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marc's experience
MARC TOLD ME THE FOLLOWING STORY JUST THE OTHER DAY SO I ASKED HIM TO WRITE ITUP AND I WOULD PUT IN ON THE WEN SITE.Marc TaylorOctober 10, 2019Walking the TalkAttempt to Fail my WET Wiggy’s Sleeping BagIn July of 2005, with the blessing of Jerry Wigutow of Wiggy’s, Inc. I opened“Wiggy’s Alaska”, the Alaska retail location [...]
competition, none, read why
DOES WIGGY’S HAVE COMPETITION IN THE SLEEPING BAG MARKET?The other day three guys stopped in to see what all Wiggy’s sold. I assumed they were not from Grand Junction, but I was wrong all lived here for from 10 to 25 years. There first time visiting the store.Anyway, one of them asked who my competition was/ my answer was I [...]
Offering an Education
Since this Program Manager Todd Towles insulted my intelligence when he said the marine corps would not buy my sleeping bags because I was not using the newest and greatest insulation, I decided to send the IG this article to give to Todd Towles so he could educate himself. I do not think it [...]
more info surfaces
MORE QUESTIONABLE ACTIVITYToday I learned that outdoor research llc does not have a GSA contract.There is a GSA website that has a list of every GSA contract holder in the country and probably some out of the country listed in alphabetical order. So, I looked in the “o” file and found that I could not find outdoor research llc [...]
never changing the temperature ratings of my products
MORE WHO EXPERIENCED LOWER TEMPERATURES THAN RATINGSI am not surprised when a second person steps up and speaks of their experience with my bags performing at temperatures that are lower than I rate the bags.Jerry,"I told Jeff his experience is why i will not lower the amount of Lamilite I put in my bags or lower the temperature capability [...]
staying alive depends on your hands and feet being warm
THE IMPORTANCE OF WARM HANDS AND FEETThe human body is a remarkable living machine.The human body automatically does what it must do to save itself. The person who owns the body can only damage it but cannot stop it from doing what is necessary to protect itself. The human body performs involuntary actions when it must.The following discussion deals with hands [...]
THE MARINE CORPSE IS DEAD TO ME
THE MARINE CORPSE IS DEAD TO ME!!!First thing Friday morning I called Albert Adams the “team leader” of the area that includes footwear to find out if he or someone in his “team” spoke with Todd Towles and told him I was non-responsive to their desire to make changes to the muk luks or as Todd said over boots.Albert was [...]
all the trash companies can sell the military
WHY I DO NOT CARE IF I EVER SELL ANYTHING TO THE U.S.M.C.On Wednesday October 2, 2019 I read on the government web site where solicitations are published as well as awarded. It is FedBizOpps.com.They had an award for 312 over boots awarded to Outdoor Research with a value of $63,300.00. That means the over boots are $202.98 per pair.When [...]
the deaf and blind leading the deaf and blind
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE IS REPRINTED FROM SPORTING GOOD BUSINESS WEB SITE PUBLICATION. I DOUBT THAT IT WILL EVER BE PUBLISHED FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION AS YESTERDAYS ARTICLE WILL ALSO NEVER BE READ BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC.GORE-TEX BRAND REVEALS REAL-LIFE ATHLETE STORIES TO SHOW WHY ITS PRODUCTS ARE TESTED FOR LIFEPR Partner Press Release*Posted by Campbell Moore | Verde Brand Communications | October 1, [...]
dollars are most important
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE IS FOLLYI have reprinted it from the British online magazine Sportstextiles.comVF Corp targets large-scale circularityTimberland and The North Face owner VF Corp joined international leaders in New York for Climate Week, in the hope of using the scale of the business to “create change”.What form of change are they interested in making? Timberland organized an event [...]