Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

UPDATE: Yeti says NRA’s claims are ‘inaccurate
Austin American ^ | 4-23-18 | Dinges

Posted on 04/23/2018 4:13:44 PM PDT by wardaddy

Update: Austin-based Yeti says claims made by the National Rifle Association over the weekend are “inaccurate” and that the company is “unwavering in our belief in and commitment to the Constitution of the United States and its Second Amendment.”

In an email to its members, the NRA claimed Yeti “suddenly, without prior notice” indicated it no longer wished to do business with the NRA Foundation.

Not so, says Yeti. The maker of coolers and thermal mugs says the NRA has twisted its words.

“A few weeks ago, Yeti notified the NRA Foundation, as well as a number of other organizations, that we were eliminating a group of outdated discounting programs,” Yeti said in a written statement Monday afternoon. “When we notified the NRA Foundation and the other organizations about this change, Yeti explained that we were offering them an alternative customization program broadly available to consumers and organizations, including the NRA Foundation. These facts directly contradict the inaccurate statement the (NRA) distributed on April 20.

(Excerpt) Read more at statesman.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: banglist; braking; chat; cooler; denial; nra; orion; orioncoolers; pelican; pelicancoolers; rtic; rticcoolers; yeti; yeticoolers
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-71 last
To: Yogafist

They (NRA) stated in their memo Yeti refused to tell them why they were not going to sell to them.


Good memory. They couldn’t man up to their position and still can’t.


61 posted on 04/24/2018 6:44:48 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 47 | View Replies]

To: zeugma

Grandson isn’t old enough to drive yet but picked up a nice 1998 Ford F250 fixer-upper for $1500. By the time he can drive it will be a gem. It even has the optional anti-theft stick shift.

No Yeti will ever stain that pickup bed.


62 posted on 04/24/2018 6:50:54 AM PDT by Cold Heart
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 57 | View Replies]

To: wardaddy

So Mom’s Demand Action’s Shannon Watts is tweeting thank yous to YETI for their brave action and sharing links for her koo-koo Mom’s club to buy YETI coolers.


63 posted on 04/24/2018 6:51:47 AM PDT by The Toll
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: zeugma

The price of all cars is stratospheric to me. You could buy a house for the cost of a car today, and it wasn’t that long ago. A perfect new 3 bed 2 bath rambler on a good lot in 1965 was $16,000. I bought my first in 1985 and my payment was $600 with 12.5%. In 2003 I bought one for $147K. Cars and houses, both are great indicators of the cost of national debt. I think Range Rovers are $100K or more though.


64 posted on 04/24/2018 8:43:55 AM PDT by Glad2bnuts (If Republicans are not prepared to carry on the Revolution of 1776, prepare for a communist takeover)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 57 | View Replies]

To: Bonemaker

Austin has become a sewer. DFW is too. They will go blue soon, unless Q drops the big one.


65 posted on 04/24/2018 8:47:06 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: zeugma
I was looking at Jeeps a couple of months ago. I couldn't believe what they cost. I saw USED Jeeps for $30k. Still would like one, but would have to get a fixer-upper I think, because I'm just not willing to pay that much for a used car.

When I was working as a traveling salesman in New England, I bought a 1988 Jeep to make life easier for getting around. I decided to buy it before Lee Iacocca took control over the brand as his Chrysler had just bought Jeep from AMC

It was a GEM!

485,000+ miles. Regular maintenance only.

Went back and bought a 1998 Jeep thinking what could go wrong?

What a piece of crap!

Radiator, air conditioning, brake lines, all replaced before 100,000 miles. Guy who replaced the radiator and "fixed" the air conditioner so that it at least worked without having to stop every 1000 miles to add refridge to system, we had moved to Florida by then, said my problem was a common occurence with Jeeps and Chrysler, Dodge cars.

66 posted on 04/24/2018 9:04:18 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 57 | View Replies]

To: Glad2bnuts
The price of all cars is stratospheric to me. You could buy a house for the cost of a car today, and it wasn’t that long ago. A perfect new 3 bed 2 bath rambler on a good lot in 1965 was $16,000. I bought my first in 1985 and my payment was $600 with 12.5%. In 2003 I bought one for $147K. Cars and houses, both are great indicators of the cost of national debt. I think Range Rovers are $100K or more though.

I can beat that. Check out the Franck Muller watch for a cool $2.4 million. Patek Philippe has entire lines that regularly run better than $100k. People willing to spend $150k for a watch are looking at their money in an entirely different way than I am.

Granted, from a sheer mechanical engineering point of view the Franck Muller watch above is a wonder. Everything on the face is driven from a single spring. Amazing. Astounding even. But would I part with $2.4 million for it? I doubt it, even if I had that kind of cash readily on hand.

67 posted on 04/24/2018 1:10:45 PM PDT by zeugma (Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 64 | View Replies]

To: AppyPappy

May be.


68 posted on 04/24/2018 1:32:08 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 58 | View Replies]

To: zeugma

Yes, an entirely different relationship with money. I run around shutting off lights, and doing all my own maintenance on everything I own. So many people now will hire landscapers, have a once a week maid, or take their car in for new wiper blades.

I think a lot of people are just burning through every dime they earn the USA way, with credit.


69 posted on 04/24/2018 2:44:38 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (If Republicans are not prepared to carry on the Revolution of 1776, prepare for a communist takeover)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 67 | View Replies]

To: wardaddy

agree

more than u know....................


70 posted on 04/24/2018 4:06:20 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 53 | View Replies]

To: Trteamer

Why buy a $$$ cooler, when a $20 Coleman works for our needs? (hopefully, Coleman has not gone political!)


71 posted on 04/24/2018 7:12:42 PM PDT by stump56 (Freedom isn't free.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-71 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson