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Hopefully you’ll have seen the update in the news about what’s going on at Fauna for 23/24 which focusses on making owning a pair easier through instalment payments and discount for those that work in the industry. Unlike others it would seem, we care about the skiers who chose to ride on Faunas after we’ve got their money and we believe in taking responsibility for the products we put out into the world, as part of our efforts to be environmentally conscious.

It’s because of this, anybody who wants to replace their broken or worn out Fauna skis with a new pair (or even just a single ski), if you return your old Fauna skis you’ll get a 25% refund on your replacement ski(s). To take advantage of this deal email sales@faunaskis.com or DM us, we can set up the replacement ski sale and make sure there’s a return label & packaging in the delivery, to send back your old Fauna skis for your refund.

We’d love to offer this on other brands of skis but we can’t take responsibility for every brands old skis and can only make use of so many skis as keyrings and coffee mats

As we mentioned in the news piece, we have a number of developments in the works, but not just on the ski construction and new models. We are exploring additional sales and ski ownership models for the future, to give better opportunities for owning Fauna skis like these, and a business that does better for the environment we rely on for our sport.
 
What’s the plan with the old skis? Are we gonna see some Fauna outdoor furniture offerings? Chairs & benches are a great second life for skis
 
14549666:Lemuel said:
What’s the plan with the old skis? Are we gonna see some Fauna outdoor furniture offerings? Chairs & benches are a great second life for skis
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With our current construction, like everyone else, traditional recycling sadly isn't an option for the skis and so they've been put to use in a mix of ways.

Some got a fresh veneer and got turned into shot skis. Others got cut up and are used as demonstration tools for retailers to show the ski construction. Some are coffee coasters, others are keyrings. The plan for now for the next bunch that come in is more of the same, and some to be used as part of trade show stand displays, maybe as some seats for the stand.
 
I gots sum questions-

Is this sustainable long term and how long do you plan to offer this discount? Will skis purchased now be grandfathered in? This might be top secret info but curious what percent of ski returns would make this not profitable?

Is it possible to recycle old skis for use in new ski topsheets?

As a consumer I dig these policies, but I've never seen one last forever. Take skullcandy for example: their warranty period fizzled all the way from lifetime to 1yr. They used to offer a (25%?) discount for items outside of the warranty, similar to what you're doing here. That also ended.
 
14549911:runforlove2024 said:
I gots sum questions-

Is this sustainable long term and how long do you plan to offer this discount? Will skis purchased now be grandfathered in? This might be top secret info but curious what percent of ski returns would make this not profitable?

Is it possible to recycle old skis for use in new ski topsheets?

As a consumer I dig these policies, but I've never seen one last forever. Take skullcandy for example: their warranty period fizzled all the way from lifetime to 1yr. They used to offer a (25%?) discount for items outside of the warranty, similar to what you're doing here. That also ended.
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All good questions.

This is the first step in a bigger change around our products and it will make more sense as these changes take place, so it's a concrete commitment for the future to accept all our skis back at the end of life.

Whether you were the first to buy from us, you buy today, tomorrow, or next year and beyond, we will incentivise you to send them back to us when you buy a new pair.

Putting aside ensuring the responsible handling of the product at the end of its life, the goal is to create Fauna customers for life, this is just a form of loyalty discount for sticking with us, and investing in the brand's future after the skis reach the end of their limited life,

With regard to the policy changing, any changes won't act retroactively. so if for a reason the amount changes unfavourably, it won't apply to your past purchase. Negatively changing the terms which people buy a product under retroactively is a shady move in my opinion. We're small and new enough that these policies don't have a large impact, its not like if a legacy brand started this and every pair of skis from the past 60 years started getting returned.

I don't know the specifics of the Skullcandy story and buyouts etc. but a lifetime warranty is a big commitment, especially on an electronics product and I'm not sure they expected the growth they had and the implications of that growth. We're taking steps with the future changes to the product to manage the implications of growth. Shareholders demanding growth year on year is to blame for a lot of this type of good stuff coming and going if the growth can't be created in other ways.

To the question about recycling old skis for use in new ski topsheets. Could you grind off a past topsheet and laminate on a new one? You could, but its a lot of work just to 'fix' the aesthetics of a ski, you'd be better off just cleaning up the existing topsheet if that bothers you, and riding them till they've got nothing left performance-wise. Ways to use bits of old skis in new ones is something you're just starting to see more of and it's more incorporating limited bits of production waste into future skis right now.

Very little in this world is truly new, an example of a big company doing this in another industry is ikea offering store credit for some of their old furniture: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56981636
 
Not exactly, I was only really referring to selling single skis for less than half the price of a new pair. They also pay for the shipping of your warranty I'm pretty sure (shipping there and then the shipping for new skis). Faunas deal is way hotter tho, the 25% back for returning your skis is pretty fuckin rad lol
 
14549986:runforlove2024 said:
Pretty sick ^. Thanks for the reply. When do you anticipate the white stag to be available?
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No worries. All going well with our 24/25 release, i'd hope to get them into production for the 25/26 season.
 
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