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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Masque meet Lizzard, Lizzard meet Masque. This could be the start of something beautiful.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Masque,
1. Ever thought that someone maybe time, rather than financially limited.
2. Spyder is not about wearing lycra, although the USA & Canada ski teams seem to think it's OK
3. I can tell the difference because I've dealt with Spyder for years. If people want to buy and wear fakes it's up to them.
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And since when the f**k did it matter what people wore anyway? I thought we slid down mountains because we enjoyed it, not because it gave us an opportunity to sneer at other people.
Last edited by You need to Login to know who's really who. on Wed 22-04-09 22:16; edited 1 time in total
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Lizzard, I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that I haven't ordered a new Spyder Jacket for next year. I've ran out of wardrobe space, the 6 Spyder Jackets & 4 pairs of Spyder Ski Pants will have to suffice for another season. 
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rob@rar, agreed.
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rob@rar, also agreed (but I do like your jacket with the green bits  )
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rob@rar, I think it matters to the Manufacturers of the product, whether or not it's being ripped off and sold off cheap. Dodgy DVDs, music piracy, rip off Sunglasses, illegal software, to mention but a few. I won't buy fake goods on principal. If someone buys and uses fake goods, they're the fashion victims, not the people buying the real stuff.
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Spyderman, it's the people who sneer at people because of their choice of brand that gets my goat. Rip off goods is another issue altogether.
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rob@rar, Very much agreed. I couldn't give a Flying F**k what people wear.
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| Spyderman wrote: |
| rob@rar, Very much agreed. I couldn't give a Flying F**k what people wear. |
Even if its Jeep branded leisurewear?
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You know it makes sense.
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fatbob, oooooh . . . biatch
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Spyderman, your voluble defence speaks volumes 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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This whole thread is getting very sad -( a bit like Spyder merchandise) -let us change the subject 
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| snowbandit wrote: |
| let us change the subject |
Spyder helmets ?
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| Masque wrote: |
1: Anyone who wears the equivalent cost of a week's skiing for a weeks skiing . . . has their priorities truly clusterf*ck'd
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Here's how it works. Poor people tend to buy cheap stuff and rich people tend to buy expensive stuff. Are you with me so far?
Someone with an income of £100K pa might decide to spend £400 on a ski jacket. That's the same as someone earning £20K spending £80 on their jacket. So whether or not your priorities are "clusterf*ck'd" depends entirely on your income.
Is it really that difficult to imagine being rich and not having to measure every cost in units of "a weeks skiing"? The cost of a weeks skiing will vary dramatically too depending on income, so it's meaningless anyway.
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moffatross, Nah - is Lance Armstrong going to win this years Tour De France??-there you go big change of subject -bye the way Lance is a mean skier also -and guess what? he dont do Spyder!!!
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| uktrailmonster wrote: |
| Masque wrote: |
1: Anyone who wears the equivalent cost of a week's skiing for a weeks skiing . . . has their priorities truly clusterf*ck'd
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Here's how it works. Poor people tend to buy cheap stuff and rich people tend to buy expensive stuff. Are you with me so far?
Someone with an income of £100K pa might decide to spend £400 on a ski jacket. That's the same as someone earning £20K spending £80 on their jacket. So whether or not your priorities are "clusterf*ck'd" depends entirely on your income.
Is it really that difficult to imagine being rich and not having to measure every cost in units of "a weeks skiing"? The cost of a weeks skiing will vary dramatically too depending on income, so it's meaningless anyway. |
...and you can take that another step further, eg somebody in a Somalian village could feed the whole village for a year for 80 quid. It is all relative. It depends on what you have and your priorities and desires.
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you thinking e900 is "unarguably an excessive amount"is pure and utter cl@ptr@p...it is not for you to decide
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The price charged is excessive relative to the cost of production and compared to other items of similar quality and functionality. If people still want to buy it, that's their business.
Now, go away and get yourself a) some basic good manners and b) a rudimentary grasp of your own language. You rude illiterate moron.
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Spyderman, well you're stuck with Spyder gear now - otherwise you'll have to have a name change:
Trespassman
Dare2Beman
Northfaceman
hmm
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Lizzard, All clothing has a huge mark-up. A ladies high street chain selling a dress at £100 would cost in the region of £13. Goods are worth what someone is prepared to pay for them, simple supply and demand. You could buy a watch for a tenner or buy a Rolex for £5K, they both tell the time.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Snowheads lead......as opposed to gold. Who gives a toss who wears what. The only thing I object to are white outfits.
Oh and if rob@rar, thinks that a few people liked his Les Arcs green out fit then he is clearly back on the glue .
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You know it makes sense.
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| uktrailmonster wrote: |
| Here's how it works. Poor people tend to buy cheap stuff and rich people tend to buy expensive stuff. Are you with me so far? Someone with an income of £100K pa might decide to spend £400 on a ski jacket. That's the same as someone earning £20K spending £80 on their jacket. So whether or not your priorities are "clusterf*ck'd" depends entirely on your income. Is it really that difficult to imagine being rich and not having to measure every cost in units of "a weeks skiing"? The cost of a weeks skiing will vary dramatically too depending on income, so it's meaningless anyway. |
Actually no, for example, my mate who is loaded went on his first ever ski holiday to St Moritz or some where knobby like that (because his girlfriend (ex) is a snob and also rich) and bought some Northface gear there that cost a fortune. I have since 'educated' him as to the value of money with respect to picking his ski resort, modes of tranport, DIY trips etc and that he does not need to waste money unecessarily. He now wears with pride a ski jacket that I bought for him in Bangkok and avoids expensive ski trips whereby the same quality of trip can be achieved for half the price.
At times some people seem to confuse quality with price.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Frosty the Snowman, unfortunately a lot of the ski industry is based upon image rather than substance, otherwise no one would be wearing a £600 jacket primarily for the badge on it for 3 hours piste skiing a day, and then run for cover at the first sign of snow....... but each to their own I suppose 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Seriously who on earth cares what someone else wears?.....very odd.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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rayscoops, does your friend also recycle his teabags? If not, you obviously haven't educated him well enough. Which reminds me, I heard the most amazing story the other day. An artist manager friend of mine used to look after a world-famous violinist, who often had to endure some grumpiness on the part of her accompanist, when on tour. One day she decided to ask the accompanist what was bugging him and he said, 'I just get so annoyed, when I have carefully hung up my dental floss to dry in the bathroom, if hotel staff clear it away.' I'm told this is true. It's amazing the lengths to which some relatively well-off people will go, to save money and avoid waste.
I'm sure I wouldn't still be wearing my 15+yo fartbag if it hadn't been made by Bogner. The poxy thing is indestructible.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Lizzard,thats not what you were saying in your initial posts... i'll take your last post as an admission of your stupidity..BTW..how do you know anything about "the price charged is excessive relative to the cost of production"..how do you know that?where do you get your information?...are you living in some sort of dream land..that is what happens in the real world..manufacture low, sell high.........or do you think the consumer should be able to buy at cost price????........ HELLO,is there anybody in there?.... A$$HAT
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| snowpatrol wrote: |
Lizzard,thats not what you were saying in your initial posts... i'll take your last post as an admission of your stupidity.
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A suggestion from you of "stupidity" on the part of others shoudl be taken as a compliment, since it is usually actually the exact opposite.
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.BTW..how do you know anything about "the price charged is excessive relative to the cost of production"..how do you know that?where do you get your information?...are you living in some sort of dream land..that is what happens in the real world..manufacture low, sell high.........or do you think the consumer should be able to buy at cost price????. |
Nobody has for one tiny moment suggested otherwise.
Why do you think (using that word very loosely) that they might have done?
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| ........ HELLO,is there anybody in there?.... A$$HAT |
Yes, you are.
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alex_heney,maybe if you read what lizzard said in his previous 4 posts you might understand...are you guys buddies or what?(or maybe more than buddies?) must be some reason why you are taking my response to lizzards post so personally
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snowpatrol, perhaps chivalry is the driving factor with alex_heney as Lizzard is a she.
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Frosty the Snowman, and i am meant to know that how? chivalry is no excuse for blind stupidity
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snowpatrol, sorry, my fault, I had presumed you knew everything
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Frosty the Snowman,i can see why you might think that
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snowpatrol,
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FAQ
(althogh I wouldn't dream of wearing the lycra 
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