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WanderingEng · 3102 days ago · link · · parent · post: REI is closing on Black Friday... and paying their employees anyway.
I was buying new running shoes at REI a couple months ago and struck up a brief conversation with a guy in line. He saw my box of shoes and commented that he likes REI for footwear because they don't carry anything bad. I've thought about it since, and I think it's true overall. If REI sells it, you can be reasonably confident it's a good piece of gear. And if you talk to the employees, they'll help you figure out if it's right for you. They really do rule. And the outside rules. I think companies like REI help make it more accessible to cubical drones like me.