Hey, Thanks to all the Defender replies. I'll hold my online ordering till March 18th.
C > On 03/03/2021 9:56 AM Novabraid via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > > Chuck, > > I work for a company that sells product to Defender. They are having > their sale this year but the physical store will not be open and the sale > will be strictly an online sale. However it will be held over a much longer > period of time from March 18-28. > > While I’m sure vendor fulfillment issues may in part be driving some of > the reasoning to hold an online sale, if you’ve ever participated in the show > in the past, the “in-person” component would be impossible to allow for > social distancing given the volume of customers and the size limits offered > in their facility. > > It’s a shame because I’ve worked at the warehouse sale every year for the > past 20 years (with the exception of last year when it too went online) and I > always enjoyed the customer interactions and cooperation between the > different suppliers trying to meet the needs of boaters. Plus it was a great > opportunity to go out and have a few drinks and dinner with your competitors > after the show hours. Plus I always came home with a few goodies I never > planned to buy but were just too good a deal to pass up. > > I’m hoping that will be different next year. > > Chuck Gilchrest > > S/V Half Magic > > 1983 Landfall 35 > > Padanaram, MA > > > > > > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help > with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu >
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
