Bringing Back The Best: Lotii And Other Assorted Love Songs

[MHSP1497]

what in the name of all 666?!?!? I see it has been debated up thread, but damn, another sweet offering from Heritage Labs!

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a question: how is the Bamboo / Poplar wood core designed, meaning what wood / grass goes where?

… how long will the pre-order window be open? I think I might need these in my life.

[bw_wp_hedonism]

MO, you gotta stop man. My bank account won’t survive.

I’m salivating over these.


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[Whiteroom_Guardian]

what in the name of all 666?!?!? I see it has been debated up thread, but damn, another sweet offering from Heritage Labs!

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a question: how is the Bamboo / Poplar wood core designed, meaning what wood / grass goes where?

Praise be to our most un-holy on high.

[ASmileyFace]

Holy Hellbent!! The hellbent ain't the ski for me but for those that follow the cult have to be psyched. I know at least two people locally who have said they want a new pair so I will be passing this along.

[SkiLyft]

Agreed, had a pair my second season on skis. I’d like to jump on a pair now and see what my thoughts would be. While it might have been my skill level if I landed in the back seat at all those tails were like banana peels!


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[Marshal Olson]

I'm strangely super pumped to ski some of these too. Like literally can't wait.

[Marshal Olson]

… how long will the pre-order window be open? I think I might need these in my life.

Yeah, I will need to place the order in the next 3-4 weeks to the factory, and typically order a couple extra pair of each. So... get on it mang!

[Marshal Olson]

a question: how is the Bamboo / Poplar wood core designed, meaning what wood / grass goes where?

Yessir, so the core is alternating tip-to-tail stringers of Bamboo and Poplar. Having experimented with all manner of different woods and orientations, this is by far my most favorite setup. Gives the perfect blend of super smooth and damp but also lively and responsive. Then, the Fiberglass choices really compliment this too, as they work in unison with the core itself.

[kid-kapow]

Yessir, so the core is alternating tip-to-tail stringers of Bamboo and Poplar. Having experimented with all manner of different woods and orientations, this is by far my most favorite setup. Gives the perfect blend of super smooth and damp but also lively and responsive. Then, the Fiberglass choices really compliment this too, as they work in unison with the core itself.

Sweet - thanks for the explanation!

[byates1]

Marshal,if you have to eat 5200$ is BS shipping fees I think we can all throw some coin your way to offset that.

I'm in for 20$ or more..

[Marshal Olson]

Quick recap, if you are interested... The original shipment from Blossom was for 7 boxes back in early March. One package was received within 10 days. It was the "master tracking ID" package. I was auto-charged $7,200 ass on as this one package was delivered, which SHOULD have been $3,000 based on posted rates online and what I typically see, as I ship orders of this magnitude internationally all the time. 3 more packages were finally received at about 24 days. Two of the three remaining packages were recorded as "lost" by Fedex at 30 days, but located around 50 days. They were mistakenly returned to sender, and once FedEx turned them back around to head to me, this is what triggered the double billing (for $5200) when they finally delivered (highly damaged) at 60 days. The last package is still MIA.


All along this journey, I have tried to all FedEx countless times. Firstly, since Covid, they laid off all business account managers, so the only customer service of any kind is an overseas call center that has no authority to do anything other than read the same info a tracking number publishes on the FedEx website. All customer service is referred to their web portal. I have tried to penetrate this and get to any sort of CS manager repeatedly with no success. As per the newly revised FedEx user agreement, there is only a limited time to file claims online, and since the master ID package was delivered and paid, the online portal will literally NOT LET YOU proceed with a claim either on damages or on being double-billed (since the packages were technically re-rerouted, though due to FedEx ineptitude). Even if you put another tracking number in, there is a drop-down that forces you to select the master tracking ID associated with that package. I have tried sending a registered mail to FedEx Corp headquarters, but it gets returned, and I have emailed every CS email I can find on the FedEx website, and I just get the same autoresponder saying I must file issues online via the widget.


So long story short, I have close to 100 hours spent trying to deal with this... and I'm over it! My thinking now is to offer BOYCOTT FEDEX T-shirts as a fundraiser for anyone taking pity on this situation!

[jackattack]

That's messed up. #fuckfedex

It sounds like HL needs a brand ambassador to fly over, test the new fleet, and shepherd the Blossom shipment back to the US via air freight. LMK where to apply!

[kid-kapow]

fuck man, that sucks.

The shipping world has been driving inflation through their price gauging over the past few years, but let's blame other things for it now eh, it cannot be corporate greed no? Trickle down economy ftw.

I would happily chip in for a local to me 6-pack / 20usd, no tee required (shipping would make getting it here too expensive). While I cannot afford to sample your goods at this time I do love being somewhat part of the journey and learning from participating in your threads - they add so much value to this board.

[byates1]

JFC. Horror show. You got to go to a physical fed ex store and get it ran up the food chain in person.

Or get a vid explaining.that exact thing to go viral online. They will snap to their feet right quick.

That's a lot of coin to eat. We aren't talking about a few hundred bucks..

[lucknau]

Quick recap, if you are interested... The original shipment from Blossom was for 7 boxes back in early March. One package was received within 10 days. It was the "master tracking ID" package. I was auto-charged $7,200 ass on as this one package was delivered, which SHOULD have been $3,000 based on posted rates online and what I typically see, as I ship orders of this magnitude internationally all the time. 3 more packages were finally received at about 24 days. Two of the three remaining packages were recorded as "lost" by Fedex at 30 days, but located around 50 days. They were mistakenly returned to sender, and once FedEx turned them back around to head to me, this is what triggered the double billing (for $5200) when they finally delivered (highly damaged) at 60 days. The last package is still MIA.


All along this journey, I have tried to all FedEx countless times. Firstly, since Covid, they laid off all business account managers, so the only customer service of any kind is an overseas call center that has no authority to do anything other than read the same info a tracking number publishes on the FedEx website. All customer service is referred to their web portal. I have tried to penetrate this and get to any sort of CS manager repeatedly with no success. As per the newly revised FedEx user agreement, there is only a limited time to file claims online, and since the master ID package was delivered and paid, the online portal will literally NOT LET YOU proceed with a claim either on damages or on being double-billed (since the packages were technically re-rerouted, though due to FedEx ineptitude). Even if you put another tracking number in, there is a drop-down that forces you to select the master tracking ID associated with that package. I have tried sending a registered mail to FedEx Corp headquarters, but it gets returned, and I have emailed every CS email I can find on the FedEx website, and I just get the same autoresponder saying I must file issues online via the widget.


So long story short, I have close to 100 hours spent trying to deal with this... and I'm over it! My thinking now is to offer BOYCOTT FEDEX T-shirts as a fundraiser for anyone taking pity on this situation!

I know this is a dumb question, but have you ratted them out to the Better Business Bureau? Sometimes works…


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