What happened to Neptune Mountaineering?
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It is sad. |
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Put it this way---the problems at Neptune have nothing to do with the people at Neptune. Backwoods now owns that store and the Backwoods stores had a rough winter last year. |
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Next time you see one of those lame backcountry.com stickers on a car, think about it. |
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I went there a couple of weeks ago... and it was indeed a cemetery in there. Depressing for such a famous and important Climbing Store. |
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That's really sad. I hope all of the historic gear made it to the American Alpine Club or some other place nearby. I loved looking at Anderl Heckmair's pitons from the Eiger first ascent. |
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Seems like a good time for some of us to go in and make an offer. |
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Is Malcolm Daly's frost bitten toe still on display? It's been awhile since I've been to Neptunes. |
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Neptune is rebuilding the north side of the store, probably because all of the Table Mesa shopping center is in the middle of renovations. The museum is currently in storage, but is supposed to get put back up sometime this fall after that side of their building is remodeled. The store feels a little empty right now, but I think it's because we're between seasons and they are in the middle of remodeling. |
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I was in there briefly a couple weeks ago and an older gentleman (not sure of his name) working there said that they were remodeling, were going to reinstall the museum, and were going to bring in a lot of new inventory. In short, he said they were going to get back on track and have a lot of new product available. Not sure if that will play out as described, but figured it was worth mentioning here. |
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Texas clothing chains shouldn't own hard core mountaineering stores in Boulder, Colorado. |
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Justin Richardson wrote:Texas clothing chains shouldn't own hard core mountaineering stores in Boulder, Colorado.1) There is nothing hardcore about Boulder except driving, the real estate, and the velocity with which all other hardcoreness disappeared. Then again, you may quibble with such a statement if you think spending $650 on a piece of clothing is "hard core". Boulder is not hard core anymore. Texas might still be, in places. 2) Instead of making vapid, drive-by Sanders-esque statements about what private enterprises should and should not be or do, you should do something about it? Oh wait...you probably don't have a pile of cash sitting around so as to buy a brick and mortar retail business in the age of the internet? Perhaps you should ask some Boulder friends...they're probably sitting on a golden trust fund egg and could be goaded into action once you expose how rich and hypocritical they are. Oh wait! They're too busy creating internet startups which will drive yet more coffin nails into brick and mortar retail. |
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Dankasaurus wrote:Next time you see one of those lame backcountry.com stickers on a car, think about it. They still have the intuition liners and bootfitters. They still have funky tele accessories, the museum is in storage whilst they renovate. They still have a couch by the guidebooks. The only thing gone for good is the Neptude...hopefully.I think Neptune is owned by Backwoods, not Backcountry.com backwoods.com/?SID=d5448363… |
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cragmantoo wrote: I think Neptune is owned by Backwoods, not Backcountry.comObviously. I can confirm that for you if your question was not rhetorical. Backcountry.com is no tax, free shipping, best prices, and internet based. The point is that all people buy stuff there and then put the little mountain goat sticker somewhere on their other possessions and make themselves look stupid. The reason Neptune is struggling, or perhaps Backwoods' business model isn't perfectly what you want, is because of backcountry, moosejaw, and other lame, patronizing, internet places where I do all my shopping because it's cheaper and faster and doesn't involve Broadway. |
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Dankasaurus wrote: Obviously. I can confirm that for you if your question was not rhetorical. Backcountry.com is no tax, free shipping, best prices, and internet based. The point is that all people buy stuff there and then put the little mountain goat sticker somewhere on their other possessions and make themselves look stupid. The reason Neptune is struggling, or perhaps Backwoods' business model isn't perfectly what you want, is because of backcountry, moosejaw, and other lame, patronizing, internet places where I do all my shopping because it's cheaper and faster and doesn't involve Broadway.Oh, ok. Gotcha. I didn't get what you were saying.... |
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Justin Richardson wrote:Texas clothing chains shouldn't own hard core mountaineering stores in Boulder, Colorado.I think Neptune's is just setting up one side of the store for a Texas BBQ counter. Staff will transition from boot sales to burnt ends, ski sales to sliders, carabiners to cornbread. Being Boulder, they'll have bbq tofu and quinoa. After all, Daddy Bruce closed on Arapaho a few years back, and somebody needs to take up the Boulder BBQ deficit. I'm told Dan Hare can really dish up a mean plate o' ribs! |
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Hey all, |
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Might explain what's been going on at Neptune. dailycamera.com/boulder-bus… |
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Dankasaurus wrote: The reason Neptune is struggling, or perhaps Backwoods' business model isn't perfectly what you want, is because of backcountry, moosejaw, and other lame, patronizing, internet places where I do all my shopping because it's cheaper and faster and doesn't involve Broadway.Just FYI - Moosejaw is brick & mortar right there in Boulder (just like Neptune) and also gives pretty generously to the BCC for trail work and events (just like Neptune). Granted they are not on Broadway, like Neptune, but they are in the 29th street mall, but to describe them in terms that implies that they are just an internet place would be somewhat inaccurate. |
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Dankasaurus wrote: The reason Neptune is struggling, or perhaps Backwoods' business model isn't perfectly what you want, is because of backcountry, moosejaw, and other lame, patronizing, internet places where I do all my shopping because it's cheaper and faster and doesn't involve Broadway.Some of us need Internet-based companies to get stuff. We don't all live by rad mountaineering shops stocked with non-REI items... |
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Kind of sad to see a venerable old shop going downhill. |