[pct-l] light weight gaiters

[Jim Lynch]

No disrespect intended to anyone, but I ahve to agree with Brian.  The Dirty 
Girl website is pretty obtuse.  The product may be great, and I'll take 
Bob's excellent testimony at face value, but it would be great to be able to 
quickly and easily navigate the web site to find basic information about it.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Lewis" <brianle at nwlink.com>
To: <Trekker4 at aol.com>; <pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net>
Cc: <dirtythoughts at dirtygirlgaiters.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] light weight gaiters


> "Well, Brian, it's certainly within your Constitutional Rights to expect 
> the
> perfect website from everyone; however, I doubt that Dirty Girl is worried
> about building the perfect website. I know she's not doing it for the 
> money,
> since she apparently donates all her proceeds to various running
> organizations in the western US; and she doesn't need the money, since 
> she's
> a prosecutor. Don't make her angry.
>
>    She sells an excellent product, for an excellent price ($15), and adds 
> a
> huge amount of color to the mundane, boring world of hiker's and runner's
> feet. She's having fun; maybe you should loosen up and try to have fun 
> too.
>
>    Incidentally, my pair of her gaiters weighs 1.25 oz, and has no loop
> under the foot. I've found no other gaiters close to that weight; in fact 
> I
> never considered gaiters until I found hers. A whole lot of those western
> runners, the ones who run 100 miles for the hell of it, apparently use her
> product. Any week I can hike over 100 miles makes me happy, and I always
> wear my Dirty Girl's. Now I even fantasize about her while I hike, hoping
> she won't prosecute me for those dirty thoughts."
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks for the feedback, Bob.  Of course I don't expect a perfect website
> from anyone (much less everyone), and I didn't mean to convey any sense of
> entitlement --- if the website owner wants to shoot themselves in the foot
> (is it a kevlar gaitor? <g>), that's up to the website owner.  But as a
> consumer/potential customer I think it's reasonable to expect to be able 
> to
> find basic data about a product on a website that's about that product.
>
>
>
> I like sites that provide extra info.  I like the fact that lots of photos
> are given of the product (in fact, the only useful data I could glean was 
> by
> looking at photos).  I just don't like to grope around on a site hoping 
> that
> I might find information that's relevant for me.    Whether the money is
> going to the owner or charity or whoever, I suspect a little more money
> might flow that way if a person could go to the site and find out things
> like, for example, how to buy it.  And other basic issues, like what
> material it's made of, whether that material is breathable, whether it can
> only cover the ankle or if it can cover higher up the leg (for use in snow
> or slush), etc.
>
>
>
> No attack on you or anyone intended; I hope your gaitors continue to work
> great for you for years!
>
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>            Brian
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