I'm with you on this one now you can either return the new equipment, since you didn't use it. Or sell it on ebay or something.

Yeah, I think you should have called. I mean if I lost $600 of equipment, I'd think of everywhere I used it and call.

agreed, what is the big deal? its not that hard to return stuff and if they won't take it back, turn around and sell it to someone else

You can't return allot of climbing equipment, it's against safety regulations because the gear is so fine tuned to make sure that it can hold even 8000lbs. The only gear that I had bought that I could return was the shoes and the chalk bag, but I still couldn't do that because I filled the bag with chalk and wore the shoes already. I didn't find my gear until I was done climbing for the night.

Why was calling the climbing place not the first thing you did? Sorry, but I have to go with YDI on this one.

Maybe because there are so many FMLs where the OP is whining about an easily fixable problem that isn't worth declaring one's life fucked over. "Go back to the store and return it" could be one of many proper responses to someone fishing for sympathy when none is needed.

you cant return everything you buy, but you wouldn't know anything about climbing would you fatty

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