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Posted: 11/24/2022 5:18:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I worked for years in an *extremely* successful small business that dealt in a high end outdoor sporting industry. Our prices were higher than our competitors, we *never* gave anything away, and we blew our competition out of the water. And then what, after those years? Are they still in business? |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 5:28:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I always thought he came across too arrogant when he was active here. Arrogant? He built a great business, does a lot of 2A support, and his customer service is unparalleled. He’s got a lit to be proud of accomplishing; not arrogant. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 5:40:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Fortier is looking much older now. Getting old susks.  Dave getting banned was bullshit. Mark should have learned to throttle back on his acrimonious “marketing”. I like his stuff but he’s as good as trump is at making enemies out of potential allies. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 5:42:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: One of the most basic rules of business is to not give away product. Guess what happens if you do? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: He did more to devalue product is what he did, and hurt this site in the process. Show your work. One of the most basic rules of business is to not give away product. Guess what happens if you do? I’ve owned my own retail shop for 22 years. Giveaways are a valid excitement generating part of strategic marketing. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 5:53:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Didnt sig try the perm muzzle brake thing? FATF said no? Frist I've heard of this, can someone confirm? My LT guns are my goto, scope mount also. @Boom Stick |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 5:58:54 PM EDT
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I thought it was GSG
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Posted: 11/24/2022 5:59:28 PM EDT
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kcolg30 loves LaRue.
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Posted: 11/24/2022 5:59:39 PM EDT
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I'll never understand why the shooting community so loves to eat its own.
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Posted: 11/24/2022 6:25:44 PM EDT
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He looks like you guys
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Posted: 11/24/2022 6:29:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I’ve owned my own retail shop for 22 years. Giveaways are a valid excitement generating part of strategic marketing. Don't bother. He worked in retail one time and knows better 
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Posted: 11/24/2022 6:34:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I like, and buy, from both. And the Horror, I have a few guns with both Larue and G products on same gun. As long as they keep making quality products and keep manufacturing in USA I will keep buying from them both If anything it made me buy more of both |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 6:34:46 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/24/2022 6:38:56 PM EDT
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I liked both of those posters.
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Posted: 11/24/2022 6:40:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/24/2022 6:45:13 PM EDT
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It was entertaining watching him smack around the whiners, but I think back how much A.R.M.S. tried to fuck him over after he pretty much ended their mount business, it put a permanent chip on his shoulder and he didn’t know when to stop stomping on the losers necks.
I think the trump analogy was somewhat fitting in GD. Outside of GD he was great. The Geissele rivalry was BS. All the ColaWarrior bros turned it into a troll campaign funded by Geissele giveaways. It was quite ironic that, Geissele bitched about Larue giving away free shit and then turned around and did the same thing. I’m still waiting on Larue to put out shit products like bent rails, chatter box machining, Ryobi-grade black oxide barrels, flop optics, Black Friday bait and switch sales, etc. I still buy his mounts and think he is a great machinist. He did a lot for AR15 back in the day also, too bad the trolls ran a lot of good people off. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 6:49:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There is a cure for ignorance. You should try some |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 7:01:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've worked in retail. I know what's up. How much retail experience do you have? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: from my viewpoint, he did more for this site than any other sponsor. but I guess he was too mean in GD.  He did more to devalue product is what he did, and hurt this site in the process. I've worked in retail. I know what's up. How much retail experience do you have?  Attached File |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 7:03:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: from my viewpoint, he did more for this site than any other sponsor. but I guess he was too mean in GD. He did more to devalue product is what he did, and hurt this site in the process. I've worked in retail. I know what's up. How much retail experience do you have? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/121031/8CE1FC1A-5CD8-4C55-9FBC-89AA2D8DA086_jpe-2612427.JPG oh shit |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 7:05:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There is a cure for ignorance. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: from my viewpoint, he did more for this site than any other sponsor. but I guess he was too mean in GD. He did more to devalue product is what he did, and hurt this site in the process. I've worked in retail. I know what's up. How much retail experience do you have? Today you have jumped the shark twice. Your last two posts. Just so we are clear, IDGAF if you work in retail or outhouses. Your opinion is yours, have at it. Your posting of facts is a crock of shit right now. Enjoy your Thanksgiving. Mark LaRue makes great products and its fun to watch him post, even when you are the recipient of his wit. If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen. LaRue has done a lot of good things while you were selling widgets. There is a cure for ignorance. I hope that you find it one day. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 7:09:18 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/24/2022 7:10:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I worked for years in an *extremely* successful small business that dealt in a high end outdoor sporting industry. Our prices were higher than our competitors, we *never* gave anything away, and we blew our competition out of the water. Are you Narphenal’s dad? |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 7:11:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: He reminds me of my former USMC friend Ray. Can you call him Ray? |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 7:13:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: OK, we did sponsor competitions and donate product as prizes. That is NOT what Larue was doing that devalued product. Does donate mean the same thing as give away? Asking for a friend. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 7:14:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: He's 100% right. When it comes to goods OR services, giving either away devalues both. Women give free pussy away every day, but half of GD still ain’t getting any, so how’s that effecting valuation? |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 7:14:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There is a cure for ignorance. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: from my viewpoint, he did more for this site than any other sponsor. but I guess he was too mean in GD. He did more to devalue product is what he did, and hurt this site in the process. I've worked in retail. I know what's up. How much retail experience do you have? Today you have jumped the shark twice. Your last two posts. Just so we are clear, IDGAF if you work in retail or outhouses. Your opinion is yours, have at it. Your posting of facts is a crock of shit right now. Enjoy your Thanksgiving. Mark LaRue makes great products and its fun to watch him post, even when you are the recipient of his wit. If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen. LaRue has done a lot of good things while you were selling widgets. There is a cure for ignorance. You should try to find it. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 7:15:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: WOW, simply not true. But you are certainly entitle your OPINION. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: from my viewpoint, he did more for this site than any other sponsor. but I guess he was too mean in GD. He did more to devalue product is what he did, and hurt this site in the process. I was just going to ask if we’re talking about the same Mark LaRue from the dead center of Texas? |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 7:18:25 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/24/2022 7:18:33 PM EDT
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I'm just here for the purse swinging.
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Posted: 11/24/2022 7:23:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryLMFAO! |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 7:25:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was lucky enough to get one. hes a lot like trump. hes on our side, but likes to talk and hurt some feelings. GD snowflakes couldn't hang. That's 100% correct. great guy, also a bit of an asshole, just like Trump. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 7:27:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: One of the most basic rules of business is to not give away product. Guess what happens if you do? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: He did more to devalue product is what he did, and hurt this site in the process. Show your work. One of the most basic rules of business is to not give away product. Guess what happens if you do? You get your product out of the store and into the hands of the end user. Have you ever heard of advertising? What that was, was a excellent marketing strategy that in no way shape or form hurt his business. Working retail is one thing, successful marketing and advertising are a completely different animal. What’s retails biggest job getting buyers into their store then making the sale, what’s a manufacturers biggest job after making their product? Selling it to the retailer. This requires a different type of advertising it requires the manufacturer to get the product out into the users hands it also has to make buyers buy their product instead of say KAC, how do you get someone to buy your product over say LMT, KAC, etc? That’s called marketing. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 7:37:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So you're an expert on the restaurant industry now? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I've worked in retail. I know what's up. How much retail experience do you have? /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/ThatsBait-133.gif I worked a flat grill making steak and cheese subs for one lunch rush.  So you're an expert on the restaurant industry now? And sales, he didn’t give away one sandwich.
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Posted: 11/24/2022 7:42:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Didnt sig try the perm muzzle brake thing? FATF said no? |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 7:54:11 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Women give free pussy away every day, but half of GD still ain’t getting any, so how’s that effecting valuation? Pussy is a mystery , wrapped in a riddle, inside a conundrum. Or so it would seem to the 50%ers. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 7:58:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Can you call him Ray? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: He reminds me of my former USMC friend Ray. Can you call him Ray? |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 7:59:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: he hurt too many feeling in GD. I guess it wasn't enough he gave away a free rifle every month among countless other give aways. He was mean tweeting on ARFCOM before Trump had a smartphone. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 8:00:56 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/24/2022 8:01:02 PM EDT
[#38]
Haters gonna hate.
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Posted: 11/24/2022 8:05:44 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I've worked in retail. I know what's up. How much retail experience do you have? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: from my viewpoint, he did more for this site than any other sponsor. but I guess he was too mean in GD. He did more to devalue product is what he did, and hurt this site in the process. I've worked in retail. I know what's up. How much retail experience do you have? I believe he has donated upwards of $200k through NOLO-Dillo sales to get 2A lawsuits filed and moving. How much have you donated? New York is no longer cucked with their CCPs because of Mark Larue's donations. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 8:07:51 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It was entertaining watching him smack around the whiners, but I think back how much A.R.M.S. tried to fuck him over after he pretty much ended their mount business, it put a permanent chip on his shoulder and he didn’t know when to stop stomping on the losers necks. I think the trump analogy was somewhat fitting in GD. Outside of GD he was great. The Geissele rivalry was BS. All the ColaWarrior bros turned it into a troll campaign funded by Geissele giveaways. It was quite ironic that, Geissele bitched about Larue giving away free shit and then turned around and did the same thing. I’m still waiting on Larue to put out shit products like bent rails, chatter box machining, Ryobi-grade black oxide barrels, flop optics, Black Friday bait and switch sales, etc. I still buy his mounts and think he is a great machinist. He did a lot for AR15 back in the day also, too bad the trolls ran a lot of good people off. Do you have one of his handguards? I do. I dont think you have to wait. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 8:08:33 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: OK, we did sponsor competitions and donate product as prizes. That is NOT what Larue was doing that devalued product. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: He did more to devalue product is what he did, and hurt this site in the process. Show your work. One of the most basic rules of business is to not give away product. Guess what happens if you do? Have Bill call you and explain how wrong you are. If you have something to post, post it. Geissele has donated a metric shit ton of gear to ColaWarrior events. Nearly every site sponsor has donated product to the member appreciation giveaways year after year. Please show me which of these companies has had problems because they gave away product. Whatever you do in retail hasn't made you an authority on the subject because I'm also in retail and I've never heard of your so called "basic rule of business". OK, we did sponsor competitions and donate product as prizes. That is NOT what Larue was doing that devalued product. Are you saying the "We" as you are/were part of Geissele? Of course Geissele doesn't like LaRue, Larue forced massive price changes for G by selling a quality product much much cheaper. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 8:11:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I believe he has donated upwards of $200k through NOLO-Dillo sales to get 2A lawsuits filed and moving. How much have you donated? New York is no longer cucked with their CCPs because of Mark Larue's donations. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: from my viewpoint, he did more for this site than any other sponsor. but I guess he was too mean in GD. He did more to devalue product is what he did, and hurt this site in the process. I've worked in retail. I know what's up. How much retail experience do you have? I believe he has donated upwards of $200k through NOLO-Dillo sales to get 2A lawsuits filed and moving. How much have you donated? New York is no longer cucked with their CCPs because of Mark Larue's donations. Shhhhhh! He devalued something or another. 
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Posted: 11/24/2022 8:11:41 PM EDT
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Seems like he’s had a run of bad luck. Lost his fake LE creds, divorced, stopped innovating. Hopefully he can adapt to market changes and win back market share.
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Posted: 11/24/2022 8:13:00 PM EDT
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Old ARFCOM - gun nuts who like Ar15 and similar rifles New ARFCOM - thin skinned mommy basment dwellers 
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Posted: 11/24/2022 8:14:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/24/2022 8:18:11 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: he hurt too many feeling in GD. I guess it wasn't enough he gave away a free rifle every month among countless other give aways. This. There are too many sensitive drama queens that would get pissy with him or try to troll him. It made them feel like big men. 
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Posted: 11/24/2022 8:23:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This. There are too many sensitive drama queens that would get pissy with him or try to troll him. It made them feel like big men. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: he hurt too many feeling in GD. I guess it wasn't enough he gave away a free rifle every month among countless other give aways. This. There are too many sensitive drama queens that would get pissy with him or try to troll him. It made them feel like big men. He has done more to further our rights than the NRA/NRA-ILA has in the last 10 years. I do not understand the hate. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 8:23:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You completely missed my point. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: from my viewpoint, he did more for this site than any other sponsor. but I guess he was too mean in GD. He did more to devalue product is what he did, and hurt this site in the process. Many people don’t equate quality of product with attitude of the company owner. He could walk around town acting like a Karen, banging dudes, and stealing candy from the gas station. No fucks given, we don’t need an emotional connection with the owner or the guy/girl/tranny packing the boxes for shipping. You completely missed my point. His give seats were free advertising. Top of GD for long periods of time. Top of the brain. The swag was also advertising. Keep stocking the shelves. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 8:23:41 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Edited, because it wasn’t germane to the conversation.  |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 8:24:44 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: And then what, after those years? Are they still in business? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I worked for years in an *extremely* successful small business that dealt in a high end outdoor sporting industry. Our prices were higher than our competitors, we *never* gave anything away, and we blew our competition out of the water. And then what, after those years? Are they still in business? He worked in it. He didn’t own it. He doesn’t know the whole story. He has retail experience. |
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