Really Backcountry.com??

**ACH** · 11-09-2019, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by skifishbum

I have trademarked patterned and claim
Dibs
On all of it
Cease and desist
Or pay me
Now

So, I have to pay you If I want to use the term "dibs" to claim first right of refusal to purchase a pair of "Cease and Desists"?

I'll send you 37 cents.

**Kinnikinnick** · 11-09-2019, 10:05 AM

You know if it is all this easy to claim common words at trademarks, why don’t we trademark stuff like “Town” and reap profits with cease and desist letters and offers to settle for nominal sums from every business that is formed and starts making any $ and has that in its name. Do the same for the next top 50 common geographical terms, valley, etc

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**El Chupacabra** · 11-09-2019, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by ACH

So, I have to pay you If I want to use the term "dibs" to claim first right of refusal to purchase a pair of "Cease and Desists"?

I'll send you 37 cents.

What if I called dibs on dibs before dibs dibsed?

**snowaddict91** · 11-09-2019, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by El Chupacabra

What if I called dibs on dibs before dibs dibsed?

I already called dibs via PM.

**Mista_Bob** · 11-09-2019, 04:03 PM

I have about half a dozen goat stickers laying around if any of you want to tag your gear up with steezy style.

**half-fast** · 11-09-2019, 06:04 PM

In the overall scheme of things, is backcountry.com a behemoth?

**garyfromterrace** · 11-09-2019, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by Smooth Johnson

I don't see what the big deal with backcountry is anyway.
I say get some Olins and start mastering the carve on that fresh frontside corduroy, that's where it's at Jack.

Mark IV's - amirite?

**El Chupacabra** · 11-09-2019, 09:06 PM

Originally Posted by snowaddict91

I already called dibs via PM.

Dammit!

**hbfs** · 11-10-2019, 05:15 AM

Always loved customer support on the site, too bad I won't be shopping there anymore.

**hbfs** · 11-10-2019, 05:18 AM

someone fetch my pitchfork

**ill-advised strategy** · 11-10-2019, 08:57 AM

Originally Posted by TBS

You will find a Wintry Mix podcast with Dave Ollila, owner of Marquette Backcountry. First he heard about the whole deal is when a sheriff showed up at his house. No warning.

That would be the same sheriff’s dept that’s also been busting my balls for the last month or so.

Same dept that campaigned hard against weed legalization, saying it would be the “worst thing to ever happen to this state.”
Worse than poisoning kids with leaded water? Yup. Weed.
Worse than the race riots of the 60s? Yup. Weed.
Worse than the mass auto-industry plant closings? Yup. Weed.

Watched that anti-weed sheriff pal around with all the county politicos at their big open bar awards thingy, then watched him watch all the open bar drinkers walk right out to their cadillacs and drunk-drive away.

**zartagen** · 11-10-2019, 09:08 AM

Backcountry.com has been a shit site to shop at for a while now. A few years back, they changed all the units for backpack volume to cubic inches, despite the industry standard being liters. Looking for a new backpack, I had no way of comparing my current backpacks to the new ones without arduous conversions. So I went elsewhere. Same with ski weights, etc into pounds instead of grams.

Fuck backcountry.com

**Benny Profane** · 11-10-2019, 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by Kinnikinnick

You know if it is all this easy to claim common words at trademarks, why don’t we trademark stuff like “Town” and reap profits with cease and desist letters and offers to settle for nominal sums from every business that is formed and starts making any $ and has that in its name. Do the same for the next top 50 common geographical terms, valley, etc

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You know, there are lawyers with Porsches and three homes that do just that for a living, sort of.

**plugboots** · 11-10-2019, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by El Chupacabra

What if I called dibs on dibs before dibs dibsed?

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**3PinGrin** · 11-10-2019, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by zartagen

Backcountry.com has been a shit site to shop at for a while now. A few years back, they changed all the units for backpack volume to cubic inches, despite the industry standard being liters. Looking for a new backpack, I had no way of comparing my current backpacks to the new ones without arduous conversions. So I went elsewhere. Same with ski weights, etc into pounds instead of grams.

Fuck backcountry.com

I'm on board with not shopping at backcountry.com, but
"arduous conversions"? lol

**willywhit** · 11-10-2019, 10:47 AM

BC is currently backpedaling and admitting that they made a mistake, quote unquote. Too bad, I ordered a ton of stuff from them over the years as well as Steep and Cheap which is actually the same deal. I think there's a level of wealth where you lose touch of reality and your lawyers reasoning makes sense despite any moral compass whatsoever.

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**::: :::** · 11-10-2019, 10:55 AM

Were people even buying the logo’ed collab merch?

It seems like something a brand ambassador would be required to wear or an employee’s uniform in a brick/mortar store

But I’m not seeing how the goat or backcountry logo adds any desirability to a jacket

Wasnt Basin/Range the replacement for Stoic?Was that stuff selling?

**californiagrown** · 11-10-2019, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by 3PinGrin

I'm on board with not shopping at backcountry.com, but
"arduous conversions"? lol

Guy likely goes on days long sufferfest adventures with those backpacks... But a simple Google unit conversation is too much work haha.

The little things get ya sometimes 😂

**SchralphMacchio** · 11-10-2019, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by half-fast

In the overall scheme of things, is backcountry.com a behemoth?

$500m annual revenue.

Not a behemoth in the scheme but look at the rest of TSG’s holdings. I think it’s reasonably likely that pushed the brand strategy and supplied the IPLA lawyers. At a minimum they would have been aware and in approval of the direction ...

**Buster Highmen** · 11-10-2019, 11:07 AM

Is it even legal to deny unsubscribing from their email?

**Ted Striker** · 11-10-2019, 11:16 AM

hmmm....

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**smmokan** · 11-10-2019, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by willywhit

BC is currently backpedaling and admitting that they made a mistake, quote unquote. Too bad, I ordered a ton of stuff from them over the years as well as Steep and Cheap which is actually the same deal. I think there's a level of wealth where you lose touch of reality and your lawyers reasoning makes sense despite any moral compass whatsoever.

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But if you read the article, the CEO clearly says that he still wants to reach a deal with the companies they sued... which means he obviously still thinks he's right. So still, #fuckbackcountry