of fluffy toys! Yeah, too much time on everyone's hands. Anyone hate Wendy's, just to get us back onto a productive topic of relevance to Internet Drones?

Wendy's is whatever. Taco bell can fuck straight off and die.

I'm still really confused how anybody could have beef with prodeals. COULD SOMEBODY HELP ME UNDERSTAND?