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Yeti goes full retard
« on: April 21, 2018, 06:37:22 PM »
Yeti Brands severs ties with NRA.

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20180421/florida-alert-yeti-drops-nra-foundation

Talk about being out of touch with your customer base. I'm sure RTIC is weeping in their cash register over it.

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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2018, 06:48:45 PM »
Overpriced anyway. I saw a Yeti 5 gallon bucket thing at Costco the other day and it was like $40. I'll get a $3 Homer bucket.
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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2018, 07:13:42 PM »
Was it Einstein that quipped that while the universe is finite, human stupidity is not?
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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2018, 07:27:08 PM »
Yeah, but think of how many lives will be saved.
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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2018, 09:10:14 PM »
Man, that's abominable!
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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2018, 09:39:08 PM »
Good thing I just bought an Rtic gallon jug.
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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2018, 09:50:29 PM »
Nastygram sent (in the politest of tones). 

If they value virtue signalling over,  I dunno, selling coolers, fine.  There are plenty of alternatives on the market.
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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2018, 12:48:34 AM »
Holy *expletive deleted*it. Just when you had bubba convinced you needed a $50K truck, $40K bassboat, $300 sunglasses, and an $800 cooler to catch a damn fish you go and dump him like that. WTvirtuesignalingF????

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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2018, 06:18:43 PM »
there facebook is swamped with NRA members saying they will never buy another, i didn't see one congratulating
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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2018, 06:39:41 PM »
I'd never heard of them before this.  If I need a cooler, well, "whatever's cheap at Stuffmart".
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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2018, 06:52:17 PM »
The Walmart knockoffs of a yeti look decent. Hard to screw up a plastic box full of foam.
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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2018, 06:59:16 PM »
The Walmart knockoffs of a yeti look decent. Hard to screw up a plastic box full of foam.

But stoopid profitable if you've got a decent marketing department.

 I hope this bites them in the ass,  hard.
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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #12 on: April 22, 2018, 07:23:52 PM »
I wonder who makes the Cabela's and other "Yeti-like" coolers?
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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #13 on: April 22, 2018, 07:25:37 PM »
And now Rtic is posting pro 2nd amendment things on their Facebook page.
The gauntlet has been thrown down.
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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #14 on: April 22, 2018, 08:25:25 PM »
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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #15 on: April 22, 2018, 08:29:45 PM »
Well, my financial life sucks, but hey, I like prep gear. Just bought a RTIC 45, next up is call them during business hours and tell them why. Probably call Yeti too.
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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #16 on: April 22, 2018, 10:05:04 PM »
And now Rtic is posting pro 2nd amendment things on their Facebook page.
The gauntlet has been thrown down.

166k likes and 14k very-mostly positive comments on the Rtic page. I figure Yeti's social media monitoring crew will go into full damage control tomorrow morning, though to an overwhelming tide of negative sentiment. Maybe this will be the high-profile event to get a bunch of people's heads out that conservatives, especially gun owners, are a big un-vocal majority in this country.

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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #17 on: April 22, 2018, 11:23:55 PM »
Aren't there some big outfitter stores that sell Yeti? Can we pressure them about this?
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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #18 on: April 22, 2018, 11:24:48 PM »
Aren't there some big outfitter stores that sell Yeti? Can we pressure them about this?


Yup including places like Cabelas I bet
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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #19 on: April 23, 2018, 12:14:17 AM »
Aren't there some big outfitter stores that sell Yeti? Can we pressure them about this?


Best way to do that is not buy Yeti from them. Underperforming shelf space will be quickly filled with something more profitable.

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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #20 on: April 23, 2018, 08:55:14 AM »
https://cabelas.custhelp.com/app/ask
Dear Cabelas/Bass Pro
Very recently, Yeti brands has decided to spit in the face of sportsmen and sever ties with the NRA.
A groundswell of backlash against yeti is mounting. 
Dump them as a vendor.
Rtic has come out in support of the 2nd amendment, and is more affordable than Yeti anyways.
Thank you.
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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #21 on: April 23, 2018, 09:11:03 AM »
If Cabela's / Bass Pro has an even moderately intelligent marketing department, they'll be all over this. If they play their cards right, they could get positive results that would otherwise cost them well into the six figures range in advertising dollars.

I'm going to copy Jamis and send off a note. I'm going to also make a point of telling them I not only buy from them, but use their credit card as my primary form of payment for other purchases as well.

As a side note, it's kinda funny that all the hand wringing busy bodies have finally gotten to me. I've generally blown off this stuff in the past, as whatever started it generally fades away. The SJWs have been so active however, that they are now getting the unintended consequences of getting lazy people like me riled up enough to get off our asses and respond against them with more than grumbling.

They still haven't figured out it was them that got Trump elected.
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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #22 on: April 23, 2018, 09:17:03 AM »
If Cabela's / Bass Pro has an even moderately intelligent marketing department, they'll be all over this. If they play their cards right, they could get positive results that would otherwise cost them well into the six figures range in advertising dollars.

I'm going to copy Jamis and send off a note. I'm going to also make a point of telling them I not only buy from them, but use their credit card as my primary form of payment for other purchases as well.

As a side note, it's kinda funny that all the hand wringing busy bodies have finally gotten to me. I've generally blown off this stuff in the past, as whatever started it generally fades away. The SJWs have been so active however, that they are now getting the unintended consequences of getting lazy people like me riled up enough to get off our asses and respond against them with more than grumbling.

They still haven't figured out it was them that got Trump elected.

I sent them a note as well. I love Cabela's, and wish they had a store near us. If the left wants to flex their corporate power, we ought to do the same.
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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #23 on: April 23, 2018, 09:39:06 AM »
Man, that's abominable!

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Re: Yeti goes full retard
« Reply #24 on: April 23, 2018, 02:28:47 PM »
Request a catalog from Yeti - they have to pay for printing it.

Recycle it as soon as it arrives.

Their new HQ is in a brand new large building completed just recently not far from my home - given local prices, I suspect ANY cash drain will pinch them a bit.
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