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I'm going to start selling Savvy stickers for 39 bucks shipped and throw in 2 soft shackles for free.
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I'm going to start selling Savvy stickers for 39 bucks shipped and throw in 2 soft shackles for free.
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No, but I can get them just as easily as I get any sticker I have made. The only reason anyone is out of Savvy stickers is because they want to be.
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I'd consider it if we didn't have to add a whole new set of listings just to be more than my normal smartassedness.
Look what just arrived:
So stoked. Thanks Blaine!!
So stoked. Thanks Blaine!!
The price Blaine put on these is unbelievable. I don't currently need one, but do feel like a moth in front of a bug light!
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The price Blaine put on these is unbelievable. I don't currently need one, but do feel like a moth in front of a bug light!
Yeah, especially for what you get. It's top notch for sure!
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The price Blaine put on these is unbelievable. I don't currently need one, but do feel like a moth in front of a bug light!
That's what happens when you agree to pay someone a royalty and then don't do it. I'm basically making my royalty back one piece at a time. We've calculated our hard cost, added in transaction fees, a little bit for packaging, actual shipping and then I stuck the agreed upon royalty on top of that.
The other way to look at that is I'm essentially selling at their cost more or less depending on little discounts for packaging and shipping volumes here and there. I'm not as smart about it as I should be since I'm still out the previously owed royalties so they should all have a double amount added in, but I ain't that smart.
Now this all makes sense. I had one of the original Viking thimbles and thought it was a simple, but clever solution. The description has your name on it!
"Viking Offroad Safety Thimble is the original Safety Thimble, designed by Blaine Johnson. The Safety Thimble is designed to prevent the thimble from getting pulled into the fairlead where most accidents happen in winching, often due to winch "run-on" from electric winches. The Safety Thimble is designed to be used with 3/4" shackles but not with hooks although one can install a detachable hook. The thimble can be pulled tight against the fairlead which keeps rattles from happening. The Safety Thimbles is also lightest option for a winchline ans specifically designed for use with sythetic ropes."
https://www.quadratec.com/products/92135_9000.htm
Here's my Viking Safety Thimble fresh out of the box in July 2014.
I wish I would have kept mine. I bought it new and it was with me across a couple XJs, a TJ, then an LJ. Sadly, I was a dummy and sold it with a winch. It's one of those pieces I'd consider a collectable. I used the hell out of it and it never let me down!
I wish I would have kept mine. I bought it new and it was with me across a couple XJs, a TJ, then an LJ. Sadly, I was a dummy and sold it with a winch. It's one of those pieces I'd consider a collectable. I used the hell out of it and it never let me down!
I still have mine and it gets more and more use each year. Eventually I will switch to the newest soft shackle compatible design, because it's the wise thing to do. But in the meantime, the old Viking version is a fun piece of history that I enjoy using.
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Hey, you can actually put lipstick on a pig.
