RE: [Paddlewise] Costco selling kayaks

From:           	"Sisler, Clyde" <Clyde.Sisler_at_wang.com>
To:             	paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
Subject:        	RE: [Paddlewise] Costco selling kayaks
Date sent:      	Thu, 4 Mar 1999 11:13:21 -0500 

>  I would suspect, however, that
> you would have to work with the local paddle/outdoor shops in getting the
> mesaage out.  If you have a brouchre or newsletter listing the type of
> classes and instruction you offer and/or some of the dangers of
> inexperience, I'm sure (I hope) the shops would be happy to hand them out to
> customers or have a little display on a counter somewhere.

Exactly, Clyde.  The majority of the candidates for this "newbies" 
workshop aren't yet reading the newsletters or joining the 
listservers.  But the retailers in our area bend over backwards to 
help us get the word out to their buyers about clinics like this.  It's 
in their best interest, as well.  The REIs and EMSs of this area 
work interactively with us when we run clinics, as do the local 
places like SpringRiver.

> Seems to me the most you can ask of a shop is to make the customer aware of
> the need for instruction and where they can get it locally.

I'd like to think you're right, Clyde, but the lawyers seem to feel 
they can still hold the manufacturer responsible, and they get away 
with it.  The "deep pockets" rule normally applies --- follow the 
money.  Hence the "six" protection in the form of disclaimers.

Jack Martin
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