Ski Reps

p-oskier

p-oskier

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I wanted to know if you guys think it would be okay to say to a ski(gear) rep that he does not know what the fuck he is talking about.? It happened a couple of times where I would be talking to a rep about a product and I would tell myself: he doesn't know shit about what he is talking about.So my question is would it be fine to straight tell him that he does not know what he is talking about and has it ever happened to you?
 
I really wouldnt advise it. Your shop owner probably wouldn't really like it.
Not to mention he won't hook you up with ANY gear from the companies he reps. If you feel like you have say something, try to say in as pleasant of a way as possible.
 
Idk, do you have a working relationship/ buying his product for a shop etc/ trying to get sponsored, because if that's the case then probably not.
But if you're just chillin talking to the guy, call him out he's just a person. Reps aren't magic or all knowing. BUt keep in mind that they're salesmen and will tell you just about anything to get you to buy their product. That's what they're hired to do. Also keep in mind that they're not the people developing the product and may not actually know what they're saying means.
Just don't be a dick
 
I got bitched at hard when I kind of did something along those lines. Not by any shop people, but by the reps. It got heated. They were wicked defensive.
 
get over yourself and just listen to the reps. if you don't like the product then sell other brands to your customers.
 
Unlike most people in this thread, I think it is perfectly legit to call someone out if they seem not to know what's going on. Reps have a duty not to mislead the consumer.

I've talked to reps and shop owners who didn't understand the difference between reverse sidecut and reverse camber, got the core materials wrong, I've seen 75 waist being sold under the premise that they are 'good in the powder', etc

One of the major UK retailers has begun stocking Moments, and because they are the most expensive ski on sale, the sales staff try to sell them to anyone. So one of my friends, who has been skiing for just over a year, now has a pair of Rockers, which are totally unnecessary for him, but bought them because the salesman wrongly convinced him they were a good ski for him.
 
gotta remember for a big company not all reps are skiiers, some like a friend of mine is a snowboarder and he is a winter rep for a company. we were shootin the shit and he said some things that were a little wrong about some of the new skis they are comming out with next year. I explained to him what it was and he said thanks. that was it, now he can correctly rep his gear, he didnt want to mislead but what they have to go off can be very confusing sometimes to someone who rides 1 stick not 2.

and i know some kids are gunna be like "well thats bull shit i want my company to be core as hell" bigger companies SOMETIMES mean better gear though (more money=more research=better product) i know thats not always true though
 
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