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bernieyoo
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Comment #6936614
Thanks :)
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Comment #6936127
Email me. bernie[at]bombfell[dot]com
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Comment #6936068
ahh that would be because I"m an idiot. Thanks for the heads up.
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Comment #6935980
No particular reason, just giving a 2-sentence context to why I posted the link.
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My close encounter with a pay-to-pitch investor
You encounter lots of crazy people while fundraising for your startup. The results can be entertaining. Here's my favorite: https://medium.com/p/872e3afdec9f
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Comment #6547954
Just a ton of SMH moments. It's really funny, and then you realize those stupid things are costing you a lot of money.
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Comment #5217001
Respectfully disagree, our goal is to establish a lifetime relationship with our customers, not churn-and-burn them out within first 3 months. If we sent clothes that fell apart pe…
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Comment #5215917
Ooh ok, not yet available up North - hoping to be there by summer.
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Comment #5215191
We do send multiple items per month on user request. Just email us at bombsquad[at]bombfell[dot]com after you sign up.
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Comment #5215173
That in a nutshell is what we want to fix. Clothing retail online and offline isn't built with the majority of guys in mind. I think there's a large, silent majority of guys who wo…
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Comment #5214980
Yea we definitely want to offer clothing at reasonable prices. We're bringing web technology to the traditionally offline/manual process of personal styling so that we don't have t…
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Comment #5214961
Are you using any extensions? I'm using Chrome on OSX and not able to replicate that.
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Comment #5214951
And by abroad I mean "not US." Sorry, ignorant American here :)
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Comment #5214948
Sorry! Are you by chance located abroad?
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Comment #5214178
Thanks for the tip!
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Comment #5214123
Don't need to be embarrassed or ashamed. I think you'll find there's a marked quality difference at 10x cheaper, just because the economics wouldn't work out if you used higher qua…
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Comment #5214085
I think the issue is cost-driven. Particularly if you're going to offer free shipping both ways, you're going to have to charge a certain floor to make a profit after the manufactu…
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Comment #5214060
@arethuza We've found the significant other's approval is a critical factor in keeping it :)
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Comment #5213989
Yes! Email me bernie[at]bombfell[dot]com and I'll save your email to the notify list for Down Undah.
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Comment #5213967
Just commented elsewhere in this thread about this, we intentionally made the service super flexible so it's not a "cram things down your throat" model. You can rush or delay your …
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Comment #5213954
We've intentionally made it super flexible. You can rush or delay your next shipment, choose to skip a month, ask for another pick if you don't like it. Can change frequency to eve…
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Comment #5213940
Hey I'm a founder. We actually just started picking up real Big & Tall sizing within past 2 months. Still gathering data on how B&T fits guys' bodies, but learning a lot.
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Comment #5213876
We love the Manpacks team! Lots of respect for the trailblazing they did.
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Comment #5213782
With e-comm, the issue with Europe (from the prelim investigations we've done) is the lack of centralized shipping service. Whereas in US you can use one system to cost-effectively…