{"id":1081,"date":"2007-03-30T08:44:42","date_gmt":"2007-03-30T13:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2007-03-30T08:44:42","modified_gmt":"2007-03-30T13:44:42","slug":"moosejaw-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2007\/03\/30\/moosejaw-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"Moosejaw magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

So Moosejaw.com<\/a> has been around since, like, forever in Internet time, but the Detroit Free Press just found out about it a couple weeks back. <\/a><\/p>\n

The Madison Heights-based outdoor retailer offers advice to lovelorn customers every day. Moosejaw also wants to play Rock, Paper, Scissors with you and find out what you like for lunch.
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\nThis is a store that sells kayaks.
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\nFrom the hundreds of random quips in its mail-order catalog to the constant conversation the retailer has with its usually young customers, 14-year-old Moosejaw has built an outrageous personality that aims to take the seriousness out of buying tents, sweatshirts and, yes, kayaks.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Have to admit I find the goofy stuff kinda cool, but I can’t say it’s ever induced an urge to buy stuff from their Web site.
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I do have to give them credit for the fabulous babes in their ads, though. I’m still waiting for Casey at Modern Hiker to turn in the assignment I gave him a few months back — to create a Girls of Moosejaw.com post — or, better yet, a calendar!. (I’m thinking the main reason we never see supermodels on the trail is either a) dirt ruins their pedicures; or b) forests are too far from their heroin dealers).<\/p>\n

All juvenile joshing aside: Internet outdoor retailers are taking a bite out of local businesses that sell gear. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So Moosejaw.com has been around since, like, forever in Internet time, but the Detroit Free Press just found out about it a couple weeks back. The Madison Heights-based outdoor retailer offers advice to lovelorn customers every day. Moosejaw also wants…<\/p>\n

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