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Re: Blair SUP - WaveRod - Honesty and Ethics?
« Reply #150 on: October 20, 2011, 08:07:25 PM »
   They had a traveling road show at Northern Californian Costco's this summer.
    This is Jeremy's younger brother manning the booth.

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Re: Blair SUP - WaveRod - Honesty and Ethics?
« Reply #151 on: October 24, 2011, 09:26:11 AM »
I was just wondering what happened to WaveRod SUP's and our "old Buddy" Jeremy. There were a few back here in NJ a few years ago but the "disappeared" from the shelves about the starting time of this thread

now you guys are (showing pictures) of his brother selling "dubious no name" SUP's in a Costco in Nor Cali.

Does that mean
a) Costco bought said boards (and needs to be enlightened)?
b) Costco "rents out space" to questionable business men to sell under their roof?

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Re: Blair SUP - WaveRod - Honesty and Ethics?
« Reply #152 on: October 24, 2011, 10:12:33 AM »
« Last Edit: October 24, 2011, 11:09:21 AM by paddlejones »

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Re: Blair SUP - WaveRod - Honesty and Ethics?
« Reply #153 on: October 24, 2011, 01:18:22 PM »
Does that mean
a) Costco bought said boards (and needs to be enlightened)?
b) Costco "rents out space" to questionable business men to sell under their roof?

B.

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Re: Blair SUP - WaveRod - Honesty and Ethics?
« Reply #154 on: October 24, 2011, 05:33:37 PM »
My friends wife does merchandising for Costco and is currently working with Starboard for them to be selling their boards there.

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Re: Blair SUP - WaveRod - Honesty and Ethics?
« Reply #155 on: October 24, 2011, 06:11:18 PM »
My friends wife does merchandising for Costco and is currently working with Starboard for them to be selling their boards there.

Do you have to buy four of them shrink wrapped together?

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Re: Blair SUP - WaveRod - Honesty and Ethics?
« Reply #156 on: October 24, 2011, 06:54:48 PM »
Starboard and Costco could be a good fit--a high-volume retailer, and high-volume boards.

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Re: Blair SUP - WaveRod - Honesty and Ethics?
« Reply #157 on: October 24, 2011, 09:27:04 PM »
Kinda ironic.  No way would I buy a no-name board at Costco, mostly because I doubt it would perform.  OTOH, this guy gives Blair a few bucks per board for the use of his shapes and name and I'd buy a couple.

I bet the publicity ends up benifiting this jerk.  If you've got no scuples, you can pick up a first rate shape at a bargain bin price. 

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Re: Blair SUP - WaveRod - Honesty and Ethics?
« Reply #158 on: October 24, 2011, 09:36:04 PM »
So are those Blair boards at the Costco pictured above and in the Craigslist link (Wailuku)?
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Re: Blair SUP - WaveRod - Honesty and Ethics?
« Reply #159 on: October 24, 2011, 11:07:55 PM »
   "Hey Joe
   Where you going with that gun in your hand?
   Hey Joe
   Now tell me where you going with that gun in your hand."

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Re: Blair SUP - WaveRod - Honesty and Ethics?
« Reply #160 on: October 25, 2011, 12:27:00 AM »
So are those Blair boards at the Costco pictured above and in the Craigslist link (Wailuku)?


No.  Unauthorized clones.

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Re: Blair SUP - WaveRod - Honesty and Ethics?
« Reply #161 on: November 02, 2011, 06:31:03 PM »
Saw some at the carlsbad lagoon, and showed Joe the pics, he says this batch is not an "exact" copy, the rocker, rails and tail have changed, even though they still "look like" a Blair...with these changes they sure won't work like one though, wish Costco had the real thing in the beginning!

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Re: Blair SUP - WaveRod - Honesty and Ethics?
« Reply #162 on: November 02, 2011, 07:22:01 PM »
edit - never mind
Easy Rider is the name of my store in Edmonton, AB, Canada.
My name is Warren Currie . . . and we SUP Surf indoors . . . in a shopping mall!

 


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