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I've gotten a couple groupsets over the past 10 years from UK vendors. Great prices for USians, for sure. But I've been able to do just as well if not better by surfing forum classifieds/craigslist/ebay and keeping it local. I guess that isn't doing a whole lot for my LBS, but at least the money is staying in the local bike community and goods are being re-used rather than disposed of.
I certainly don't have a stable of bespoke 5-figure bikes, but I don't think my riding is suffering from not having the latest/greatest. What I really need is better time management to ride the bikes I do have. |
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As to wear parts, I haven't seen a lot of new Ultegra chains for sale in the classifieds, but I'll be glad to keep looking.. |
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I ordered some Campy components from Ribble earlier this week without an issue, I have not received them yet but it shows they have been dispatched.
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I just ordered some Michelin latex tubes from Ribble last week and it shipped the same day.
Was definitely cheaper than from US retailers or Amazon. But they also carried the 40mm valve length that is hard to impossible to find at a US retailers...even Amazon has sparse listings for these that come from 3rd parties out of country. I wouldn't mind buying Vrdestein (sp?) Latex tubes since they measure differently so the 50mm length is shorter where it counts. But those seem to also be hard to find from a US retailers too. |
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While many may see blocking shipments to the US as a good thing, I see it as exactly the opposite and I'll try to steer of products from any company which does so. That really sucks for me as Castelli shorts have long been my favorite.
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Yes!! Great for Sidi and Castelli!!!
(but not so good for the US consumer ) (…and even better for their competitors, as I will now be giving them my business ) Last edited by Tony T; 09-28-2017 at 05:46 PM. |
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I can and did get campy components without a problem (received them in less than a week). Not sure if I can't complete the transaction because I am trying to buy clothing/shoes or if it is the particular brands (Castelli and Sidi) that are excluded/ preventing the purchase. |
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Trying to understand...
Can someone tell me what IBDs and ISPs are in the sales context? Last edited by CSKeller; 09-28-2017 at 09:31 PM. Reason: spelling |
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and Internet Service Provider (the company you access your internet through) |
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What happens if someone uses a third party VPN or the built in one in the Opera Web Browser to not be US based? Or does the shipping to US then flag it as well for a no sale?
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You have to tell them a shipping address, then it says "this product not available to ship to your area" or some such..
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Price gouging at the LBS?
This is a puzzling sentiment, nobody at the LBS level is ever going to get rich. Scratching out a middle class existence is a dream for all but a few. No retirement or benefits to speak of, you're on your own. Most do it for the passion of the sport and quality of life, don't begrudge them for doing something in life that generates enough profit for food on the table and a roof over the head.
If you do begrudge that person, please share what it is that you do in life, what you charge for it and as a group we can collectively judge if you're gouging your way thru life or not and if what you do justifies how you are compensated Price gouging at the LBS, pfffffft. Sort of like the concept of clean coal |
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BUT LBS' buy, add a margin to keep the lights on, and try to stay in BIZ. 35-36 points is the recognized minimum to break even at the end of the year(take cost and divide by .65/.64)...no more debt and no net profit. US LBS are tied to distribution channels in most cases. Some manufacturer's are LBS direct(like Mavic, Ritchey, others) but when you see prices from places like Planet Cyclery and others, don't say the LBS is gouging me cuz their prices are higher. These MO outfits are discounting deeply, often w/o warranty(regardless of what they say-most self warranty), and if the volume goes down a bit, they are adios. Throw in stoopid product intro schedule and bike makers who demand the world and promise nothing...buy a load of bikes that sell at low margin, no $ to build, sell or service after the sale, then discount(means losing $) when the new crap is introduced in the middle of the selling season. Lots of stuff goes into this but please, do a little research, that tube at $7 doesn't mean the LBS is 'trying to screw US!!'....
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