[pct-l] Tent Question

[Jeffrey Olson]

I paid for one of the Big Sky Tents in December 2005.  I was really 
impressed with it - enough to give up my tried and trusty sierra designs 
ultra-lightyear.  The tent was promised for "spring 2006"  I started 
emailing Bob Molen at Big Sky in May - I wanted the tent to use on my 
trips last summer.  He gave lots of very vague, non-specific answers 
about how good other models were, that he was sorry he hadn't replied to 
an email in a month because he was in China, etc., etc., etc.  AFter 
nearly 20 emails and phone calls I finally got a refund check last 
November, 11 months after sending him my money.  Essentially big sky got 
to use my dollars to finance their operation. 

Even now I wouldn't be writing this if he had been straight with me and 
said - "it might be six months before we can get your tent to you.  Do 
you want your money back?" or something like this.  I probably would 
have waited because I really liked the tent's design.  But he was never 
straight with me.  I'm sure he's a nice guy in person.  For me, Big Sky 
International has a lousy business model that preys on consumers of 
their products.  On the advice of other hikers I filed a complaint with 
the local better business bureau in Jackson, WY. 

This is an opinion only, based on my personal experience.

Jeff, just Jeff... 

Amanda Luff wrote:
>> Does anyone use the Big Sky  Evolution 2 door tent?  It is around 2.5 
>> pounds.
>>  Take a look  at:
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