Fairfax, VA – -(Ammoland.com)- The NRA Foundation has over 1,100 “Friends of NRA Committees” around the country.
These committees host banquets and auctions that are attended by hundreds of thousands of guests each year. These events raise funds to support charitable causes and programs. The NRA Foundation supports the needs of youth programs for education, safety and training, as well as law enforcement needs, shooting ranges and conservation programs.
For many years we have purchased coolers from YETI for our auctions. We have auctioned off many thousands of YETI coolers each year.
YETI recently dropped The NRA Foundation as a client. Not only would they not take our orders for more coolers, they forced us to cancel orders already in the system that they said they would not fill.
Three days after we notified you of YETI’s decision to drop The NRA Foundation, YETI issued their prepared statement in which they admit they dropped us but claim they simply eliminated the discount program and dropped other (unnamed) organizations as well. That’s news to us.
Perhaps the people writing YETI’s damage control statements are not talking to the people who enforced YETI’s decisions and refused our orders. We had even offered the YETI Roadie in one of our sponsorship levels for 2018 – which we’ve had to cancel.
We told you the truth.
YETI’s attempts at damage control is to say our statement is not accurate. Shame on you again YETI. You know you made a mistake. A big one. Now you must live with your mistake.
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YETI started their company by marketing themselves to high end outdoorsman, and their word of mouth would grow the company to huge success.
YETI ended their company in the same way.
Here is to hoping new yeti cooler purchasers become as rare as the creature they are named for. Maybe in the next year we will be able to say yeti coolers don’t exist except for some blurry pics of them hiding behind a tree.
Hay yeti that Friends Of The NRA cooler looks cool I’ll take one ‘ for $10.00 ‘maybe 2 for $15.00
I’ll even give you 90days to pay ME.
Another company caving to the minority of the people in favor of political correctness, I guess they’re hoping the snowflakes and basement dwellers will buy their products…..yea right
Hey Yeti,
Actions have consequences, and even worse when you lie about things. Enjoy your consequences!
I looked at them a few years ago and bought the 80qt Cabelas cooler instead. It had a few more features, slightly larger size, and quite a bit less money. We took it on an elk hunt last fall. 20 bag of ice to start and 11 days later, there was still 5 lbs in it. That included some daytime temps in the 70s. Orca, RTIC, and Pelican are also excellent choices.
Nice of you to give the other guys a boost in sales Yeti. Bet shooting yourself in the dick will hurt for a long time.