What's funny is the idea that people who are dissatisfied with their backplates and wings aren't saying anything about it, since the person who STARTED this thread did so to say he didn't see what all the fuss was about!
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The only type of BC I sell is BP&W's and our return rate is effectively zero.
Tobin
Well, one famous case of return. You were nice enough to loan someone a BP/W set up to evaluate on a trip to Cozumel, he kept it for a completely inappropriate amount of time (several weeks after the trip, if I remember) until you were somewhat forced into asking for it back publicly.
That was an entertaining thread!
So... I'm supposed to believe that people I've personally helped pick out a BP&W, and who I often help with followup questions after they receive their gear routinely slink out to the dumpster in the dark of night to avoid to having me know they can't stand their new gear?
Today's consumer is vocal. Reports of dissatisfaction with all sorts of gear is a common occurrence on SB, no reason to expect a new BP&W buyer to be any different. Unhappy consumers are MORE vocal than satisfied ones.
The tortured lengths some go to try and explain away the growing popularity of BP&W's is simply amazing.
Apparently there is a conspiracy to sell BP&W's using hyperbolic propaganda, and the poor hoodwinked buyers are so cowed by the arbiters of fashion, aka the BP&W fanatics, that they are all digging holes in their back yards to secretly bury their BP&W so they won't have to face the wrath of the true believers.
If I didn't read it here I don't think I could make this stuff up.
Tobin
Even though your aim was to denigrate, I'm glad you brought that up.
You're wrong, my aim was not to denigrate you. In fact, I did not mention you by name. I was simply bringing a little humor to this thread. If you feel denigrated, I apologize.
What's funny is the idea that people who are dissatisfied with their backplates and wings aren't saying anything about it, since the person who STARTED this thread did so to say he didn't see what all the fuss was about!