REI is a Co-operative.
As such, the members are the 'owners'.
I have been a member since I was 15, which is 37 years of satisfaction.

As a part owner, I take exception to being called a 'ripoff'!

One of the things to be kept in mind when shopping at REI , is that members get approximately 10% of their total purchases returned to them in their yearly dividend. Basically any money left over, after operational expenses are covered, is returned to the members. This fact, combined with the wide selection and liberal return policy, pretty much squashes the ripoff theory!

Too bad they don't carry balloon envelopes, you could be getting a $200 dividend, Scott!


Roping The Wind wrote: 
I always thought REI was a ripoff anyways. Now I know they really are 
ripping off... geocaches!

:(

Scott
Team RTW


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