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

[Jim Banks]

I thought this was a forum about hiking the PCT, not a platform to espouse
political philosophy!  Discussing the specifics of REI's return policy is
relevant, expanding the discussion to American business culture is not.

I-Beam 

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On Behalf Of Carol
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 10:54 AM
To: markhyams at hotmail.com
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Subject: Re: [pct-l] REI changes return policy to return before 1 year

Good point re: corporations "being people," (which is horse hockey IMHO)
when it is convenient. 

But the fact that the American business culture on the whole is opportunist
and has no moral compass doesn't mean I have to be. I just keep on doing the
right thing, and I email my ridiculous Texas legislators (for whom I and a
lot of Texans did NOT vote) and tell them how I want them to vote. 

Muse

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On Jun 5, 2013, at 11:34 AM, Mark Hyams <markhyams at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I think many people are missing what Brick is saying.  He is pointing 
> out the hypocrisy of the American corporate/business culture compared 
> to individual behavior.  Corporations are lauded and investors are 
> thrilled when they squeeze every last cent out of contracts, pay the 
> absolute minimum amount of taxes (even by off-shoring money and 
> technically not breaking any laws), nickel and dime employees, and get 
> communities to give them tax "incentives", whereas individuals (such 
> as those returning REI
> merchandise) are somehow supposed to answer to a higher moral 
> authority, try and perceive the intent of a return policy, and 
> consider the welfare of the employees that sell to them.
> 
> Aren't corporations were people too?  Shouldn't they be answering to 
> that higher moral authority too?
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 11:35 PM, Carol <museumgirl at me.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Jun 4, 2013, at 1:34 PM, Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 10:05 AM, shon mcganty <smcganty at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> .  I can't imagine why someone would try to return shoes with over 
>>>> a
>> thousands hard miles and expect new ones.<
>>> 
>>> Here is my soapbox.
>>> 
>>> They are doing it because that is the capitalist way. You take full 
>>> legal advantage of your contract and the laws. To do anything else 
>>> is simply bad business.
>>> 
>>> I don't agree with it, but it is our American Business culture...
>> 
>> Well, we all have to deal with people like that all the time, but 
>> frankly, just seeing it put into words like that makes me feel like I
need a shower.
>> People with that attitude (and the professors who taught them) make me
ill.
>> I will continue to do the right thing where REI and their more than 
>> generous policies are concerned.
>> 
>> Muse
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