Yeti cuts ties with NRA

[RblDiver]

When was the last time a political boycott of a company was successful? I can't think of a single one from either side of the aisle.

Chick-Fil-A boycotts. Those were successful in driving more people there and helping them expand even further!

[Monky]

When was the last time a political boycott of a company was successful? I can't think of a single one from either side of the aisle.

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[jslo]

Thought I read or heard Yeti demanded they remove their name from all NRA advertising, etc.
If true, why would they do that? Other than not wanting to be associated with the NRA. I could be wrong though.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

I agree that it doesn't really hurt Yeti...until they buy a new NotYETI® cooler to replace it. It's merely a symbolic gesture.

Respectfully disagree.
If the purchase is “lifelong” (“our coolers are so tough...”), Yeti didn’t expect a second purchase. If I blow mine up and buy an RTIC (or “NotYETI”), it helps RTIC but that is artificial demand. I’m not going to blow up a YETI to replace with a YETI. That sale was never going to be theirs anyway, so it doesn’t hurt them.

Realistically, they might expect some measure of repeat buy. “I like my YETI so much...” that I have to have another or in a different size or whatever. OR, the Dude go camping with Gman, sees his YETI and now I have to have one. That might actually matter.

I’d also be curious how many of you knew YETI was an NRA supporter when you bought?
I did not. As I said earlier, I don’t need everything in my life to line up, and this doesn’t impact my opinion of YETI or the NRA. If anything, maybe the NRA: quit fawking around with coolers and get to work restoring our mags and whatnot.

By the way, in the videos that I've seen of the exploding YETIs, I haven't seen any real "gun safety" issues.

I can’t disagree from a “gun enthusiast” (as I am) standpoint, but anytime we’re filming ourselves rednecking it up with bumpstocks, tannerite, mag dumps, etc, etc - you know it is viewed totally, totally different by the left and those who are not gun folks. A few might think it is cool. Most don’t. There have been tannerite gone bad videos, (and I can think of one hilariously so), so why add fuel to that fire? I don’t personally think it helps the cause in the way a reasoned argument (Colion Noir style?) does.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

See what’s happening to dicks?

The same thing that is happening to big boxes of every sort, including most that have nothing to do with guns and hunting?
Sears? Kmart? Boston Store? Penneys? Toys-R-Us? Barnes & Noble?

[Honey Badger282.8]

Chick-Fil-A boycotts. Those were successful in driving more people there and helping them expand even further!

Exactly. The boycott didn’t work and resulted in a short term boost in sales with no long term affect.

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They posted a better quarter than last year but slightly missed their projections?

[Gman]

Respectfully disagree.
If the purchase is “lifelong” (“our coolers are so tough...”), Yeti didn’t expect a second purchase. If I blow mine up and buy an RTIC (or “NotYETI”), it helps RTIC but that is artificial demand. I’m not going to blow up a YETI to replace with a YETI. That sale was never going to be theirs anyway, so it doesn’t hurt them.

Then don't blow up your YETI. I'm not going to tell a YETI owner what to do with theirs, no matter if some libtard gets butthurt about what some redneck is doing in another part of the world they won't set foot in.

I was raised to live my life and not care about what others think or say about me. It's one of the reasons this square will never be "cool" in someone else's opinion. I don't have the need to justify the cost of a YETI, so I don't have a dog in this hunt.

[Bailey Guns]

^^ Pretty much. The only thing I ever paid for and then intentionally destroyed in order to make a statement (if only to myself) was a Bruce Springsteen CD. Only one I had, only one I ever will have. It did make a nice target.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

Then don't blow up your YETI.

That’s my whole point.

[Aloha_Shooter]

So they donated once and are now expected to do so in perpetuity. If you support this, I fully expect that you donate to all the same groups, year after year regardless of any factors. So you never, ever get to give less (or none) to your favorite health care charity, or telethon, or church, or any other do-good group.

Not quite. According to Marion Hammer, they had a seven year contract and the NRA Foundation had advertised one of their products as one of the prizes for the annual Friends of the NRA auctions. Not only did Yeti break the existing onctract, they cancelled existing NRA orders for products that had already been accepted and cited "recent events" as the rationale. So far as I can tell, YETI is lying through their teeth.

They were happy to jump on board with the NRA pushing their products (it wasn't even a donation, it was the NRA buying YETI products at a discount for resale as NRA-YETI branded products) and then were happy to jump off with the bandwagon. I don't see the point in destroying stuff you've already paid for but YETI was just taking advantage of a demographic and deserves to have that demographic turn their backs on them and their products now.