From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Thu Oct 17 18:54:40 1996 Received: from thistle.csv.warwick.ac.uk by clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk with ESMTP id SAA25929; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 18:53:53 +0100 (BST) Received: by thistle.csv.warwick.ac.uk id SAA01857; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 18:46:33 +0100 (BST) Received: from clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk by thistle.csv.warwick.ac.uk with ESMTP id SAA01838; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 18:45:28 +0100 (BST) Received: from WWW.SKIPOOL.COM by clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk with ESMTP id SAA24905; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 18:44:30 +0100 (BST) Received: from parijs.tip.nl (143.177.1.10) by WWW.SKIPOOL.COM with SMTP (Apple Internet Mail Server 1.0); Thu, 17 Oct 1996 03:24:50 +0100 Received: from t515940 by parijs.tip.nl with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #16) id m0vDopi-000DmtC; Thu, 17 Oct 96 11:33 MET DST Message-Id: <m0vDopi-000DmtC@parijs.tip.nl> From: "Thomas Leder" <thomas.leder@tip.nl> To: <thebiglist@www.skipool.com>, "responseds" <flakes@www.skipool.com> Subject: Re: Snowfall Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 11:16:49 +0200 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Status: RO ---------- > From: responseds <flakes@www.skipool.com> > To: thebiglist@www.skipool.com > Subject: Snowfall > Date: donderdag 17 oktober 1996 7:53 > > SKIPOOL > http://www.skipool.com > Box 606 Banff Ab. TOLOCO > (403)762-2460ph (403)762-8585 fax > toll free 1 888 762-2460 > flakes@www.skipool.com (email) > > Hello, We are a Company called skipool. "WE SELL SKIS!". More accuratley > right now we sell racing equipment. What happens every year, if ski racing > is your full time job, your sponser's rep. gives you 2-20 pairs of this > years race skis plus boots , helmets , suits ... depending on who you race > for. These skis are the R&D skis, the best technology available. Your job > as a company sponsered athlete is to win, and test the skis, giving the > company feed back so that in 2 or 3 years they can introduce that ski to > the retail marketplace. To make a long story short we sell "race skis" > obtained from company sponsered athletes at a provincial and national team > level. If you have never skied on race stock, the difference is worldly; > like the difference between your Car and Al Unsers or your skates and > Gretsky's. Also you may not know it, but the Canadian National Ski Team is > an amatuer orginization which, to the athletes, means no huge personal > Corprate sponsers. So, we sell their gear. Some has been used and lots is > still in the plastic but ethier way this is the only place in the world to > buy a the fastest skis and the best Descente suits made. These guys have > every piece of gear known to man. And they would like you to buy it. > > By using the internet we are trying to do several things. > 1.Contact a global market to sell Canadian equipment. > 2. Promote ski racing, heighten awarness and hopefully Sponsership for > World Cup,Europa Cup and NorAm skiing athletes. > 3. Start a Retail Store to Sell Skis Online! > This part is new. So we would like to tell you what we can do and would > like your input on how comfortable you are with the internet aswell as what > would be important to you in an online ski rep. > We can buy new skis from Rossignol,Salomon,Dynastar .... as well as > boots,bindings,deflex,bags everything you see in a store. > Retail Stores sign a contract to sell a company's equipment. In that > contract is a lowest possible advetised price. This is the least retailers > are allowed to advertise they sell Skis for. This provides that huge > retailers don't cut out the little guy and makes sure top of the line skis > are associated with top of the line price tags. > > Rossignol ex's: > Suggested Retail $650 $US > We could sell you these skis for $430 $US, $220 less, 66% of retail. > > Well, we are poor and we think that type of logic is stupid. In Banff we > have been buying skis from reps or through a pro deal for half retail since > time began. > If we could provide equipment, online technical support to help you with > making the right decsision, UPS 4-5 day delivery, and 100% money back > guarantee, would you buy skis online? And would you tell everyone you know > that it worked very well and saved $220? > > We believe that the best way to help you feel comfortable with an online > ski store is to help you feel comforable with the internet. > Download Netscape. > You can download Netscape for free at > http://home.netscape.com/comprod/mirror/client_download.html > or order the retail version at the same place. > We are looking for help telling the world about skipool. If you liked > skipool and would like to link to us or know somewhere our link should be, > please feel free to contact us at flakes@www.skipool.com or add us to any > link list you would like. We would really appreciate it. > Soon we'll have Malcom Charmichael World Cup Photography > Race Results, Canadian Team Bio's, A sponsered athlete of the month, > ...full retail Skis & Snowboards...... > But first we are trying to get a feel for if an online ski store is > fesable. These are services we would really like to provide. If you agree > please visit skipool, send us mail or buy something. If there is a good > response, we promise to be able to provide anything snow orienated you can > dream of, for way less, before Christmas. > > If you would like to add a link to skipool, we have attatched an animated > gif skipool logo for you to use. Just copy/paste the code below in the > <body> tag of your html document and add the local pathway to the folder > where you plan to keep the wesellskis.gif. Any questions call us at > flakes@www.skipool.com > > <a href=http://www.skipool.com/><img src=wesellskis.gif><font > size=4><b>SKiPooL</a></b></font><br> > Add what you think of the site in your own words here. > Also feel free to liberate any pictures or code you wish from the store. > > Thanks, Peace. > Mike & Kim @skipool > > >