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I was buzzing along and thought man... this is too perfect NOT to stop!
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Here is my short take on the events, unfortuatly I lost my trail camera with about 30 trail pics from the days.
So We have Dan, Tony and Jonathan from Virgina, New york come up Thursday to stay the night and ready ourselves.
With having these fellows over.. realized I have what every guy wants: a garage FULL of bikes.
Fri morning.. helluva a wet start!
and "the plan"
and now.. the trail cam has been lost.. no pics from the actual ride, but here's what I did see.
Scotchline rd. Sqd8r got covered head to toe with heavy heavy blobs of mud. Somone losing their pannier, strapping it down.. off he went.
Hooking up with Deadly99 for the Burnt river portion... and taking on the water! Riding down a river stream is as cool as riding up the river stream a little later on.
Now.. more of less after "lunch" (if there was such a thing), we started the hydro-line section. Bumlebee wiped due to the excessive slikness of it all and really blew his shoulder, but he was ok and was able to shake-it-off continue directly to the campground. Dave, too, on the 640 adventure, dumped it and bent-up the shifter. We tried to set it up with a rope to the handle bars and hope he could shift the bike suicide style. But that didnt work. So both of these guys followed Deadly back to the campground.
Now all this happend at a road crossing from the trail when everyone split from us and Tarzan and I collected 2 other riders, Nolan and Rudy. We carried on for a few hours, when Rudy came into a corner too hot and blew over a 4ft culvert hole! He bounced out of it and proceeded to drop it a few ft later, having sprained his hand.
We dusted him off, and he said he was good to ride on. Again, kept moving on for not even an hour... when we came accross the BIG water crossing.
Tarzan went first, having trouble but made it through. I went, having trouble but made it through... then the shit show started! Rudy was next and drowned his bike almost instantly.. that guy needs a snorkle!
Nolan's up.. made it just as another group showed. As we were working on Rudy's bike... the next group starts crossing when out of 7 bikes, 3 drowned out. Now we have 4 bikes down all over.. looked like a massacre.
Now we're workin on 4 bikes, and yet another group rolls in. Two try.. one dumps on its side the other stalls for plugs.. and the rest turn around and RUN.
Within 2hrs ALL bikes were up and runnin. Because we were 2hrs, we finished that trail and headed for the campground which gives us these few more pics.
token Honda shots.
Rudy unknown is now known, check his hand.
Token KTM adventure
Deadly said he went for a swim.. how deep was the water Ted?
Mr.Conneticut, having hollered "You wont take me prisonner" during the water crossing, was one of the few that it really didnt take prisonner.
Rider23 doubles as the blacksmih to help Dave's shifter.
The Ottawa boys with Tony from New York, all relieved after day 1. How's your back at this point Tony?
Nolan comin in at 9:30pm after having gotten lost. Glad he made it. What a bonus to have a chalet to crash in that night with the team mascot.
Bumblebee doing the best for setting the mood, don't quit your day job.
They never did dry "eh" Nolan?
People do the strangest things.....
So all in all a great day 1... Here is a high 5 for it...
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Day 2
Starts with a few issues in the morning.. Tony wakes to a back that hardly lets him walk let alone ride.. he calls his riding done for this day and requests the comforts of the truck and trailer. Or.. did he really want to spend the day with honey.?? LOL
After helping honey load the truck, we headed out.
Here's Freethebeast.. free-ing the beast...
So of course the trail cam is lost.
We went out and headed down arcol rd and hydro line rd, which was a 5 ticket rollercoaster ride! Great road to be on but be careful on the weekend 'cause there's of other traffic. This is where we picked up Boatman on his 950 super enduro.. what a cool bike!
We started down Lingham lake rd. We were warned about a water crossing that was undoable but there was a work-around "behind" the "steel hut" ... when we got there, we recognized it allmost instantly and then went looking "behind" it for the trail... we saw an atv trail that 'seemed' to be going in the right direction... we headed on down.
This is where day 2-shit show starts.
Almost immediately starting down this trail, I went over what I thought was a small hill, only to turn out to be a 45degree slimy, greasy, wet 40ft drop off! and like lemmings.. the other two followed.
So now we made it to the bottom of the drop, all safe, and we decide it might be easier to carry on and hope the trail comes back out. We went for 2km (1mile or so) through the shittiest terrain. Swamp, hill climbs, rocks, downed logs, a slimy log bridge.. just to find at the end of it all, a nice piece of paradise with a tree stand and stream.. but this took us 2hrs to do!
So now we all look at each other, thinking .."we have to go back".. through all that shit again, and what about that hill climb?
Saddle-up and of we go then... I reached the slimy log bridge and thought it was not a good idea because I'm too tired.. so I get off and walk it accross. I nearly killed myself just walking it! Tarzan jumps off and helps me 'get-er-done'.
Tarzan's turn! "Do you need help?" .. "NOPE I got it" he says.. proceeds to jump on, drops it and twists out his knee.
He dusts himself off, climbs back on board and muster-up the energy to kick over his XR650 R, which is no slouch of an engine with no electric start!
We catch-up to Boatman to find him at the bottom of the hill climb (by now were calling him bogman). We get off to rest a bit, plan on how we are going to get that 950se up the hill, slimy wet rocky, with a turn 45degree pitch hill.
So like the euro enduros, where everyone is lined up the hill to catch the bikes, here we go. 950 is up, 2 failed start as sticks on the ground being so slick, they kept his front end going somewhere else. Now understand the runway to the hill was ah....5ft... so we stuff the 950 into the bush just to get the most momentum we could... ok 9.5 ft go.... up he goes, half way tarzan and I grab him, slowly let the bike down, get her up, saddle up and go...he finishes it and the cheers were in the air.... If he could do it I could...
I line up, took off, I really thought I planed my line really well, it didn't come close, but in the same two attemps as boatman...I did too....
Tarzan... well he had to show us how it was done in one shot.. cool riding buddy!Like he wasn't shown the way by us....
Its 4pm, the bikes have been running for about 5-6 hrs now with stock tanks on boatman and myself, gps says gas is closer to where we were. Back through all the water crossings, to hwy41 cloyne. get gas and agree to take the hwy back as it was going to be 1.5hrs to camp.
We get moving, still sweating from our tour down the atv trail...we froze are asses off.... god was on our side, not getting busted for speeding, tarzan not hitting the deer crossing the road.
Back at the camp...... beer time,
We're in, everyone is safe.. gear is drying.. beer and delivered pizza ( thanks to Drif10 and his son) begins to flow.
Being a 'Good-ol-Canuck'.. I don't get the bug-net thing..
What a great party it turns out to be.. some went to bed before these pics, but here are some group shots.
thanks so much for all the adventure, great times, great people.. let's finish this day 2 up aith the group shot...
Fak it, just go.... away
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Day 3, loaded for home. Tarzan and I were not up to riding rain again. Besides, want to spend some time with honey and let her nap on the way, after all... she deserved a quick wink.
Rudy gets some new pinstriping on his bike at the breakfast stop.
I have absolutely, positively have NO idea who did this to your bike Rudy!!!
Again... THANKS ALL for this ride, adventre. Let's do this again!
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Having talked to many of the riders, and having been on a few rides like this before, I have a small suggestion for if you do something like this again:
Everybody chips in ten bucks. Rent a cube van with a hitch. One of the guys will have a 3 rail trailer available. Get whatever friend/spouse/guy who broke his arm two weeks before the ride to drive it. All the gear goes in the cube, trailer for the rescues. Low cost, and will not only make life so much easier on the trails, it will crank up the fun factor to 11.
I guess your get up and go needs a coffee. - Drif5
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I guess that's one idea. I guess the question is, is this an Adventure Ride, or a Trail Ride? You could accomplish the same thing by just holding the event based on a single campground, which you could easily do in Ontario.
There's the Algonquin 2-day trail ride coming up in a few weeks and that's what they're doing. But this was supposed to be a test of the TCAT, not just another trail ride. If the trails were not doable with a load, it wouldn't be a test of the route.
I kinda liked the challenge of bringing all my gear, learning that I could really carry everything I needed on my bike. I think I was successful. I brought everything I needed, and almost nothing I didn't. I think the only thing I didn't use was some of my tools, my spare tube, 1 pair of underwear and socks, and my bug shirt, a bar of soap and a bit of food.
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Speaking of gear...i have to say that the best piece of new gear I had on this trip was the Gore-Tex socks my wife bought me for the ride...my feet were warm and dry all weekend!
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Jimmy!! nice socks but i guessed they stayed dry because you didn't attempt that water hole. I was yelling as you turned away "come on you wuss... we do this every weekend now your not going to try!!!" I dont know if the socks got the real test!!
Just trying to keep the rubber side down
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There a picture of it.....somewhere in the bush
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How do I go about it? I have no idea where to start. My friends are all telling me that I need to start looking now because most preschools have a waiting list of one year. I don't know what to do! They start at 3 years old right?
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I think first you need to figure out why you are sending your DC to preschool? I actually started my DD in preschool at 2. We don't have any neighbors with little kids and I am horrible about playdates. I wanted her to have consistent interaction with other little kids. So, I put her in the 2s program at a close by preschool for 2 days a week. She LOVED it. She currently goes three days a week in the 3s program. Next year she'll go everyday. I also choose the program I did because it was close by. When she started, I just had a baby and I didn't want to be driving far to take DD to school and pick her up.
Second, you might want to think about what you want your DC to learn get from program. The program my DD goes to is more play/developmentally based. There are more academically focused programs. There are also Montessori preschools that are more focused more on individual learning activities.
Most of the preschools in my area have already started enrollment for the Fall. So, I would start to check them out. You should be able to visit them and see what you think would be best for your child.
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I was not ready to send my ds to "school" at 3. Instead I signed him up for a "mommy and me" type music class last fall. When that ended I started him in gymnastics- which he does on his own while I watch. This is for once a week practice listening and following directions of a teacher. We also go to a playgroup once a week and the library once a week. Another day each week some of the playgroup friends and I get together for a "preschool co-op." Someone plans a story and a project/activity to go with it each week. We also go on "field trips" a couple times a month to children's museums, orchards or other places- like we've gone behind the scenes at the post office, a local bakery, and we will be visiting a nursery in the spring to see how they grow the plants. We do activities at home to follow up- like baking bread, planting seeds, etc.
This was just my choice. I didn't want him to go to preschool yet but I wanted to make sure he wasn't bored sitting home alone with me. So I looked for playgroups and then found other moms in the groups who wanted to "homeschool" their preschoolers. We just try to give them lots of time to socialize and have different experiences. He is totally happy and looks forward to our activities.
My son will be 4 in May and he will probably be going to preschool in the mornings next fall. That will allow us to continue getting together with the friends we've made and doing our "field trips" in the afternoons.
This is our experience. Just so you know, you don't have to send them to preschool at 3. And you don't have to do all the stuff we have been doing. Depends on the kid and the parent and what is right for both of you.
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Thanks so much ladies! I think I am going to go visit some schools to see what type of school we want. I do want to start her in school because I am a (mostly) SAHM and my MIL babysits her. She is an only child and an only grandchild so doesn't get ANY interaction with other children expect when we go to the play gym.
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Choosing a preschool can be overwhelming at first, especially when you're not quite sure what you want in a preschool to begin with. Personally I'm not a fan of the academic preschools. I like a preschool focused on play, sharing, manners, etc. all the while incorporating good children's literature, music, etc. A good school will weave all kinds of great learning opportunities into the day.
I'd recommend making appts for tours. You will get a feel for the school and have the opportunity to talk with the teachers. Preschools can really vary in tuition costs so that alone may help narrow your search. Good Luck!
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I would encourage you to look into parent participation (or co-op) preschools.
For me, at SAHM, co-op preschool was a great balance between getting enough socialization for dd, my desire to be involved in her 'schooling', and cost considerations (co-ops are much lower cost than traditional drop-off). We also greatly enjoyed the community building aspect of it.
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I am also trying to figure out the preschool thing. I've had a hard time locating places that aren't just daycares. I don't need someone to watch my child; I need someone to help him advance using age-appropriate techniques without me standing over him and influence him. I also want him to have kid-to-kid interactions. Most of the non-daycare places I've found have been at churches. A lot of them call themselves learning centers or mother's day out programs, but they follow some kind of curriculum usually. I second the suggestion of touring the facilities. Be sure to go when there are kids there so that you can see what kind of activities they're doing. This is how I picked the mother's day out program that my son currently attends. Though I like the program, I always want to know all my options. Does anyone have tips on how to search for preschools, especially the co-op ones, besides simply using an online search engine? I keep thinking I'm missing a really good opportunity just because I'm not using the best search words.
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I just picked my DD's preschool a few weeks ago. She will be 4 years old when she starts next fall. I did not feel that she was ready at 3 years of age...she had a lot of anxiety about us leaving her.
I picked based on word-of-mouth (my niece went to the same preschool) and after meeting the teacher I knew it was the right place for my daughter.
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Stir together coconut, nuts, 1/2 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon of the melted butter; set aside.
Mix baking mix, 1/4 cup sugar, remaining melted butter, the egg and milk.
Beat vigorously 1/2 minute.
Pour into pan.
Spoon chocolate over batter; with knife, cut through batter several times for a marbled effect.
Sprinkle coconut mixture evenly over top.
Bake 20 to 25 minutes.
Serve warm.


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Canada Goose moves into bigger plant in Winnipeg
The temperature was near double-digit negative in mid-April for the official opening of the Canada Goose manufacturing plant in Winnipeg on Tuesday.
For Dani Reiss, owner and CEO of Canada Goose, it was exactly the right profile for his iconic Canadian-made product.
"The weather is perfect," said the owner of the company famous for making the warmest jackets on Earth.
The company only began manufacturing in Winnipeg two years ago when it acquired the former Engineered Apparel plant, its second company-owned factory to go along with one in Toronto. It also uses a network of about a dozen other third-party manufacturers across the country, some of which work exclusively for Canada Goose.
The Toronto-based outerwear manufacturer has now twice the space of its former Winnipeg location -- to 57,000 square feet with 160 workers, up from 130.
Reiss said the Winnipeg experience has worked well for the company, which makes some of the most expensive (and complicated) parkas on the market today.
"It's like our home away from home," he said.
Reiss believes Canada Goose will likely need to expand its Winnipeg workforce to 200 within the next year and with help of Yes! Winnipeg it has the confidence a sufficient labour pool exists as well as access to provincial training support.
Canada Goose is strident about its made-in-Canada policy. Reiss said just as a Swiss watch can't be made anywhere but Switzerland, Canada Goose apparel can't be made anywhere but Canada.
With sales growth last year of about 35 per cent -- well over $100 million -- the company continues to leverage its attractive brand into more high-end markets around the world and is now available in 40 countries. South Korea was the latest conquest last year with inventory selling out by November.
"They really love authentic, real products and that is what we represent," said Reiss.
With priceless promotion from celebrities -- such as the already classic shot of Kate Upton in a white Canada Goose bomber jacket (and nothing else) on the cover of this year's Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition -- the Canada Goose-Arctic Program logo is gaining plenty of high-end cachet.
And like many other luxury brands, it's rare to find Canada Goose jackets marked down and over time consumers have come to expect the $600-plus price tag.
But that level of demand has also made the brand vulnerable to knock-offs.
"We have a very significant counterfeit issue," Reiss said. "Our response to that is to take a leadership role in anti-counterfeiting legislation. It looks like the Canadian government is now making bold strides in that regard."
Canada Goose has helped promote legislation called the Combating Counterfeit Products Act that is currently before the House of Commons in Ottawa.
Among other things, it will give Canada Border Services Agency agents greater powers to seize suspected counterfeit products that cross the border.
Wayne Edwards, chairman of the Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network, said legislation currently under consideration in Ottawa is sorely needed.
"What's currently in place is very lax," Rogers said. "There's really not much anybody will do about (illegal knock-offs)."
Pat Martin, the NDP MP for Winnipeg Centre, the riding where the new Canada Goose plant is located, says he supports the proposed anti-counterfeiting law in particular because of the support it can provide Canada Goose, which he refers to as a "real Canadian success story."
"Canada Goose is one of the most widely counterfeited products out there," Martin said. "It is being knocked off with great and reckless abandon."
But Reiss said the company is determined to fight back and associates in China have caused several containers of fake Canada Goose product to be seized.
"There are a number of things we do, including lots of education," Reiss said. "The last thing we want is for people who think they are buying the real thing to buy a fake jacket. "
The company is diligent about listing all the authorized retailers -- including the online ones -- on its website.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition April 10, 2013 B5
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Market segmentation represents a fundamental component of global business strategy. The story goes that all sources of competitive advantage drive from the firm's ability to deliver superior customer value on benefit attributes that are both relevant and important to clients. To accomplish that end, the firm should understand the universe of current and potential customers – who they are, what they want and how they wish to be served. Without this understanding, how might industrial goods manufacturers deliver differentiated product and service offerings unique from the universe of other potential competitive offerings?
Using the Voice of the Customer to Develop an Alternative Market Segmentation: More Impactful Business Strategy for B2B Manufacturers By Thomas P. Frauman Market segmentation represents a fundamental component of global business strategy. The story goes that all sources of competitive advantage drive from the firm's ability to deliver superior customer value on benefit attributes that are both relevant and important to clients. To accomplish that end, the firm should understand the universe of current and potential customers – who they are, what they want and how they wish to be served. Without this understanding, how might industrial goods manufacturers deliver differentiated product and service offerings unique from the universe of other potential competitive offerings? Given the nature of a diverse and complex Voice of Customer and Business a more varied and richer set of potential world, segmenting our business into customer needs. Strategy "bite-sized" chunks represents a generally The final outcome is the same Meaningful market segmentation must accepted approach to focus organizational regardless of rather 1:1 or group drive from sound current customer resources and offerings that more interviews are conducted – ideally preference data. The importance directly speak to the needs of a specific a comprehensive list of potential individual clients ascribe to specific grouping of clients. Most commonly, benefit attributes that respondents product and service attributes forms manufacturing firms employ an industry have identified as important. The next the foundation for all further analysis. sector approach to group customers, step is to prioritize the responses to a An important starting point for voice of using a publicly accepted framework such manageable set for survey research. customer research is for marketers to as Nomenclature Génerale des Activités Group consensus can be employed to first determine what benefit attributes Economiques dans les Communautés cull the list to a manageable number for to include in their query. A preliminary Européennes (NACE), International survey. Respondents from the survey listing of attributes can be assembled Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), population can then score the importance through 1:1 interviews. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), of these specific attributes by completing Effective 1:1 interviews conducted at a or North America Industry Classification either a simple survey (Likert scale), or sampling of 10-30 respondents from the (NAICS). through ranking hypothetical benefit total survey population provides a wealth At the corporate level, following combinations (conjoint analysis). The of information and a firm foundation an industry sector approach affords later approach may provide a more robust for subsequent research. Interviews the benefit of presenting a logical assessment of utility values ascribed typically take one hour each and should organization structure to the financial to the specific benefit attributes, by be experiential in nature. In other community supporting benchmarking considering the trade-offs clients make words, care should be taken to explore against well studied economic sectors. when presented with multiple benefit a broad range of real and hypothetical Organizations are aligned to specialize in combinations. client experiences in an effort to get the markets with names like: transportation, Throughout my career, I witnessed respondent to articulate both current building and construction, energy numerous well intentioned efforts and expected future needs. Through and alike; but, does this sector-based to infuse the voice of the customer the interviewing process the researcher structure stage impactful business into strategic planning and resource can probe to uncover both higher level strategy and execution? allocation. Many are doomed from the strategic needs, as well as more subtle In an attempt to divide potential beginning by the firm pre-selecting the aspects of customer preference. Individual customers into more readily digestible attributes for respondents to score with interviews will typically end when no new chunks, firms not adopting the industry little or no external input. Furthermore, ideas can be uncovered by the researcher. sector approach may choose other after extensive data gathering employing Focus groups represent an alternative alternatives to partition their market such various survey instruments, results are to 1:1 client interviews. Group interviews as by technology type (steel, aluminum, scored and compared only to reach the offer the potential benefit that synergies plastic, etc…), or geography (Asia Pacific, startling conclusion that customers amongst group members may produce North America, etc…). in "segments" as diverse as waste 20 MRA's Alert! Magazine – September 2011 water treatment and metal furniture all problems of an industry sector structure, scores but stand out because of higher ascribe highest value to quality, price it is inherently inefficient, undermining standard deviation values. and delivery. While I don't argue these economies of scale. Excruciatingly long are important benefit attributes, I do business review meetings of dozens of New Approach suggest that this view of the world falls important sub-segments fail to inspire A variety of approaches may be significantly short of providing actionable senior corporate leaders to invest in employed to implement a new need- based segmentation structure. A more formal but fairly common methodology utilizes multivariate statistical tools "The acid test for the validity of a market from the marketing science discipline. In a less complex business context, segmentation structure is individuals within individual clients can be grouped by team consensus based on similarities in a segment should have homogeneous benefit preference data. Regardless of the scoring methodology, affinities; in other words, they should want the preference data once gathered is compared in order to establish a and value the same things." manageable number of groupings (ideally 5 or less). Using a multivariate statistical market segment strategies that can guide growing specific niches because of analysis technique known as cluster the firm in fortifying and positioning perceived low business impact. analysis, respondents are clustered competitive advantage to expand share. Within a sector, a deeper look at by calculating the minimum squared I propose that it is in fact incorrect customer survey data typically reveals a Euclidean distance between all clustering segmentation standing in the way of longer list of attributes, in aggregate not variables. Likewise, a simpler approach gaining the very clarity sought by the as important as the big three, but still is possible in less complex businesses. researcher. important to some and not as important The illustration below details a simple to others – puzzling, right? As numerical example. Validity of Current Segmentation values are assigned to survey responses, For sake of illustration, call the sectors The acid test for the validity of a these outliers commonly have lower mean in the top table anything you like. market segmentation structure is individuals within a segment should have homogeneous benefit affinities; in other words, they should want and value the same things. Furthermore, this grouping of like minded firms should have discernibly different preferences than firms in the other segments. Let's explore this concept further in the context of the traditional industry sector approach. As an example, if we take a look at the aerospace market is it remotely plausible that manufactures producing high-end corporate jets would have the same needs and wants as a manufacturer producing rockets to launch telecommunications satellites? Might it be likely that product attributes that are aesthetic in nature would be more relevant for the corporate jet and of little to no importance for the rocket? What about unit price sensitivity of the corporate jet producer, versus a mass market producer of single engine propeller planes? In an effort to counter this heterogeneity of preferences within a "segment," often market segment managers take the approach of defining and redefining their world in more granular detail, creating ever more specific sub-segments. Although this approach does solve some of the MRA's Alert! Magazine – September 2011 21 Automotive Petrochemical Construction Price 3 HIgH 2 HIgH 3 HIgH 6 Med 7 Med 6 Med 1 LOW 1 LOW 1 LOW Tech Support 4 HIgH 2 HIgH 3 HIgH 5 Med 6 Med 5 Med 1 LOW 2 LOW 2 LOW Next day delivery 3 HIgH 2 HIgH 5 HIgH 4 Med 6 Med 4 Med 3 LOW 2 LOW 1 LOW Segment1 Segment 2 Segment 3 No Frills Speed Freaks Need Helps Price 6 HIgH 2 HIgH 0 HIgH 3 Med 7 Med 9 Med 1 LOW 1 LOW 1 LOW Tech Support 0 HIgH 1 HIgH 8 HIgH 8 Med 6 Med 2 Med 2 LOW 3 LOW 0 LOW Next day delivery 0 HIgH 5 HIgH 5 HIgH 4 Med 5 Med 5 Med 6 LOW 0 LOW 0 LOW Nonetheless, keep in mind these are based only on clustering the preference Conclusion typical industry sectors like: automotive, data, we come up with an alternative I offer that incorrect segmentation may petrochemical, building and construction, segmentation that is actionable and present the most significant hurdle etc. In this illustration very simplistic supports specific strategies that speak preventing game changing strategy in preference data was scored based on to the needs of the clients within the industrial markets. A concerted effort importance – high, medium, low – for segment. My non-traditional segment in this area unleashes the power of the three preference attributes identified names may sound funny, as was my organization to provide a unique set of as important in our focus groups. The intent, but the point is segmented in this product and service attributes. Correct numerical value represents the number way you get a much clearer picture of segmentation allows manufacturers to of respondents selecting high, medium or how to address these customers in a way better focus research spending and cost- low for that specific attribute. that creates competitive advantage and to-serve, while expanding market share, Looking only at the top table, imagine supports market share expansion. margins and competitive entry barriers. you were the Marketing Director for one The illustration was highly simplified, of those sectors – what would you do intended only to paint the most general Thomas P. Frauman has more than 20 to craft and execute a game changing picture of the concepts I have discussed. years experience in coatings industry strategy? Go ahead take your time. In a technology driven context a rigorous senior leadership roles developing and Now turn your attention to the bottom assessment should include both product executing global business strategy. table. If we abandon our previous and service attributes. paradigm, creating new segments 22 MRA's Alert! Magazine – September 2011
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Rebates - I'm sick of 'em
I went through all the sale flyers in the paper today looking for Christmas gift ideas, and I just can't believe how many advertised prices now are actually not the price you pay, but the price "after rebate."
In theory that's okay, but this past year I bought several different items that came with rebates, and I didn't get two of those rebates. The total amount I never got was $60.
There is no accountability to it. You mail in all that stuff they require for the rebate, and if you never get it, there is no one to call. It goes to a rebate clearinghouse center or whatever (often in Minnesota, I've noticed). In the case of the two rebates I never got, I contacted the company involved and was told that it was out of their hands. You can't re-submit it because they want the ORIGINAL register receipt, and the ORIGINAL UPC codes off the box. The originals are gone; I mailed them in. So what's to stop the company from tossing a certain percentage of those rebate requests into a convenient wastebasket? Nothing, and I bet that's what some do.
Of course, the theory behind rebates is that the company can advertise a low price, yet they know from experience that a lot of people will forget to mail in all the stuff they need to get the rebate, so in reality they won't have to give the price they advertised. In the case of low value rebates, like $1 to $5, I would bet the percentage of people who actually mail it in is way under half. This to me borders on false advertising.
I think there need to be some laws regarding rebates. Either that, or some clever company needs to do a promotional campaign where they say, "All prices are what you pay today -- NO MAIL-IN REBATES!"
There are laws regarding rebates, particularly in regards to advertising price. Several states and the FTC regulate rebate offers. Generally, if you are advertising the price after the rebate, you need to prominently disclose that fact, as well as the fact that it is a mail rebate, rather than an instant rebate.
I don't believe that any reputable consumer company, or the fulfillment houses that they retain to handle rebate requests, would toss a percentage of valid rebate requests. The penalties, particularly from the FTC, can be substantial.
I know that I have failed to promptly send in a number of rebate offers myself, which is frustrating. I've never not received one that I properly submitted, though, so I haven't (yet) wound up in the Catch-22 you describe of needing the original paperwork to follow upon the orignal request. I think Best Buy issues 2 "original" receipts, one for the rebate and one for the consumer to keep, which is a good idea.
Like you, I definitely prefer to avoid rebates and go for a low price.
Yes, I don't think there's any problem with the notification end of it; the retailers are good about disclosing that the quoted price is "after rebate."
In the case of the rebates that I didn't get, they were from the same company, but mailed in two different envelopes (in accordance with their regulations), and mailed far in advance of the deadline. Obviously that isn't proof of anything. I guess both of the envelopes could have gotten lost in the mail.
Even if you don't think there's any possibility of a certain percentage of rebates getting "lost," you have to admit that it's a ridiculous situation in which to put consumers. I saw in one sale flyer yesterday a computer system on which there was a $250 rebate. That means that you have to do essentially the same thing as sending cash through the mail when you send in all of the required paperwork for the rebate. Not only do you have no recourse if it gets lost in the mail, but you also have no guarantee that the rebate will even be sent if they do get the paperwork.
As for the FTC, I doubt this is an issue that excites them all that much. Just as I had to do when I didn't get my $60, rationality had to kick in and cause me to make the judgment that my time and effort are worth something, and I can't justify moving heaven and earth to get $60.
If the FTC really has any interest in this issue, they need to do something to introduce some accountability into this process. Assuming that companies will be 100 percent honest with customers when it's obviously not in their interest to do so -- and when detection is all but impossible -- is a lot to assume.
Thats what companies count on...consumers not bothering with the rebates. I have always gotten my rebates, but they are a pain. Also some are obscure, not forthright in expalaining...expample I got two software programs this year with rebates, only after opening the products for the rebate info did I find it required either another purchase or a previous version of the product to receive the rebates. I didn't like that much. I should have complained but I didn't purchase the products cause of the rebates, they were just a plus. I would have complained if I didn't get the refund though and you should keep bothering them and let them know there are other companies with products out there and your friends, neighbors and relatives are all going to hear about their company not responding to your complaint. They will loose far more $$ from you not buying their product and from anyone you tell that won't buy their product that it is in the companies best interest to fulfill your rebate. Just ask for supervisors or someone higher on the food chain to talk to and when they see you aren't going away without a lot of complaint, maybe someone will give you a freebie or your rebate.
I'd do some heavy duty squawking to the store from which I bought the stuff.
Tell them how many people I'd done the (I was going to use the word for a female canine, but got censored for that a while ago) complaining to - including their store's name. And that not to the service desk, but to the manager.
I'd sure let the ompany know whose product offered the rebate, as well - which I think you said that you did.
Did you photocopy the receipt before sending it?
Good wishes for better results in future.
joyful guy
I sometimes read the forums at http://forums.dealcatcher.com/forumid_15/tt.htm
There are a lot of complaints about doing everything right and still not getting rebates.
I've only had to deal with 3 rebates. One I received, one I never heard from, and third one I just submitted online from Costco yesterday. All the info needed online is on the receipt & I just filled in the required fields & hit submit. Ya think I'll hear from them? lol
I got SCR&wd by circuit city TWICE.
You have to send the original two different places. We called b/c obviously that's impossible. Their solution, just send a copy. Hmmm, strangely enough it was rejected.
We have had bad luck with Lowes, but fantastic luck with The Great Indoors. They are prompt and I think we've received over $150 in rebates in just the last few months.
I always felt that rebates were the companies' way of harvesting personal information... names, addresses, buying preferences. Then they sell you to marketing lists and you are stuck with junk mail the rest of your life. I'll take privacy over a $50 rebate any day.
Huzzah! I'm sure glad to hear it's not just me that has had enough of these ^&$%&*(^$ mail in rebates. Any time I see something I want with a mail-in, I pass on by prefering to either do without, or buy a competing product.
It may be time to resurrect an old idea I had... Something I call "Reverse Rebates". Works like this:
I make up a form that asks for all sorts of annoying info. Store name and address, type of store, chain (y/n), how many stores in the chain, home office address, contact info for the salesperson and store manager, stuff like that.
Now, let's say I'm buying a TV that costs $500. I hand the salesperson a the form and tell him I'm offering a "reverse rebate" on the product. I tell him I'll give him $350 (plus tax) and all he has to do is fill out the form, include a copy of the sales reciept, proof of inventory, and a copy of the signed delivery receipt (if customer take-with, that needs to be noted and signed off in the "remarks" section of the form)and mail to me within 5 days of delivery. Then, I'll send them a check for $150 in only 6-8 weeks.
Such a deal, eh?
Yes, I'm sure that the gaining of personal information about customers is a key purpose of rebates. And as it's becoming clear from posts here, another one is to offer something you don't actually have to deliver.
Photobob, your idea is great. It's only because we all go in for this nonsense that it's a success. I talked to my dad the other day and he said it took him an hour to complete a rebate request for a product he bought at Circuit City -- despite the fact that they print out those huge "dead sea scroll" size receipts that supposedly make rebates easier. When you see the big bold price that's "after rebate," it's like that's part of the price, but then when you read through all of the terms and conditions, the perspective you get is different: It's more like, we'll "award" you this rebate IF you have all the i's dotted and t's crossed, and IF you meet a bunch of other silly qualifications and jump through all of our hoops that we put there in hopes that you won't do it.
And yes, isn't the 6 to 8 (or in some cases 8 to 12) week delay a joke? I can order something online and have it inside of a week, yet in these technologically-advanced times, a rebate takes up to three months to get. Obviously it's just a way of holding on to the money for a long time, and, I would suggest, placing the expectation of the rebate so far into the future that the customer probably will forget that it's coming, and won't complain if it never comes at all, which it's obvious from these posts that in many cases, it doesn't.
I love your tactic.
Sounds like a winner.
How many takers have you enrolled?
What gets my goat are the ones for $2.00 - 5.00 or so.
Deduct the cost of postage, stationery, writing time, gas to mail the letter, etc. - and you're (almost) out money on the "offer".
We have an electronics store that wants name, address (phone No.? - I think) - to put on the receipt when they sell you *anything*.
I've almost walked out on them a couple of times - didn't though, so they still win.
Seems to me that if we don't buy at one store primarily because we don't like the rebate, we should make sure that not only the check-out cashier, but the store manager, knows of our decision.
Maybe send an email to the offending company, as well.
How about offering them your "reverse rebate" idea, while you're at it?
Down with rebates!
joyful guy
Oh - getting on a mailing list for the great indoors worked out really well for us. That's how we found out about the other rebate - viscous cycle!
It's okay b/c we do shop there and like to save the money.
What gets me is when I get 12 catalogs in the mail and spend 20 minutes trying to get them all cancelled before my postal carrier breaks their back!
When asked for addresses and names by stores, whether it's for the asinine "discount" cards now commonplace in groceries or at a store like Computer City I won't shop at (any store that wants to search my bags for stolen goods is not getting my business) I decline, and if they won't accept that as an answer, I make it up. They have zero right for that info.
Mrs. Greenbank stamped out the junkmail at our last address--we literally got none. But we moved, and the floodgates opened again. Takes about a year to make it stop coming.
Rebates are there to mine your info. I would never buy a product based on getting a rebate--that just means it's over-priced in the first place.
I ordered a new computer from Gateway. I wasn't going to get a printer but I was told it was 'free' after rebates ($129.99). I hesitated but the salesman assured me it was very easy and could be done online with the order number. So I agreed. The quote e-mailed to me explicitly said that there were '$129.99 in total mail-in rebates'. When I looked online for the rebate I couldn't find any. I e-mailed the salesman and he replied that there were 3, one for $50, one for $30 and one for $20. First of all that is only a $100. Second of all, does Epson really want to give me 3 separate rebates for the same purchase?
Gateway would not stand up to their quote. I did complain to the FTC, knowing they wouldn't do anything specifically for me but I do think they need to be aware of the tactics that are being used.
I just found this story at the MSN website. http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Savinganddebt/consumeractionguide/P57658.asp They suggest complaining to the FTC, state attorney general's office, and the Better Business Bureau.
Here is a link that might be useful: Rebate Ripoff advice
Home Depot is running a rebate on installation of Genie/Chamberlain Garage Door Openers thru 10/31/07.
$57 for Basic installation.
Problem is on their rebate form, the zip code is incorrect.
"5072-2907" should be "85072-2907"
I'm sure this will cause some delay in delivery of the rebate form.
I wish stores would just deduct the rebate from the price when you buy the darned thing. To get a refund, you have to send a coupon and the receipt (What if it breaks and you need proof of purchase date? ) Then you wait and wait. Verizon owes me $50 for getting their FIOS computer line. They said it could take 8 weeks.
The way I look at it is that if every rebate was claimed, then the companies that offer the rebates would probably make the rebates worth less to keep their overall profit the same (approximately). Would you rather have to mail in and wait for a $100 rebate, or get an instant rebate at the cash register for $40?
I'd rather wait for the $100 rebate and take advantage of the fact that other people are too lazy, or forget, to mail in theirs.
Would you rather have to mail in and wait for a $100 rebate, or get an instant rebate at the cash register for $40?
If I knew they would always pay I wouldn't mind the wait.
I lost $50 on a circuitcity delivery rebate. They delivered a TV set for me and I sent in all the stuff except for the Proof Of Purchase label, which the deliverers took away with the box. I even called them and explained the situation, They said no problem, you'll still get the rebate. That was over 2 yrs ago and the check hasn't arrived.
In this case $20 sounds better than nothing.
I don't bother with rebates under $10. Ny time has value,when I was employed I made slightly over $30 an hour, so that's $10 for 20 minutes. Right now, if I spend #300 to $600 at my grocery store, they'll give me 10 percent off on one shopping trip. Or if I spend over $600, they'll give me 20 percent off. I know I'll easily spend at least $300 there but $600 might be unreachanle. I have to show my shoppers card every timne I go thru the checkout.
Twice, I was given the amount of the rebate off the purchase price because I insisted I may pass on the purchase unless I get it that way. I've been burned too many times and won't even waste my time anymore. One was at a Best Buy and I spoke with the manager when buying a laptop, the other was when purchasing a phone with Cingular. Try it.
BreakerOff wrote: I always felt that rebates were the companies' way of harvesting personal information... names, addresses, buying preferences. Then they sell you to marketing lists and you are stuck with junk mail the rest of your life. I'll take privacy over a $50 rebate any day.
I agree. When I subscribe to magazines, I pay with a money order and use a fake name so I can track who they sell my info to.
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I signed up for an investment newsletter. I noticed I was getting loads of junk mail offers to my 'pre-selected' name from other brokers. Some were kind enough to include postage paid envelopes!
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Jennifer Lopez let the figure-skimming dress play centerstage with minimal accessories, hair, and makeup, while Alessandra gave the look a pop of color with red lips and matching red pumps.
The textured snakeskin dress features a functional pocket on the side, a wrap silhouette accented by an exposed front zip, shoulder pads, and epaulettes.
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It looks nice on Jens body but that was just not a good day for her hair and just … I don't know the diva is slacking in this picture. But Alessandra slayed for the Gawds.
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I inherited 3 LARGE camellias, I think they are C. japonicas, when I bought a house. They are 10-15 feet tall and oddly placed next to each other (probably because of 60 years of growth). A couple of them have spotted, yellowing leaves. They are at the end of their blooming season. I have a photo I would love to post but I don't think the forum accepts photos, but I can send it for further clarification.
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Any comments from cultivators of 50+ year old camellias would be much appreciated.
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Today is First Friday, which means the First Friday Pub Run through Southtown. This event is now in its sixth year, which is wild. A bunch of the bars on the route didn't exist six years ago. I, myself, am not a pub runner for a key reason: Good beer is meant for drinking while […] [Read More]


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Rodeway Inn Airport
2799 Airport Way
Boise, ID 83705
Phone: (208) 336-7377
Fax: (208) 336-2035
Idaho Angler
1682 South Vista Ave
Boise, ID 83705
+1 208 389 9957
Mo to Fr from 09:00 AM to 06:00 PM,Sa from 09:00 AM to 05:00 PMThough it's located in a residential area not particularly known for it's water, this fly fishing shop offers one of the best fishing and guide services in Boise. Known for having the largest fishing tackle selection in Idaho, the store also offers fly-tying services, fishing trips and classes on almost every topic of fly fishing imaginable. Guided tours include day trips exploring local rivers and longer excursions to Idaho's famous Salmon River.
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