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Wow.
Hate City?
i dont know mr boone, i dont know about his skis, but i do know about ups and i can vouch for the accuracy of a ups scale.
if it was a ups freight scale at the terminal, it is certified and checked, 100 % dead on accurate.
if it is a ups small package scale at a ups location it is certified and checked too.
if it is a scale from ups at an independent location (like boone skis) he can talk to his local rep to get it checked i understand.
if it is at a ups store, those are independently run (like a mc donalds or something else you can franchise) but they are good about regestering and certifying their scales because their business depends on it.
im not hating, i dont care how much they weight to be honest, i dont think he was wrong to say he couldnt vouch for the skis weight based on a ups scale. i can vouch for ups though, so i did.
but anyway, good on mr boone for trying to do what he wants to do in life. i hope he reads the feedback on here that is well thought out and mature, and uses it to improve the company.
If that was towards me I'll accept it.
I was trying to get the point across that it was the worst marketing I had ever seen though. Im doing marketing and advertising in uni and you would NEVER waltz around like your mr hollywood when your trying to sell a product and have already tried to make a company image, that completely destroys the image you have tried to establish.
dont go telling me people dont judge others on appearance, personally I don't dress or look like a skier either, I'm just saying he's not the brightest to show up to a skier party looking like that because skiers will judge him. Personally even if I did look all skier'ish I still wouldnt go to a party where the company I own is marketing unless that is I've already made a name for myself in the skiing community because people would want to meet you and ask you about product, in this case no one could give to shits about who eric boone is. I'm sure hes a rad fellow but he doesnt have the right idea.
My goodness, Thank you. Great point from someone who knows what there talking about... How many ski companies are there right now? Salomon, Dynastar, Rossignol, Armada, Line, Volkl, Amplid, Surface, Head, Atomic, Elan, Faction, K2, Fischer, Blizzard, Liberty etc.
Theres probably over 20 ski companies alone that offer twins, there all making generally the same product, added onto that each company is making on average about 5 different pairs, thats 100 different twins to choose from and added onto that which one will you choose? the brand new company that you know nothing about and is just trying to mimick other bigger companies or the company that has been pumping out a good product for years now.
That's market saturation kids, and that's why you no longer start a ski company in this day in age because after you put together your business plan you'll realize that unless you have a variably unique product compared to everyone else it will be next to impossible to make it in the ski industry.
