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cost increases due to shipping
SHIPPING COST INCREASES WILL CAUSE MY PRICES TO INCREASEYesterday Estella my head of shipping and my office manager Donna came to me disturbed by what they have learned about the shipping costs from the US Postal Service that will be going into effect January 1, 2020.The basic cost increase will be 4.1 percent. Having heard this, I called my Federal [...]
Loving Testimonials
YOU BET I LOVE TESTIMONIALS!Your comment about loving testimonials motivated me to write this. My wife and I just finished a camping trip to Central California Coast and while only cool and dry, low temps in the mid 40’s with an ocean breeze makes it chilly for suburban wives. But she was toasty warm in her stylish blue Ducksback [...]
i just love testimonials
TESTIMONIALSWHAT W.L. GORE HAS NEVER RECEIVED IN 50 YEARSHere is one more testimonial about a Wiggy product to go with the many thousands that have preceded it.TV BLANKETIt’s not just the incredible product, it’s the people behind it!My wife shocked me a few years ago when she started stealing my higher-end, non-issue woobie. With her birthday a little over week [...]
letters and investigations
A PLEASANT TESTIMONIALJerry, I received the custom Ducksback insulated poncho today. I went with the L3 insulation and OD green. You mention the price would be $150 whether it was L6 or L3. I think $150 is still a bargain for what I’m getting. And due to your conservative temp ratings, I’m glad I went with L3 in the end.Thank you [...]
marc's experience
MARC TOLD ME THE FOLLOWING STORY JUST THE OTHER DAY SO I ASKED HIM TO WRITE ITUP AND I WOULD PUT IN ON THE WEN SITE.Marc TaylorOctober 10, 2019Walking the TalkAttempt to Fail my WET Wiggy’s Sleeping BagIn July of 2005, with the blessing of Jerry Wigutow of Wiggy’s, Inc. I opened“Wiggy’s Alaska”, the Alaska retail location [...]
competition, none, read why
DOES WIGGY’S HAVE COMPETITION IN THE SLEEPING BAG MARKET?The other day three guys stopped in to see what all Wiggy’s sold. I assumed they were not from Grand Junction, but I was wrong all lived here for from 10 to 25 years. There first time visiting the store.Anyway, one of them asked who my competition was/ my answer was I [...]
Offering an Education
Since this Program Manager Todd Towles insulted my intelligence when he said the marine corps would not buy my sleeping bags because I was not using the newest and greatest insulation, I decided to send the IG this article to give to Todd Towles so he could educate himself. I do not think it [...]
more info surfaces
MORE QUESTIONABLE ACTIVITYToday I learned that outdoor research llc does not have a GSA contract.There is a GSA website that has a list of every GSA contract holder in the country and probably some out of the country listed in alphabetical order. So, I looked in the “o” file and found that I could not find outdoor research llc [...]
never changing the temperature ratings of my products
MORE WHO EXPERIENCED LOWER TEMPERATURES THAN RATINGSI am not surprised when a second person steps up and speaks of their experience with my bags performing at temperatures that are lower than I rate the bags.Jerry,"I told Jeff his experience is why i will not lower the amount of Lamilite I put in my bags or lower the temperature capability [...]
THE MARINE CORPSE IS DEAD TO ME
THE MARINE CORPSE IS DEAD TO ME!!!First thing Friday morning I called Albert Adams the “team leader” of the area that includes footwear to find out if he or someone in his “team” spoke with Todd Towles and told him I was non-responsive to their desire to make changes to the muk luks or as Todd said over boots.Albert was [...]