[pct-l] REI changes return policy to return before 1 year

[Dennis Phelan]

Totally agree with Brick.  Using what wall street thinks is accepted
behavior says it all.  It's to bad we have traded our sense of right and
wrong with its OK if you can get away with it.  I will now step down from
my soapbox.

Dennis
On Jun 4, 2013 12:08 PM, "Dan Jacobs" <youroldpaldan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I misunderstood what you wrote. I apologize.
>
> Dan Jacobs
> Washougal
>
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com
> >wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Dan Jacobs <youroldpaldan at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Did you read the article? An REI executive stated they will deal with
> > > returns on defective products in a responsible manner, even if the
> defect
> > > shows up after one year.
> >
> > Yes I read the article. Did you read what I wrote?
> >
> > I have no problem with REI changing the contract. I think a one year
> > return policy is completely reasonable.
> >
> > >The policy is in place because it was being abused
> > >by people
> >
> > I was answering the question as to why people would do that, look at
> > the portion of the message that I quoted.
> >
> > According to our current American business practices, the customers
> > were not abusing anything. The thing that you call "abuse" is what,
> > for example, a Wall Street firm would call "taking full advantage of
> > the contract" that REI offered. To do any less is simply "bad
> > business" for people of this ilk.
> >
> > I don't like that attitude, whether it be displayed by a business, or
> > a customer, but it is what it is.
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