> >Let me state that I do not believe that it was REIs intent to deceive unwary >customers. I believe REI to be a responsible outdoor reseller. However, I >am concerned with the way this page is laid out and I feel an obligation to >speak up. Hopefully, their marketing department will hear my plea. > In a similar vein, I have seen the effects of the Sevylor ads for the Tahitis. Not a few show this little inflatable in fairly hefty whitewater and the text in the ad does say something like usable in Class III water. What the ad does NOT say is that the Paddler is experienced in Class III and thus can compensate for the shortcomings of the Tahiti under such conditions. I have seen people, completely unprepared, putting in on the Tohickon (a III+ stream) with one of these; believing that this was an inexpensive way to start in ww rather than those expensive stiff plastic thingies. They've told me that once I got them to shore........ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Oct 13 1999 - 11:18:33 PDT
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