Open Letter to IPF and British Powerlifting re Metal

[Wilhelm]

You can sign the letter if you wish.
forms.gle/7XcpTiKeJPHdcprY7

[LexAnderson]

What's this about, good sir? Won't open up in my computer.

[Wilhelm]

What's this about, good sir? Won't open up in my computer.

Maybe i screwed up the link.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIp ... Q/viewform

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USAPL and CPU already dropped Metal, and EliteFTS also stopped carrying their items.

IPF and British Powerlifting have yet to do so.

[LexAnderson]

What's this about, good sir? Won't open up in my computer.

Maybe i screwed up the link.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIp ... Q/viewform

Context -
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=3555

USAPL and CPU already dropped Metal, and EliteFTS also stopped carrying their items.

IPF and British Powerlifting have yet to do so.

Well the IPF makes a pretty penny from Metal paying them their fee, so if they want to get the IPF drop them then the other companies need to threaten to not pay their fees.

[TheDuke]

My black girlfriend bought me few weeks ago Metal powerlifting belt.
What am I to do now, apologize to her?

[LexAnderson]

My black girlfriend bought me few weeks ago Metal powerlifting belt.
What am I to do now, apologize to her?

See if you can get her to return it for a refund? I mean unless you don't compete in meets, then you could keep it and just use it in the gym.

[augeleven]

My black girlfriend bought me few weeks ago Metal powerlifting belt.
What am I to do now, apologize to her?

Tell her about the drama and that SBD is doing swaps if you have proof of purchase. Wilhelm already got his, I think?

[Wilhelm]

My black girlfriend bought me few weeks ago Metal powerlifting belt.
What am I to do now, apologize to her?

Tell her about the drama and that SBD is doing swaps if you have proof of purchase. Wilhelm already got his, I think?

Only singlets and deadlift socks are being swapped.

Don't know if @TheDuke is in the states, or if the belt was bought from EliteFTS, but if it was, maybe they will do a return, since they severed ties with Metal over this.

Maybe even any seller other than Metal themselves would accept this as a reason for a return.

[5hout]

I don't really know much about the minutia of gear approval or whatnot (in fencing we'd call this homologation, a word that I love to hate). Is there a history of the IPF/other feds enforcing more than just "yes, this gear meets our standards and has paid a testing/approval/listing fee?"