Blems

cwalker3

I’ve ordered 5 blems from the Specials section. Out of the 5, I finally got one that had a defect - a Vato with a weird one inch bump. Looks kind of like a splinter under paint. (No big deal.)

I’ll be damned if I can find anything on the other 4 though - outside of the BLEM stamps near the holes.

brigade_bill

they were probably graphic defects as alot of them are

SK8ER

I’ve bought blems that look better than the nonblems

mallgrabber

Guess that's a testament to their quality control standards- they'll pull the slightest, nearly invisible defect out and put it in the blem pile.

cwalker3

Yes - totally have gotten non-blems that were worse. My white BB Mountain is horrible - the screen is wrinkled. The graphic is not smooth, and a chunk is basically missing, about 2 inches by 5. And there were none available to exchange.

pulse8

Wow that's bad.

cwalker3

There are worst things in life to be sure. But yeah, I was disappointed.

mallgrabber

Maybe I need to take back my previous post. How could a deck like that get past quality control?

brigade_bill

it happens

cwalker3

We wouldn’t be loyal fans and customers if it was the norm. Plus they are great about exchanges and standing behind their stuff. The Mountain was just a tough circumstance given the rarity when I bought it. I think I got it from SoCal. But yeah, it happens.

McShredorDie

Yeah, especially compared to what Vision and Santa Cruz are doing, Powell still make some of the best reissues.

Sharks

Agree! Qulity is top! If I could only change one thing about their quality it’s that when doing “stained” reissues, the “staining” is done by a layer of the decal and not by actually staining the wood. You can tell how flat the decal looks compared to the depth of a proper stain.
Well, I might add that I miss full colour top logos too.
The rest is top notch!

SK8ER

I wish they would hand screen the oval dragons on top. Too many of my reissue oval dragons scratch off.