Nextsport said:
Nate- we have no records of you ever placing an order, nor was any money taken or charged from you. Our last correspondence we have on file is of you quitting because we wouldn't send you free product, despite never fulfilling any part of your obligations initially as all other team riders had. We apologize if you were mislead but it was clearly stated in the agreement you signed that at your sponsorship level you were entitled to product discount only until you progressed to a higher level. Every other rider on our team has gone through the same process.
We're sorry you feel that way about everything John (1) but it seems as if you had made up your mind long ago(2) regardless of any commercial or message you claim we ever made. 2 or 4 wheel scooter regardless how many other companies do you see supporting scooters period? The answer: zero. (3) Arguing about 2 v 4 is irrelevant because we're still providing your fellow riders with opportunities they would never have been exposed to. (4) We don't demand that any of our team riders quit riding 2 wheelers and obviously none have, judging by the amount of minivideos and clips they continue to supply for everyone elses enjoyment. It's a moot point because our sponsored riders are being recognized for doing something they enjoy not because we force them too.
You choose to see what you want to see. (5)
Allllllllwrighty......
(1) Im sure you are, because i am one stubborn asshole when i am right.
(2) I had made up my mind when you first went back on your word, saying long ago that you wanted to help out the 2 wheeled scootering community.. only to take a fat steaming shit on our face and proceed to saran wrap it around us.
(3)For the biggest arguement of your life, It seems like most companies are only trying to turn scooter riding into a monopoly, but there are some who are doing the right thing.
If we all gave into the backstabbers like next sport who dont care about us, only advertisement and money, then we are never going to get scootering where we want it.
As long as there are people with the right vision, scooters will become something greater than any 4 wheeled baby of some over dramatic company.
Anyone who has ridden a scooter knows deep down that more is possible with what weve had already, and your little "improvement" is just a cheap knock off of real scooters.
So before you even think about saying no-one cares, you may want to think about how much longer we have been around than you, there are plenty of people with the right motives, and its only a matter of time before we get the respect we deserve.
(4) you are merely taking away our riders and promising them benefits that they could easily have with their own sport in the future.
I see it for what it is, advertisement. Youre pretty smart when it comes to that, deceptive rather, but it dies out when people like me and others see what you are really trying to do.
Ive called you out, not as a person, but as a company, your motives are just taking away what weve worked for with this sport and im not one for it.
Youre just another uneducated company who doesnt know anything about the history and basics of scooters or your own product for a matter of fact, which is why it is still a horrible peice of equipment for tricks. We went through that process (breaking stuff and finding out what works, riding and making communities) and came up with our own sport, what we have today, scooter riding.
So, darren.
I Know you are just a man doing your advertising job, and im not taking it personal because you didnt really know better. But we are a community, and we know what is what because of our experience of almost 10 years as a passtime.
(5) So before things even begin to get heated.. out of contrast or whatever.. i just ask that you leave the scootering community alone, because weve had enough.
