For example, I still feel that shop decks are making Tum Yeto smaller and smaller. People don’t see how the shop blank or the random local company that has 50 boards for sale will mean there aren’t gonna be any more demos coming through town or your favorite pro isn’t going to get paid by the board company in the future
this fucking argument again. i can only speak for shops in canada, but if a shop buys a board from a distro for $47.50 (low end average) to $54 (high end average) and sell the board for $80-85, no one is making money on selling pro decks.
thats why shop boards exist, so the store can afford to lose money on pro branded product. make it more profitable to sell branded stuff or shut up.
im surprised he didnt say he praised primitive for selling direct to customer or something.
him bitching about random local companies is fucking stupid, if you arent selling enough boards because a smaller brand is taking your share of the market that means you arent doing your job.
the local brands boards are probably cheaper than what tum yeto is selling decks to shops for.