REI

So REI members get to be part of this cool sell everything returned sale a couple times a year. It is a crazy long process.

I went for the first time. :-)

Everyone who goes in gets a ticket and they draw lotto style (neither time I went did I get in early) to go pick out of their random piles. I went on a mission for hiking boots (when climbing half dome sounded like a good idea) and waited ages. Finally I found a good pair and paid less than 10 bucks brand new!

I went back the next night and I was last to get called and an epic fail.