Re: [Paddlewise] Unintentional Deception

From: Steve Cramer <cramer_at_coe.uga.edu>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 12:38:21 -0400
Luke Hoffman wrote:
> 
> I'll go you one better.  I bought my recreational boat from a local outdoor
> store.  The store mainly caters to hunters and fishermen.  They also have a
> side line of canoes and kayaks, but they're mainly going after the
> whitewater crowd.  They not only didn't have a paddle float in stock.  They
> didn't know what one was.
> 
It's the hook and bullet stores and the Sports Conformities that I worry
about, also. I had a WW kayak for sale at the reasonable price of $350.
I got a call from a guy who said he was interested, then asked me why he
should pay me $350 when for $395 he could buy a new kayak at
BassPlasterers. I tried to explain to him that he could not in fact buy
a WW boat at BP, at any price. He didn't know what boat they had offered
him, just a kayak for $395. I don't know what he ended up with, but I
hope he didn't take it onto any real WW.

Steve
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