Free Hellbents

Posts: 1606 - Karma: 193

Karma: 193

Posts: 1606

Insane

so the other day i bought a pair of hellbents a new dakine back pack and a whole lot of other shit for over $1000. im gearing up for my trip to japan in january so im pumped buy all this new gear, anyway i got home and the next morning and checked the receipt and i notice the transaction was declined. so i literally got a grand worth of gear and new skis for free... at first i was stoked but then i realised... if i was the young guy that served me ide feel like shit if i lost my job, so i called them back, now im going back 2mrw to pay 4 the gear. they were happy obviously, and of course i fetl a lil less guilty but roght thing?? or jjust stupid?? for a student struggling to to balance work and skiing it was tough as 1000 is hard to come by... how many of you would have done the same and called back??

Nov 9 2008 4:58AM

0 0

eheath

Posts: 61100 - Karma: 118,256

Karma: 118,256

Posts: 61100

Play Ball

Horrible title.

Nov 9 2008 5:03AM

0 0

BcPowderHunter

Posts: 275 - Karma: 13

Karma: 13

Posts: 275

Loner

prob wouldn't have told them. 1000 is a alot of money. however was a local ski or shop or a larger franchise store? gotta support the idependent stores, so if was i would have told them about the error.

Nov 9 2008 5:05AM

0 0

BcPowderHunter

Posts: 275 - Karma: 13

Karma: 13

Posts: 275

Loner

yeah. maybe " A Guilty Conscience? " or " An Ethical Delema "

Nov 9 2008 5:08AM

0 0

shea.

Posts: 1606 - Karma: 193

Karma: 193

Posts: 1606

Insane

i got you to the thread didnt i?

but yea to AR6_Aussie i am an aussie so it was a small independent store

Nov 9 2008 5:08AM

0 0

shea.

Posts: 1606 - Karma: 193

Karma: 193

Posts: 1606

Insane

cheesy much?? but cmon the titles not whats important, its as you said... ethics...ish

Nov 9 2008 5:09AM

0 0

BcPowderHunter

Posts: 275 - Karma: 13

Karma: 13

Posts: 275

Loner

so u gonna tell them?

Nov 9 2008 5:10AM

0 0

Tarzan

Posts: 37 - Karma: 55

Karma: 55

Posts: 37

Lame

If you already told them, you should probably go back and pay. If the guys at the shop are cool they might hook you up with a deal or some free shit for being honest. It's their fault that they hired illiterate/incompetent kids to work, not yours. Or if you don't feel guilty/have a conscience then don't go back, you just scored some free gear.

Nov 9 2008 5:27AM

0 0

shea.

Posts: 1606 - Karma: 193

Karma: 193

Posts: 1606

Insane

i alreaddy called them and yea im going back 2mrw to pay... im kinda hopin g they hook we up with something... new set of poles atleast would b good...

Nov 9 2008 5:39AM

0 0

Silence

Posts: 16030 - Karma: 149

Karma: 149

Posts: 16030

Post Whore

Nov 9 2008 6:09AM

0 0

sheephead

Posts: 93 - Karma: 339

Karma: 339

Posts: 93

Wannabe

The same happened to me man. I bought a set of Dumonts from a large chain of stores here in the UK and they forgot to charge me online! I haven't told them coz i dont have the money to pay for them now. But props for your honesty

Nov 9 2008 7:21AM

0 0

SkiWest

Posts: 90 - Karma: 14

Karma: 14

Posts: 90

Wannabe

If it was Snow & Rock then fair enough.. I hate them, overpriced gear, don't care about customers, and all they want to do is rip everyone off (they're on commision). I'm pretty knowledgable of clothing features and equipment etc, and everytime I go in there I put the ski tech or sales assistant to shame, as I have to tell them what things are!

But if it was a pretty small chain and they've helped you out then definitely pay them back when you have the cash bro.

Nov 9 2008 7:34AM

0 0

SkiWest

Posts: 90 - Karma: 14

Karma: 14

Posts: 90

Wannabe

Oh and sorry for that rant about Snow & Rock.. I don't know if you lot have it over in the US, it's just a massive chain store full of extremely expensive gear targeted at people who have a lot of cash and are vulnerable to buying things that they're told they need. Not sure what your equivalent store would be.

Nov 9 2008 7:37AM

0 0

m0nr

Posts: 62 - Karma: 11

Karma: 11

Posts: 62

Wannabe

good on you, you did a good thing. probably would've cost the guy his job if you didn't call them back. :)

Nov 9 2008 8:17AM

0 0

FUUUCK

Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888

Karma: 4,888

Posts: 18426

Post Whore

+++ for being honest dude, in ski retail you likely will lose your job if it's your first season and you fuck up that big.

Nov 9 2008 8:20AM

0 0

FUUUCK

Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888

Karma: 4,888

Posts: 18426

Post Whore

I would've called back as well, if you were going to pay anyway but the transaction didn't go through you're not losing anything by paying what you were in the first place.

Nov 9 2008 8:22AM

0 0

DeSena

Posts: 4126 - Karma: 1,352

Karma: 1,352

Posts: 4126

No Life

straight dumb, yea you did a good thing, but like sweet, i guess you could call me an asshole but for all that shit for free i just say fuck it, sweet nab

Nov 9 2008 8:30AM

0 0

ChadThundercock

Posts: 3070 - Karma: 785

Karma: 785

Posts: 3070

Addict

says it all...

Nov 9 2008 9:04AM

0 0

Atypical

Posts: 1339 - Karma: 45

Karma: 45

Posts: 1339

Insane

If it was an online chain or store chain I would have said fuck em, but you did right in supporting local. Next time you go in they might remeber you as the guy who made their 1k sale and give you a discount.

Nov 9 2008 9:13AM

0 0

K.C.dia

Posts: 670 - Karma: 275

Karma: 275

Posts: 670

Ridiculous

I probably would've called them back too.

Nov 9 2008 9:19AM

0 0

hey_dude_its_me

Posts: 1403 - Karma: 32

Karma: 32

Posts: 1403

Insane

I guess you did the right thing, but I say you should take what life gives you and life tried to give you free fucking hellbents haha, who knows maybe you will be rewarded much more in the future bc of this honesty, but I doubt it

Nov 9 2008 9:28AM

0 0

KravtZ

Posts: 6637 - Karma: 2,629

Karma: 2,629

Posts: 6637

No Life

calling them backs pretty nice and all but i wouda totally no told them. i mean 1000 is a solid amount of money and if you were planning on spending that much you could buy double nowif you really wanted to

Nov 9 2008 9:35AM

0 0

[]Soul_Steeze[]

Posts: 2357 - Karma: 60

Karma: 60

Posts: 2357

Addict

i concure

you cant post a thread with "Free Hellbents" as the title this close to the season!!!!

so many kids just got thier hopes and dreams crushed hahaha

Nov 9 2008 9:37AM

0 0

sheephead

Posts: 93 - Karma: 339

Karma: 339

Posts: 93

Wannabe

Yea man it was snow and rock haha! Ur right they're such tools

Nov 9 2008 9:46AM

0 0

gerrrram

Posts: 280 - Karma: 21

Karma: 21

Posts: 280

Loner

good job dude that shop wooda been fucked if u didnt cuz that guy wooda lost his job and 1000 lost to a independent store makes a big difference

but i have to say if it was sports authority or something fuck them u shooda kept it if it happened in that situation

Nov 9 2008 9:50AM

0 0

triebby

Posts: 8670 - Karma: 2,189

Karma: 2,189

Posts: 8670

Crazy Fool

you got that right

Nov 9 2008 9:59AM

0 0

joly.sp

Posts: 2305 - Karma: 585

Karma: 585

Posts: 2305

Addict

they had better give you a serious deal, like make you pay cost only or something.

Nov 9 2008 10:04AM

0 0

inthewoods

Posts: 1074 - Karma: 111

Karma: 111

Posts: 1074

Insane

karma man..is all about the karma. It´ll pay off someday somehow. Props for your honesty.

Nov 9 2008 10:18AM

0 0

Jesus-FlwrSubaru

Posts: 1077 - Karma: 53

Karma: 53

Posts: 1077

Insane

Last year, the shop that i went to took a chance, i was having problems with cash, but i really needed a new pair of skis and binders, so i go in, sure enough, they mount up a pair of Fujatives and had me pay later when i had the cash, of course i went back and paid and on top of everything, they gave me a free mount and wax when i first bought the skis. You should try and make friends in your local shops (know people), because you never know when you get a hook up.

Nov 9 2008 10:27AM

0 0

neon1peace

Posts: 998 - Karma: -1

Karma: -1

Posts: 998

Insane

yeah dude this will pay you back in snow or something

Nov 9 2008 10:39AM

0 0

no_steeze

Posts: 23992 - Karma: 4,270

Karma: 4,270

Posts: 23992

@th1337

i bought a mac mini from apple and they never charged me so i had the 700 i'd saved up for it just sitting in my account so i bought a pair of skis and then 2 weeks later they charged me so i had -300 in my account

it sucked, beware, apple charges late...

Nov 9 2008 10:48AM

0 0

Malcolm

Posts: 15949 - Karma: 9,431

Karma: 9,431

Posts: 15949

Post Whore

so when do i get my free hellbents

Nov 9 2008 10:48AM

0 0

A.R.

Posts: 1111 - Karma: 11

Karma: 11

Posts: 1111

Insane

yea ma, you did the right thing, its cool, lots of people wouldent do that.

Nov 9 2008 5:19PM

0 0

Fish_Sandwich.

Posts: 9108 - Karma: 16

Karma: 16

Posts: 9108

Crazy Fool

Nice job man, definitely did the right thing. If it was a stupid ass big chain store (which I avoid anyway) and they were dicks or just really stupid, I might not pay for it, but they would reaaaaaaally have to rub me the wrong way.

Nov 9 2008 5:25PM

0 0

Bigwoods

Posts: 3116 - Karma: 76

Karma: 76

Posts: 3116

Addict

Where are my free Hellbents?

Nov 9 2008 5:30PM

0 0

KellyK

Posts: 1781 - Karma: 706

Karma: 706

Posts: 1781

Insane

You defenitely did the right thing dude, $1,000 is a ton of money to rip off from a small local shop. You've got some major good coming your way.

Nov 9 2008 5:31PM

0 0

BEARS.

Posts: 5380 - Karma: 696

Karma: 696

Posts: 5380

No Life

Nov 9 2008 5:37PM

0 0

DaveM

Posts: 2936 - Karma: 1,558

Karma: 1,558

Posts: 2936

Addict

ya its was a good move to support the independant buisness. they would need it and a mistake like that could really fuck things up for them. on the other hand i could care less about a big business that would even notice a mistake like that.

Nov 9 2008 5:56PM

0 0