A Shout Out to West Marine
I just wanted to take a minute to thank the people at West Marine for helping to drain my wallet and reinforce the elitist ideals of boating to both the boating and non-boating population. Where else could I go to pay such a premium for products that everyone knows would be 1/3 the price if they were not designed for boating? Where else could I go to get the least knowlegeable service possible (there are, of course, exceptions) and have the opportunity to figure out what I need through trial and error instead of via assistance from knowlegable service professionals versed in the needs of the marine customer?
I would be remiss if I didn't also give a big holler of appreciation to West Marine for buying out the vast majority of their competition to ensure that only at West Marine will I get to pay for things at the monumentally over-inflated margins that I have come to know and love about having to buy things for my boat.
Yes West Marine, congratulations. Your celebration of what American business has a right to do without regard for what American business should do epitimizes all that is capitalism. Great job!
I would be remiss if I didn't also give a big holler of appreciation to West Marine for buying out the vast majority of their competition to ensure that only at West Marine will I get to pay for things at the monumentally over-inflated margins that I have come to know and love about having to buy things for my boat.
Yes West Marine, congratulations. Your celebration of what American business has a right to do without regard for what American business should do epitimizes all that is capitalism. Great job!
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You said a "mouthful" brother! I will add though that I would also like to thank West Marine for making it possible for Minney's Yacht Surplus in Costa Mesa Ca. www.minnysyachtsurplus.com
and many other used parts and boating equipment dealers to thrive. Without WM's businnes model of "if you're gonna gouge 'em, gouge 'em good", these bargain outlets for boat owners could not exist.
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