Kelamuku, don't apologize to that asshole. Let hime fuckin' have it.
P.S. Tele_nut, your Nordstrom/Marmot analogy fails to sway my perspective. Last I heard they were competitive companies in a free market economy, and I don't believe I own a sigle piece of Marmot equipment, yet I'm an avid back-country skier and rock-climber.