Current best prices on Campy? - Page 6

FixedNotBroken · #76 03-09-2012, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Tony T

Better to support your LBS, I'll bet that they're also "great guys"
(and I'll also bet that your LBS can come close to the Velomine price of $2,495.00 for a Campy Record gruppo)

Tony, how about you call them and get a price and not bash on Velomine? You go from pro-UK shopping to being Pro-LBS..you make no sense. They quoted me two days ago for a Record group at $1,650..they put it higher on there because they have to "list" it at a certain price. You don't make an effort to educate yourself very well before you make comments. I bet you there are many forum members who can keep vouching for Velomine..

Tony T · #77 03-09-2012, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by FixedNotBroken

Tony, how about you call them and get a price and not bash on Velomine?

Call? Why? I can see the price here: 2012 Campagnolo Record 11 Speed 9 piece Group $2,495.00

And how am I "bashing" Velomine by comparing their prices to what I paid to my LBS?

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Originally Posted by FixedNotBroken

they put it higher on there because they have to "list" it at a certain price.

Wrong (if that were true, they would say "call for price"). Click "buy" and your credit card be charged $2,495.

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buldogge · #78 03-09-2012, 10:00 PM

Why do you keep arguing this "point"...???

Give Ben a call and he will give you the best price he can on any given gruppo.

If he can't match/beat the UK shops he'll tell you.

-Mark in St. Louis

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Originally Posted by Tony T

Call? Why? I can see the price here: 2012 Campagnolo Record 11 Speed 9 piece Group $2,495.00

And how am I "bashing" Velomine by comparing their prices to what I paid to my LBS?

Wrong. Click "buy" and your credit card be charged $2,495.

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Tony T · #79 03-09-2012, 10:05 PM

Are you saying that if I didn't "know" to call Ben, that I would be charged the list price?

FixedNotBroken · #80 03-09-2012, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by buldogge

Why do you keep arguing this "point"...???

Give Ben a call and he will give you the best price he can on any given gruppo.

If he can't match/beat the UK shops he'll tell you.

-Mark in St. Louis

+1

wooly · #81 03-09-2012, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Tony T

Better to support your LBS, I'll bet that they're also "great guys"
(and I'll also bet that your LBS can come close to the Velomine price of $2,495.00 for a Campy Record gruppo)

I'd encourage anyone shopping to call David or Ben at Velomine before assuming this is the price you'd pay.

FixedNotBroken · #82 03-09-2012, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by wooly

I'd encourage anyone shopping to call David or Ben at Velomine before assuming this is the price you'd pay.

+1..

dave thompson · #83 03-09-2012, 10:20 PM

Tony T, I'd advise ya to give it a rest for a bit. Right or wrong, you're not making friends by arguing. This place is normally pretty calm and when necessary, we can agree to disagree. There are a lot of folks here with huge collective knowledge of things bicycle.

Peter B · #84 03-09-2012, 10:31 PM

Guess it's still winter in Tony T's neck of the woods.

Forecast calls for sunny here tomorrow and planning to ride. Campy 10.

Cheers all!

buldogge · #85 03-09-2012, 10:34 PM

Well...That's why you hang out on forums like this...community...knowledge...etc.

Now you know.

-Mark

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Originally Posted by Tony T

Are you saying that if I didn't "know" to call Ben, that I would be charged the list price?

akelman · #86 03-09-2012, 10:44 PM

This is one of the weirdest threads in recent memory. My takeaway is that I should shop at my LBS, as long as my LBS is a mail-order company in England. Noted.

FixedNotBroken · #87 03-09-2012, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by akelman

This is one of the weirdest threads in recent memory. My takeaway is that I should shop at my LBS, as long as my LBS is a mail-order company in England. Noted.

Haha..ohhhh man

oldpotatoe · #88 03-10-2012, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Black Dog

Here lays the problem. How can the LBS get the parts a decent price so that after they mark it up it is still somewhat competitive? Are there too many middle men taking too much? Is there a way that the LBS could order straight from the manufacturer and skip the middle men? It would seem with the web and modern logistics this should be easy.

Nope. Like lots of things 'bike', cannot order direct from the manufacturer.

oldpotatoe · #89 03-10-2012, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Tony T

Not by much. I had a bike built at a LBS, cost of a Campy Super Record was $2,900, and Velomine has it at $2,800. So, for $100 extra, my LBS does the build.

But even at $2900, that still quite a lot below the minimum recognized margin to break even at the end of the year fort a typical retail shop..you know, pay your fixed costs, pay the variable costs and make ZERO net profit, plus not losing any money, adding debt.

I suspect the LBS makes it up other places, like we do, soft goods, service, things that have a decent margin. I sold 2011 SR Ti for $3100.

stephenmarklay · #90 03-10-2012, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by dave thompson

Tony T, I'd advise ya to give it a rest for a bit. Right or wrong, you're not making friends by arguing. This place is normally pretty calm and when necessary, we can agree to disagree. There are a lot of folks here with huge collective knowledge of things bicycle.

I'd go a step further since I started the mess.

Moderators -please close this thread.