So I Inquired with Yeti about the NRA issue.

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Riomouse911 said:
IMHO: Yeti is a niche brand that was initially targeted to outdoorsmen who needed to have a cooler for extreme situations: 4-5-6 day hunting or fishing expeditions where restocking the ice isn’t possible, and a cooler full of water ruins harvested meat, fish, regular food etc. For those purposes, a Yeti or other similar brand makes perfect sense, even with the large purchase cost involved.

Well, the brand was embraced and exalted by the urban weekend status warriors, who revel in the oohs and ahhs the yeti ice chest gets when they toss in a 12 pack of craft beer and roll to the suburban camp or beach spots in a Range Rover towing an airstream. I have yet to meet one of these Glampers who have such an extreme need to retain ice for cooling a caribou waiting for the float plane or a hundred pounds of halibut two days out from Seattle. Yetis good for working men? Yes. The vast majority of buyers? No.

I believe I read that yeti is owned by a conglomerate that sells cosmetics, among other things. They have a base, and they are caving into the cyber bullying the left does do well. NRA is responding to the media trumpeting another company severing ties with some shaming of their own.
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That cracked me up.

We have a lot of those here as there are many boaters but very few fishermen. Lots of Rovers and high end pleasure boats that don't stay out more than a day. A Yeti would be a must have for that crowd. You can't have a 40K boat with a cooler from Walmart. Bad form.

Actually, I think Yeti has a plan here. They'll probably carry on this *we've been wronged* by the NRA as long as they can. They're getting a lot of free advertising from it and nailing down the niche market that they probably always wanted anyway. People with a lot of money have a way of spending it to impress other people. What better way to do that than a $400 ice chest. Might turn out to be a marketing stroke of genius.
 
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ugaarguy said:
They emailed me back right at the close of business last night with a copy and paste of the exact press release I asked for clarification on. I just called and asked the same question: "Do you support the 2nd Amendment only for hunting, or do you support the individual right to self defense?" Yeti Rep: "We support the 2nd Amendment as a whole." Me: "So, do you support the individual right to self defense or not?" Yeti Rep: "We support the 2nd Amendment as a whole".
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Do you really expect one person to take it upon themselves to speak for the company on such a controversial issue? All I would say in that situation is "I'm not authorized to speak for Yeti on that topic."
 
I saw a good response to the Yeti situation the other day. The guy recommended instead of shooting or blowing up your expensive Yeti cooler in protest, sell it on e-bay for a ridiculously low price. You will get something (if only a pittance) back for your investment, and quite possibly cause Yeti to lose a sale on a new cooler when someone spots yours on line. :eek::neener::neener::neener:
 
Hypnogator said:
I saw a good response to the Yeti situation the other day. The guy recommended instead of shooting or blowing up your expensive Yeti cooler in protest, sell it on e-bay for a ridiculously low price. You will get something (if only a pittance) back for your investment, and quite possibly cause Yeti to lose a sale on a new cooler when someone spots yours on line. :eek::neener::neener::neener:
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Make sure you sticker the heck out of it with pro-2A stuff before you list it...NRA, gun and part companies...

I bet people get good money for used Yetis that are still serviceable. I got mine as a gift, used like new.
 
Elkins45 said:
The coolers will be replaced by better coolers. It remains a topic of discusssion how economical it is to buy a replacement for what was otherwise a functional cooler.

I strongly objected to the 2008 taxpayer-funded bailout of General Motors. I didn’t drive my 1998 Chevy truck off a cliff to teach Congress a lesson. IMO these people make gun owners look like the dangerous idiots that the antis paint us to be.
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There are indeed better products than yeti that are a better value.

The anti 2nd amendment people paint us in an irrational light regardless of any words or actions we take. I have no reason to heed their council.
 
WestTexShooter said:
There are indeed better products than yeti that are a better value.

The anti 2nd amendment people paint us in an irrational light regardless of any words or actions we take. I have no reason to heed their council.
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There are people who haven't made up their minds. People blowing up coolers aren't likely to swing the undecided in our direction.
 
Trunk Monkey said:
Do you really expect one person to take it upon themselves to speak for the company on such a controversial issue? All I would say in that situation is "I'm not authorized to speak for Yeti on that topic."
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No, but I expect Yeti had already briefed their phone reps on the issue, and conversation I had made it clear that was the case. Yeti is sticking to their press release and refusing to clarify.
 
Wisco said:
Make sure you sticker the heck out of it with pro-2A stuff before you list it...NRA, gun and part companies...
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hmmmmm... Ive got several Yeti products that were branded by various gun companies like VZ grips, etc. over the years...
I have zero interest in destroying them or any of the other yeti products I own.
 
WestTexShooter said:
Anybody that is “undecided” about their Constitutional and God given rights being influenced by what an unknown person does to their personal property has not much potential to be an Allie.
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So you are OK with pushing them in the other direction? Seems short sighted to me.
 
I just renewed my NRA membership for 2 years.

The last big cooler I used was the size of a bathtub. It was not a Yeti. It was some kind of tough plastic which resembled fiberglass. Three adults could sit on it, no problem. On long fishing trips to the Bahamas and after hurricanes when the power went out, it worked just fine. I don't think it's that hard to make a great cooler.
 
My suggestion would be to buy a cheap cooler from Walmart (haters please stop) and send the 300 I would save to worthy cause, which may or may not be the NRA, or the practice ammo fund. My cheap coolers sit on the porch from Thanksgiving to start of fishing season, they get rinsed out and work just fine. If I ever catch enough fish to have them become irremediably stinky, they will be thrown out and replaced.
 
Does anyone still know about dry ice? Seems the once in a lifetime trip outback for 2 days could use a dry ice solution.

And certainly much less $$$ then a Y*** cooler
 
We all need to stop and remember who our political enemies are and what they have been trying to do to our Constitution, especially after the latest school shooting. I'm sorry but shooters are just all too willing to eat their own and that is often more disturbing than anything.

They didn't just stop the discount, they canceled existing orders. That's an important distinction.

I'm sorry but with all the companies jumping the NRA ship lately, making political statements in a very public way as if the NRA was to blame for the latest school massacre, you'll never convince me that this wasn't just more of the same. This is just backpedaling after it blew up in their faces.

As far as paying that much for a cooler, there are very valid reasons for doing so. Ever had a cheap plastic cooler tear up in the field? I have. One of my camping coolers rolled off the little trailer I pull behind my Polaris RZR just last year and was destroyed. These coolers are bombproof. Ever had your meat spoil because the ice didn't last but a day or two? I have. Sometimes it's not possible to buy more ice every couple days. My Pelican cooler could not only roll out of the bed of the truck at 70mph and survive but it keeps ice for a week. Our Yeti is a soft cooler and it's about a million times better than any other soft cooler we'e tried. We got it to keep our drinks cold on our road trips, which is usually at least 2-3 a year. It keeps eyes for two to three days, even when left in a hot vehicle and it has never leaked. Why does a cooler have to be cheap???
 
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CraigC said:
I'm sorry but shooters are just all too willing to eat their own and that is often more disturbing than anything.
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It is crazy... Tribalism at its finest.... We have much bigger fish to worry about than some stupid war of words between a PAC and a corporation.


CraigC said:
Why does a cooler have to be cheap???
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You're on THR.. land of "if you paid more than me" your out of your mind... :)
 
tarosean said:
It is crazy... Tribalism at its finest.... We have much bigger fish to worry about than some stupid war of words between a PAC and a corporation.
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Trying to figure out which tribe to belong to is tough. :D

I think I'll just keep my American Legion dues up to date and if anyone asks I'll just say I belong to the veterans tribe.

By the way, if anyone ever feels the need to contribute to a worthwhile organization (tribe), that would be one. Veterans have defended the constitution.......all of it......many times.:thumbup:
 
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Craig C has it covered well. I think we just need to sit back now and see what happens. Interesting to say the least. Sometimes it good to step back and study the politics of politics and not the positions. Sort of like follow the money. Why did each side so what they did? Hmmmm.
 
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