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GenThePerservering

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7. This is tough for me since I've shopped at REI

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Sun Apr 26, 2026, 02:14 PM

22 hrs ago

since it was just one store in Seattle, with employees modeling in the catalog and their once a year sale prompting people to camp overnight on the sidewalk.

I hike up to 50 miles a week along with trail running and this is where I get my hiking gear, and has always been a go-to. Friends of mine work there.

Guess I shouldn't be surprised.

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Consumers Looking to Avoid Trump Have One Fewer Option in REI [View all] cbabe Yesterday OP

Wow! I had no idea! I will cross REI off of my list! City Lights Yesterday #1

Pretty sure this is the chain that closed their stores on Black Friday, several years ago, CrispyQ Yesterday #2

I used to get a kick out of newly minted hikers Klarkashton Yesterday #3

OK, some of us have been hiking for years GenThePerservering 22 hrs ago #6

REI has really changed Sanity Claws 23 hrs ago #4

I only still have a Amazon prime account because my husband likes to stream movies since he retired kimbutgar 23 hrs ago #5

This is tough for me since I've shopped at REI GenThePerservering 22 hrs ago #7

Saw the prices in an REI store and then promptly walked miyazaki 22 hrs ago #8

I remember when REI started going big, they were endorsed by the Sierra Club... haele 20 hrs ago #9