chrisironsbones:
PUHOLINO: And the price of the new items in the elite collection is actually really good. I don't know how much golf shirts cost in the US, but in Slovenia any Nike shirts START at 50 euros (around $67) in retail (regular price, not talking about sales), so the fact you can buy one for 18.000 credits (with cost of overseas shipping included) sounds like a very good deal to me.
but all that NIKE merchandise has probably cost WGT NOTHING. probably Nike has thrown in a few hats & shirts as part of the advertisement they have with WGT and using their name for balls etc etc rather than Titleist or another brand. So basically I bet the shirts cost ZERO to wgt and its all PROFIT anyway
WTH does their cost have to do with us? It's their business and they can run it anyway they like. If I can get a shirt, that would cost me 50+ euros in a store, for 18.000 credits, which would otherwise be worthless, I'll take it and be very happy. The conversion rate is more than 100% better than if I bought a gift card.
And the way you're acting one would think your 150.000 credits actually cost you $1.500. Since we all know, that people who can actually afford to buy Elite items, did not get the majority of their credits by buying their worth in real money, so stop acting like you're paying for these items as much as that amount of credits would cost in real money!
I understood all the fuss about removing the gift cards and I fully agree you all have a legitimate gripe about their removal. I sincerely wish you get them back. But moaning about the new items is beyond me. What a friggin sense of entitlement, ffs!
P.S.: And just to put everything in perspective. You could buy 9 shirts with what you'd pay for a $250 gift card. Now tell me how much you think you'd get for those 9 shirts if you sold them online? My bet would be more than $250. Just some food for thought before you all jump off the nearest cliff because you feel you've been getting a raw deal ;-)