The Slap Message Boards and the Trial of Jamie Thomas

[vitunvesa]

people care a little bit too much in here.....

[Firebert]

i'm here for the gangbang?

[I SUCK!]

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Tell us the shady shit...

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he made ryan smith crook an 18 stair handrail!  on his birthday! 

you got a mixed up rumor.
nandez is to thank for the crook.

[bbk]

Cervantes said in an interview that you made him skate something, he got a trick and wanted to go home, but you made him go to one more spot.... seems a little crazy, but in the end I guess it gets shit done and he didn't dislike you for it...

[boyan]

Cervantes said in an interview that you made him skate something, he got a trick and wanted to go home, but you made him go to one more spot.... seems a little crazy, but in the end I guess it gets shit done and he didn't dislike you for it...

Yeah, but that wasn't pushed or anything, Tony said he was filming for a part
and after that last trick he got on the team
I still got that issue, some am edition of tws I think

[NickDagger]

Holy shit how stupid is Clyde Singleton?

[H8R part 4]

zero has nothing to do with the retail pricing on a board/complete, they're wholesalers. 

XYZ company offers a standard wholesale price on boards/completes to their direct accounts(i.e. joes skateshop).  the shop marks it up however much they think they can get.  the price depends on the rent, the neighborhood, cost of living and other various factors that effect the shops margin. 

XYZ company offers a standard wholesale price on board/completes to their distributors(i.e. eastern).  the distributors get better pricing since they buy in bulk, then they mark it up(usually a small mark up since they're a volume business) and sell it to their direct accounts(i.e. janes skateshop).  from there, the retailer sets their asking price....whatever he/she so chooses. 

no skate company(or any company for that matter) really has a say when it comes to retail pricing. 
sure theres a MSRP(manufacturers suggested retail price) but that doesn't really mean squat.
wholesalers are wholesalers, retailers and are retailers, they are not one in the same.

theres a lot of stupid people on this site that need to go to school, stay in school or at least take a business class so they have some clue as to what they're talking about.   

[ohhhhtisbdriftwood]

theres a lot of stupid people on this site that need to go to school, stay in school or at least take a business class so they have some clue as to what they're talking about.   

take a business class?

don't you run a skateshop from your bedroom?

[Tedpod]

zero has nothing to do with the retail pricing on a board/complete, they're wholesalers. 

XYZ company offers a standard wholesale price on boards/completes to their direct accounts(i.e. joes skateshop).  the shop marks it up however much they think they can get.  the price depends on the rent, the neighborhood, cost of living and other various factors that effect the shops margin. 

XYZ company offers a standard wholesale price on board/completes to their distributors(i.e. eastern).  the distributors get better pricing since they buy in bulk, then they mark it up(usually a small mark up since they're a volume business) and sell it to their direct accounts(i.e. janes skateshop).  from there, the retailer sets their asking price....whatever he/she so chooses. 

no skate company(or any company for that matter) really has a say when it comes to retail pricing. 
sure theres a MSRP(manufacturers suggested retail price) but that doesn't really mean squat.
wholesalers are wholesalers, retailers and are retailers, they are not one in the same.

theres a lot of stupid people on this site that need to go to school, stay in school or at least take a business class so they have some clue as to what they're talking about.   

AGREED

[SLAPTASTIC]

Is there going to be a follow-up to that magazine article?

And who the hell doesn't try to convince their friends to try something gnarly, or push them a bit?

[H8R part 4]

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theres a lot of stupid people on this site that need to go to school, stay in school or at least take a business class so they have some clue as to what they're talking about.   

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take a business class?

don't you run a skateshop from your bedroom?

yeah business class, so you don't come across as clueless like you've managed to do throughout this thread and repeatedly throughout this site.

yeah my bedroom.     try livingroom buddy, i got a 2 bedroom apt in NYC and live by myself so why the heck not?
kids had nowhere to turn to get boards so i set it up shop in my living room so they didn't have spend $4 to take a train 100+ blocks to get ripped off at blades. 
on top of trying to be a positive role model to the kids here, i also spend my time working with non-profit organizations and have donated dozens of skateboards(completes) to under privileged inner city kids.  i'm trying to do something positive for the kids and keep me and everyone around my neighborhood skating.

what have you done for skating?  in skating?  or for people in general?

[longballlarry]

OHHHHHHHHH!!!

[NickDagger]

wtf faster! i thought you were some euro scum?!

I guess you just hate america.

And freedom.

Fries.

[H8R part 4]

wtf faster! i thought you were some euro scum?!

I guess you just hate america.

And freedom.

Fries.

euro scum?  i've never even been to europe.

i hate america?  no.  i hate stupid people and a lot of them happen to be americans 
i also happen to live here so i'd see more stupid amerians more so than lets say, stupid south africans.

i hate freedom?  wrong again buddy.
i hate the abuse of freedom and the "privleges" we have that people confuse with "rights".

[NickDagger]

DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM!?!?!?

[jesus0nvi4gra]

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theres a lot of stupid people on this site that need to go to school, stay in school or at least take a business class so they have some clue as to what they're talking about.   

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take a business class?

don't you run a skateshop from your bedroom?

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yeah business class, so you don't come across as clueless like you've managed to do throughout this thread and repeatedly throughout this site.

yeah my bedroom.     try livingroom buddy, i got a 2 bedroom apt in NYC and live by myself so why the heck not?
kids had nowhere to turn to get boards so i set it up shop in my living room so they didn't have spend $4 to take a train 100+ blocks to get ripped off at blades. 
on top of trying to be a positive role model to the kids here, i also spend my time working with non-profit organizations and have donated dozens of skateboards(completes) to under privileged inner city kids.  i'm trying to do something positive for the kids and keep me and everyone around my neighborhood skating.

what have you done for skating?  in skating?  or for people in general?

DING DING DING! We have a winner!

[sweets]

Go Faster!

[H8R part 4]

DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM!?!?!?

the real question you should be asking yourself is.....
DO YOU THINK ANYONE CARES?!?!?

[skate_bored]

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DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM!?!?!?

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the real question you should be asking yourself is.....
DO YOU THINK ANYONE CARES?!?!?

do you really think hes serious man?

[Sleazy]

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wtf faster! i thought you were some euro scum?!

I guess you just hate america.

And freedom.

Fries.

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euro scum?  i've never even been to europe.

i hate america?  no.  i hate stupid people and a lot of them happen to be americans 
i also happen to live here so i'd see more stupid amerians more so than lets say, stupid south africans.

i hate freedom?  wrong again buddy.
i hate the abuse of freedom and the "privleges" we have that people confuse with "rights".

bill of privleges?

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wtf faster! i thought you were some euro scum?!

I guess you just hate america.

And freedom.

Fries.

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euro scum?  i've never even been to europe.

i hate america?  no.  i hate stupid people and a lot of them happen to be americans 
i also happen to live here so i'd see more stupid amerians more so than lets say, stupid south africans.

i hate freedom?  wrong again buddy.
i hate the abuse of freedom and the "privleges" we have that people confuse with "rights".

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bill of privleges?

ha!

i hear people are say, "i have the right to..., i have the right to walk here, skate here, drive here, i can do whatever i want whenever i want its a free country." when nothing could be further from the truth.   most everything in this country is a privlege and i find people mistaking the 2 more often than not.  thats just my perspective not a fact.

[sweatloaf]

If he didn't make the trick would you have gotten him an Assistant Manager job at one of your Sonics?

[I SUCK!]

yep, that was the deal.

[natenola forever]

zero completes would be radder if they had those awesome Element trucks on em.
or some Krepers.

[SLAPTASTIC]

Wait, you actually own a Sonic Restuarant?

[I SUCK!]

nah, i think it's an implication that I'm all about money or entrepreneurism/capitalism.

[SLAPTASTIC]

Ohhhh, Ok.
Well, you've worked hard, payed dues and shit, you deserve whatever success you get.

Any good stories from the early Zero days? Any Greco stories?

[S.A.D.B.]

nah, i think it's an implication that I'm all about money or entrepreneurism/capitalism.

nah, it's a reference to a petition thread that bizarro gub started:

http://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=33&topic=24447.0

[ohhhhtisbdriftwood]

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theres a lot of stupid people on this site that need to go to school, stay in school or at least take a business class so they have some clue as to what they're talking about.   

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take a business class?

don't you run a skateshop from your bedroom?

yeah business class, so you don't come across as clueless like you've managed to do throughout this thread and repeatedly throughout this site.

i wasn't really trying to drop knowledge about the complete skateboard market to the level you went to, just show people that jamie thomas is clearly and demonstrably a repeat self-aggrandising liar.

yeah my bedroom.     try livingroom buddy, i got a 2 bedroom apt in NYC and live by myself so why the heck not?

woah, your living room. i stand corrected. your business skills and knowledge are obviously top fucking notch.

kids had nowhere to turn to get boards so i set it up shop in my living room so they didn't have spend $4 to take a train 100+ blocks to get ripped off at blades. 

i can picture the scene right now, kids in new york with literally no where to turn and no way of getting hold of a skateboard, quitting by the hour. suddenly along comes creepy uncle faster to save the day by taking them up to the living room of his 2 bed bachelor pad.

on top of trying to be a positive role model to the kids here, i also spend my time working with non-profit organizations and have donated dozens of skateboards(completes) to under privileged inner city kids.  i'm trying to do something positive for the kids and keep me and everyone around my neighborhood skating.

that's pretty much the funniest thing i've ever read, you sound like a very nice and extremely grounded young man with a perfectly health and natural interest in 'the kids'.

what have you done for skating?  in skating?  or for people in general?

nothing, except doing a lot of skateboarding but that was for me really, i'm not sure it's even possible to do something for 'skateboarding' but opening a fucking crappy excuse for a shop certainly isn't doing much.

[Perfection]

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kids had nowhere to turn to get boards so i set it up shop in my living room so they didn't have spend $4 to take a train 100+ blocks to get ripped off at blades. 

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i can picture the scene right now, kids in new york with literally no where to turn and way of getting hold of a skateboard, quitting by the hour. suddenly along comes creepy uncle faster to save the day by taking them up to the living room of his 2 bed bachelor pad.

lol

I'm down to check out your "shop" faster!

PM me directions, I'll even bring baxter.