REI membership: is it worth it?

[bobinmurphy]

hal wrote:
Unlike other REI fans, I'm NOT a fan of REI branded products. They are almost always poor imitations of much better equipment.

Same here. Like a friend of mine says, a visit to an REI store to find what she's looking for, then surfing the Internet to find the same thing at a much more reasonable price.

As a former ScoutMaster I always found Campmor had a much wider selection of products and better prices.