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Official ....Lost custom order thread
- Thread starter casa_mugrienta
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Very solid outfit. Over 10 boards and everything delivered on time and on point.
Firewire was able to break into the industry and become popular due to offshore manufacturing coupled with their consignment model, marketing and Tomo.
In fact 9/10 if I see a FW it's a Tomo. And I'm seeing less FWs.
They would not exist, nor would their consignment model exist, if they weren't using cheap labor in Asia.
It's as simple as that.
local shop has rows and rows of long ass Tomo's and Torq Channel Islands pop outs.
They had a handful of locally shaped fish and they were gone within a month.
People still want local boards when it's convenient.
Other local shaper has some cool boards but guy in water told me it took 6 months to get a board made.
The FWs often sit, and sit, and sit.
Sooner or later they get marked down. $399, $499.
I'd really love to know their price/unit.
How about all the funboard sized Tomos on the racks? How does this happen? Do the folks that order the boards for the shop just not know how they're supposed to be ridden? Is FW pushing them?
At that Economy of scale? From cobra factory- around 99 bucks.
Plus FireWire business model is to not charge the shops to hold the boards. So shops love keeping FireWire inventory. Free to sell and only get paid if they sell.
It's the new funboard, for the guy who doesn't want to be seen on a funboard. Simple as that.
They get a 6'4 cymatic and in their head, they're riding a shortboard.
It's a 6'4" with the rail line of an aircraft carrier.
To really get the firewire forum vibe, you've got to debate whether you should get the 6'4 or 6'6 cymatic - will the 6'6 have enough paddle power?
I can't blame them though. If I was at that stage in my life (which we will all be at some point) I'd rather be on a 6'4 cymatic than a funboard. To each their own.
But don't they know you can RIP on a midlength?? The erbb told me so with video clips and everything!
around $200 landed cost. mightve gone up a bit. wheres snark price when u need him??
I know for a fact 200 was landed cost back when they were smaller.
It’s had to go down with how much they expanded
mayhem - custom orders? i know shops that wont have anything to do with it as they know its a lose/lose for the shop and customer. Absolute debacle and absolutely no f....s given.