Really Backcountry.com??

[halliday]

There are too many sellers online to even worry about what a bag of shit backcountry.com is. I have plenty of options to support other gear retailers. I think I bought an avalanche beacon from them twenty years ago. Id rather buy from Freeride Systems or Icelandic, or Big Sky Mountain Products or even Black Diamond directly than give money to backcountry.com. Give your dollars directly to the source for good gear or at least shop for gear someplace that has a good reputation for standing for good customer service without fuckery and lawsuits. Support your independent gear seller and also anybody who is selling Pivot 15 and 18 the cheapest (Euro retail operations). An old favorite is www.campmor.com back in the day we would make road-trips to Campmor from New Hampshire to get the goods at a nice price. And to visit my grandmother in Woodbridge, NJ for bowl of cabbage soup and some home made biscuits. Followed by a trip to Vintage Vinyl. Then back to NH.

[east or bust]

An old favorite is www.campmor.com back in the day we would make road-trips to Campmor from New Hampshire to get the goods at a nice price. And to visit my grandmother in Woodbridge, NJ for bowl of cabbage soup and some home made biscuits. Followed by a trip to Vintage Vinyl. Then back to NH.

Campmor is fucking awesome. As is Ramsey Outdoor. Davis Sport Shop just over the border is also a nice private gem.

[Brownski]

campmor could use your business. The retail store at least is not what it used to be

[evasive_MT]

Same.

Such a cool place back in the REAL Steep-N-Cheap and Tramdock days, but that died, and then the lawsuits. I won't miss them. But I sure do miss PricePoint.com...

I eventually took the desktop notification off my work PC to reduce the amount of money I was “saving.” Cleansnipe alerts worked well, though. I used it to snag a fork I was eyeing.

[halliday]

campmor could use your business. The retail store at least is not what it used to be

I try to swing by when Im in the area. When I moved to NJ from NH Campmor was the hub for me as far as the hiking, climbing, biking thing. The store literally helped me make it there. I had no idea where to go or what to do but I had been going there since I was a kid (visiting grandparents in Woodbridge) and they had all of the information I needed. Really good local shop vibe. And they ran EMS off after a few years.

[ex-powderbroker]

campmor could use your business. The retail store at least is not what it used to be

they probably miss me doing those gw to 87 rides. that store was awesome but i always wished they were open a little later on fridays to pick up a little extra camp gas or whatever…

[yeahman]

I remember how much I loved Campmor's little paper catalog. Used to go there regularly when visiting my wife's family in Montclair. Been several years since we went there though, sorry but not surprising to hear the retail store has gone downhill. Seems like most brick and mortar stores carry like half the inventory they used to.

[m2711c]

That catalog was awesome!

[MarsB]

Same.

Such a cool place back in the REAL Steep-N-Cheap and Tramdock days, but that died, and then the lawsuits. I won't miss them. But I sure do miss PricePoint.com...

I don't think Pricepoint was part of backcountry.com. They did have a bike site called chainlove for a few years.

[Phall]

Bonktown, hucknroll, and chainlove, then (and still) Competitive Cyclist.

[axebiker]

I don't think Pricepoint was part of backcountry.com. They did have a bike site called chainlove for a few years.

Right - yeah, I know Pricepoint wasn't part of that family. But it was like SnC and Tramdock in that some of the deals were ridiculous. I remember Chainlove - pretty sure I bought some derailleurs and mechanical disc brakes off there.

[stuckathuntermtn]

Yeah, the lawsuits seemed to coincide with a general change in business model that wasn't good.

[californiagrown]

Wait, so what is happening to BC.com? Online store is still working... so it just got sold to another PE firm or something? I used to buy a lot from SAC and BC.com, in large part because i was single and flush with money, and partly because customer service was awesome and i used to know gearheads from Newschoolers that would hook it up with employee discounts. They once replaced some $200 smith sunglasses because i explained to them that i stupidly used them while day drinking instead of a burner pair of sunglasses and dropped them a bunch and scratched them up... the gearhead on the chat thought that was a great excuse to grant me a replacement pair. Then i stopped buying from them for a few years after the trademark debacle, and only in the last year did i purchase a couple things from them including an Orage ski jacket for 80% off.

Are they sticking around, just under a different owner, or are they closing shop?

[TBS]

^^^ https://unofficialnetworks.com/2024/...try-sold-2024/
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[skaredshtles]

Bye bye BC.com.

Good riddance.

[singlesline]

Bonktown, hucknroll, and chainlove, then (and still) Competitive Cyclist.

Whiskymilitia too.

What was that website that aggregated all of those "flash deal" gear sites onto one page? Gearscan or something? Easy way to waste a bunch of time and money as there was always a new deal popping up.

Not surprised they didn't last though. I think that's a strategy that works better in short bursts during sales events rather than as an entire business.

Anyone remember the original pre-amazon Woot.com circa like 2006? Usually only one deal per day, but they would do "Woot Offs" with legitimately good deals that would only last ~30 minutes before an item sold out and "Bags of " that would actually have people getting some high ticket items. My college roommate and I would carry our computers everywhere with us during a woot off to not miss any deals in the pre-smartphone days.

[chicken feathers]

I remember how much I loved Campmor's little paper catalog. Used to go there regularly when visiting my wife's family in Montclair. Been several years since we went there though, sorry but not surprising to hear the retail store has gone downhill. Seems like most brick and mortar stores carry like half the inventory they used to.

Ha, I remember my dad getting those when I was a kid. I vaguley remember picking out a pair of bollé sunnys w/ red lenses in the 90’s.