{"id":14467,"date":"2018-12-23T06:22:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-23T11:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=14467"},"modified":"2018-12-24T10:01:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-24T15:01:00","slug":"rumors-of-the-demise-of-chippewa-firefighters-false","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=14467","title":{"rendered":"Rumors of The Demise of Chippewa Firefighters: False"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I wrote a post on this blog on November 28<\/a> sharing an email report from a retailer of boots that said that they heard from the manufacturer that my favorite boots for motorcycling — Chippewa Firefighters<\/a> had been discontinued.<\/p>\n

As much as I like these boots, I decided…
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\n…to place an order for a pair to keep as a backup\/spare while inventories remained and before existing stock ran out.<\/p>\n

I received this new pair of boots<\/a> rather quickly after I ordered them, and was surprised that they were drop-shipped from the manufacturer directly to me.<\/p>\n

That led me to question the veracity of what the boot retailer tired to tell me — that the boots had been discontinued by the manufacturer.<\/p>\n

So I sent and email to the manufacturer myself. I received a reply a few days later from the Marketing Department of Justin Brands, which owns the Chippewa brand name. The first reply was a canned (pre-written) response about how much they value my interest in their products and they are glad that I enjoy them.<\/p>\n

I wrote again, stating more specifically that I had heard from a retailer that you (manufacturer) said that the Chippewa model 27422 boots had been discontinued.<\/p>\n

I received a return reply providing more canned, unhelpful, gibberish. I tell ya, these kids who take these marketing jobs for a boot manufacturer never learned how to read.<\/p>\n

\"\"To make this shorter, With more slow, tedious email exchange with marketing kiddos of Justin Brands, I learned that the rumor of the Chippewa 27422 boots (Firefighters) is incorrect. These boots are still made. They do not make a large production run, but they are indeed kept in active inventory.<\/p>\n

Whew… <\/p>\n

I wrote back to the boot retailer to share what I learned, and the retailer did not reply. I removed that retailer from my list of companies that I will do business with. If they can’t get their facts straight and will not have the courtesy to own up to an error, I loose respect for their business as a whole and will not deal with them any more, or recommend them to others.<\/p>\n

Photos of this pair of new Chippewa Firefighters are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Life is short: when you hear news that is surprising, confirm it yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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