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Aug 23, 2024 5:21 PM
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frontpage Posted by Navy-Wife | Staff • Aug 23, 2024
Aug 23, 2024 5:21 PM
Marmot Extra 25% Off Sale: Men's Pullover $26.25, 3-Person Superalloy Tent
& More + Free S/H on $49+$184
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Was this a trend that was already happening and just got disrupted by COVID-era demand? Or is there a patent that suddenly expired?
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Was this a trend that was already happening and just got disrupted by COVID-era demand? Or is there a patent that suddenly expired?
My mid-grade backpacking tent purchased in 2014 is like 4.5lb minimum trail weight and above 5 when you include stakes and storage bags or a footprint. It has been a pretty nice tent, but a few years ago it became clear that it should be replaced if I was going to do any more big backpacking trips...the weight suddenly seemed like a budget tent.
The MSRP on that tent was $350 when it was released (although I bought it off slickdeals for $150...) which is $480 in 2024 dollars! $480 today is enough to buy you a high end tent...REI has a clearance Big Agnes Tiger Wall UL2 [rei.com] ($450 MSRP) for $315...with a minimum trail weight under 2.2lb!!! And that's a pretty full featured tent--vestibule, multiple doors, storage, extra headroom--not some minimalist tent.
I think it is a combo of a couple things:
1. Improved materials (e.g. seeing more "fancy" fabrics used by the major brands)
2. Improved designs--more designs using split-yoke poles or partial length poles to provide good interior area without having like 5 full-length poles.
3. Competition--big brands pushing each other on #1 and #2 but also DTC companies innovating and offering good prices.
I've been considering theDurston X-Mid 2. [durstongear.com]. It retails for $269 and is a pretty roomy setup that comes in under 2LBs minimum trail weight. Granted it is a trekking pole tent--but I'm happy to carry trekking poles if the weight is essentially "free". (Also, they sell an ultralight carbon pole you can use as an alterantive to pitch the tent if you don't want to use trekking poles).
This is a tent that didn't exist 10 years ago...being sold DTC for a super low price. Older trekking pole tesigns like TarpTent were finicky and expensive...this thing is supposed to be pretty easy to use, comfy, and affordable.
Wording on the marmot site suggests the same thing. An extra 25% off IN YOUR CART
Keep your sends going long after summer ends with 25% Off your entire cart through 9/2.
Real bummer... Was expecting another $50 to come off my order... Now it's all being removed.
I agree that it's a bit confusing/misleading.
I agree that it's a bit confusing/misleading.
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Additional bummer is the "sign up for 15% off" doesn't work on sale items, which they don't tell you before you sign up. All they say is "(offers are for first purchase only)", nothing about restrictions on sales items.
Entire thing feels like a bait and switch.
My mid-grade backpacking tent purchased in 2014 is like 4.5lb minimum trail weight and above 5 when you include stakes and storage bags or a footprint. It has been a pretty nice tent, but a few years ago it became clear that it should be replaced if I was going to do any more big backpacking trips...the weight suddenly seemed like a budget tent.
The MSRP on that tent was $350 when it was released (although I bought it off slickdeals for $150...) which is $480 in 2024 dollars! $480 today is enough to buy you a high end tent...REI has a clearance Big Agnes Tiger Wall UL2 [rei.com] ($450 MSRP) for $315...with a minimum trail weight under 2.2lb!!! And that's a pretty full featured tent--vestibule, multiple doors, storage, extra headroom--not some minimalist tent.
I think it is a combo of a couple things:
1. Improved materials (e.g. seeing more "fancy" fabrics used by the major brands)
2. Improved designs--more designs using split-yoke poles or partial length poles to provide good interior area without having like 5 full-length poles.
3. Competition--big brands pushing each other on #1 and #2 but also DTC companies innovating and offering good prices.
I've been considering theDurston X-Mid 2. [durstongear.com]. It retails for $269 and is a pretty roomy setup that comes in under 2LBs minimum trail weight. Granted it is a trekking pole tent--but I'm happy to carry trekking poles if the weight is essentially "free". (Also, they sell an ultralight carbon pole you can use as an alterantive to pitch the tent if you don't want to use trekking poles).
This is a tent that didn't exist 10 years ago...being sold DTC for a super low price. Older trekking pole tesigns like TarpTent were finicky and expensive...this thing is supposed to be pretty easy to use, comfy, and affordable.
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Also inquired about the "extra 15% off email sign up" and she said I can use it on my NEXT order instead. I said that's not acceptable. It says "on first purchase".
In the end she agreed that the "25% off your cart" is misleading and the "15% off your first purchase" is also misleading, so she is gave me a magical code for extra 15% off my final price.
I got 2 of the 3 items I wanted, but what a bad experience. All the "save 15%" and "save 25%" off are straight up lies. They hope you pick your items, get to your cart and not care about the "EXTRA 25% OFF YOUR CART"
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