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  • #1869092
    Stuart .
    BPL Member

    @lotuseater

    Locale: Colorado

    There's a really small link on each product page to post a review. If the email address you enter is already in their database you'll be forced to log in and re-enter the review.

    Moments later you receive an email with a coupon for 20% off valid for a month, even before they have validated / moderated the review.

    Now the downside for locals: the retail stores have no idea how to process the coupon code. They will direct you to the website. But if you live in a state that Golite has a business presence, you have to pay shipping and sales tax. I just experienced this in the Boulder store, 15 minutes ago.

    Golite have a lot to learn about being a brick and mortar retailer.

    #1869093
    Eric Drew
    Member

    @vtaduck

    Locale: Sespe Wilderness

    Bought a new Jam last week, then this sale pops up today. I called and they refunded me an extra $40, it was easy to reach someone on the phone and they were super friendly. I really appreciate that sort of thing.

    #1869094
    Emil Gazda
    Member

    @emilio

    Locale: Southeast

    They also refunded the difference of my SL3. Customer Service was again very friendly. After not being refunded the difference for the recent clearance I am incredibly satisfied with my purchase. I may even use the extra cash and the 20% coupon for the 3 season quilt!

    #1869099
    Stuart .
    BPL Member

    @lotuseater

    Locale: Colorado

    Congrats, Emil. I told you that customer service wasn't consistent. Glad your perseverance paid off.

    #1869106
    Gary Dunckel
    BPL Member

    @zia-grill-guy

    Locale: Boulder

    Thanks, Dan, Anna, and Stuart–it was right there, in tiny letters. So I wrote a lengthy review of my beloved SL-3, hit "Send," and they reminded me that I had to be logged in. I then did, but my password had expired and I had to set up a new one. My first review had been deleted, so this time they just got the Cliff's Notes version. But I got a 20% coupon.

    And yeah, Stuart–thanks for the heads up on doing the coupon at the store. I live in Boulder, and I like to hit my bank on the mall, get my parking ticket validated, and slide next door to GoLite to pester the help. On your advice, I just now called my buddy at the GL checkout desk, and he confirmed what you said–the coupon is only good online. So I have to pay shipping and sales tax, but still…

    Thanks to this thread for the 20% review coupon info!

    #1869108
    Emil Gazda
    Member

    @emilio

    Locale: Southeast

    Stuart- You most certainly did. I can be very persistent when we're talking about $100!

    BTW here's a 20% coupon code I don't need. I already have 3.

    Coupon Code: N55kIv
    Your coupon expires on 5/19/2012.

    #1869113
    Manuel Espejo
    BPL Member

    @manuel-espejo

    Locale: La Cuchilla de los Santa.

    is not possible for me to buy new Jam's pack, the place that sell this pack at a affordable price for me is the Golite web and GL don't accept my Colombian credit card, maybe a BPL member can order for me? I can transfer the money first via Paypal.

    please help me, this is not a Scam.

    p.d: excuse my english.

    #1869121
    Jeff Gerke
    Spectator

    @mtnrunner

    Locale: Utah

    Thanks for the heads up on this everyone! I just got a new Jam and a 800 fill 3 season quilt for a total of $185. I haven't ran across a better deal than that for awhile.

    #1869125
    Kris Cavitt
    Member

    @netmonster

    Locale: North Texas

    I have been wanting to get a UL pack. This sealed the deal for me great packs, even greater prices.

    #1869133
    Ceph Lotus
    BPL Member

    @cephalotus

    Locale: California

    Do the Golite tents include the floor & netting? It's not clear on the website, and I recall from before they had to be bought separately.

    #1869135
    Emil Gazda
    Member

    @emilio

    Locale: Southeast

    They include the fly and the inner. The inner is the netting and floor combined.

    #1869136
    Link .
    BPL Member

    @annapurna

    it's the whole tent not just the flysheet

    #1869138
    Stuart .
    BPL Member

    @lotuseater

    Locale: Colorado

    Tents include the flysheet and the nest (integrated floor and mesh). Floors were discontinued at the end of last year, as were the flysheets and nests sold individually. Every once in a while they pop up on the clearance closet page. If an item is listed as 'temporarily out of stock', it's worth calling customer service, as they sometimes have a few items kicking around in the warehouse.

    #1869146
    K C
    BPL Member

    @kalebc

    Locale: South West

    Im the OP, I put "Crazy" in the title in hopes of getting everyone's attention. I'm a golite fan, good stuff. Best deals I have ever seen.

    #1869154
    Nigel Healy
    Member

    @nigelhealy

    Locale: San Francisco bay area

    I've just compared the weight of this kit with what I have and the GoLite name should be GoHeavy.e.g. their Shangri-La 1 dual-layer tent is 1Kg with pegs excluding poles. Compare to say Tarptent Notch 0.7Kg.

    They aren't using the lightest materials. That is helping keep the costs low. E.g. their sleeping bag for 0F -18C which would typically for a "lite" demand 800fp/900fp they're using 650+fp so leading to 1.6Kg. Compare to say a PHD Minim 600 0.9Kg but at over 4x the cost.

    Good prices though. Probably needs to be to offset the weight :) The name Golite is really GoHeavy or GoCheap?

    It is worrying all these sales, thick+fast a lot of product dumping. I got umbrellas a few weeks back and the 2011 Jam and Peak a few months back.

    #1869156
    Bobby Lee
    Member

    @rblee

    Nigel, maybe they know something we dont? is the world really ending end of 2012? Are GoLite head honchos living it it up on these sales revenues for the last 6 months of our existance? lol

    #1869163
    Nigel Healy
    Member

    @nigelhealy

    Locale: San Francisco bay area

    I dunno, GoHeavy, GoCheap, GoEndOfTheWorld….

    Good though someone can kit themselves with new stuff, tent, sleeping bag, waterproofs, etc for not much….. Not Lite though….. must be sickening if someone bought their stuff outside of these sales. I was surprised to see their 2012 prices, usually inflation sends $ upwards.

    #1869164
    K C
    BPL Member

    @kalebc

    Locale: South West

    Nigel, I just compared my cuben 9 X 8 tarp 0.17kg to your Notch 0.75kg, you should call your kit "notch another pound on my gear list".

    (joking)

    #1869168
    Bill Reynolds
    BPL Member

    @billreyn1

    Locale: North East Georgia Mountains

    Anyone have an extra 20% coupon? Thanks

    #1869169
    Link .
    BPL Member

    @annapurna

    just write a review and they will send you one

    #1869177
    Michael Ray
    BPL Member

    @topshot

    Locale: Midwest

    > I was surprised to see their 2012 prices, usually inflation sends $ upwards.

    Their sales and clearances the past several months have certainly been unusual. Just picked up 2 Jams for the same price I paid nearly 3 years ago when they were 40% off.

    Thanks for the tip on the coupon, too!!!

    #1869184
    Ryan Smith
    BPL Member

    @violentgreen

    Locale: East TN

    Sweet!

    I was about one second from buying a visor and a pair of Mesa 9" shorts three days ago, but saw the $10 shipping and changed my mind. The 20% off review coupon makes shipping basically free. Didn't hurt I added a Manitou T-shirt either.

    Ryan

    #1869188
    Nigel Healy
    Member

    @nigelhealy

    Locale: San Francisco bay area

    Not like-for-like. Correct, you can go lighter than a Notch, just remove doors, netting, floor, and the corresponding warmth and insect protection. "To each their own".

    #1869209
    Ryan Elsey
    Member

    @paintballswimguy

    Locale: Kansas City

    How long does it take to get your code after you submit a review…

    Also, I need a new rain jacket. Are any of the golite one's a good value?

    #1869213
    Robb Watts
    BPL Member

    @rwatts

    Locale: Western PA

    Almost instantaneously. Takes longer to sneeze.

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