OlympicMtnBoy Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 Ok, so maybe it belongs in the REI appreciation thread, but I'm feelin happy so I'm sprayin (heck, maybe it belongs in spray)! So I was in the gear garage downstairs at the downtown store last week and I see a pair of OR Brooks Ranger overboots in a bin. Hmm, only $30, but there is still a pricetag with the old $135 price on it too. Oh, now I see, one of the overboots seems to be missing the closed cell foam insulation. Wait, what's that in the bin next to them, a funny shaped closed cell foam pad. The garage tag on the overboots says "Someone took these apart, put them back together if you can". Ok, lets see, use the whole one for a model, work the foam piece back in . . . 5 mins . . voila! $135 overboots for $30, plus my 5 mins of assembly. Sweet! I'm gonna have toasty feet in my Nepal Extremes this year, now I just have to get my crampons to fit. Quote
jmace Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 ya they pay more than that according to my math Quote
OlympicMtnBoy Posted February 14, 2007 Author Posted February 14, 2007 So sue me, I rounded it to $100 for my 5 mins of work (100/5*60=1200), it really should be $105 for 5 mins work which would make it $1260/hr. Quote
Weekend_Climberz Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 Don't you mean $105*20 = $2100 Quote
skeletor Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 Damn, I hate those 100 minute hours... Quote
chucK Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 Yeah, glad we're not on the metric system. My workday would be 66% longer! Quote
jmace Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 dont beat on WC, math isnt everyones best subject Quote
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