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From: Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
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Subject: Re: Ebay prices
Date: 7 Apr 2025 18:30:59 GMT
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Zen Cycle <funkmaster@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/6/2025 8:09 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>> On Sun, 06 Apr 2025 22:04:20 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Yesterday, I was fixing flats on three different bikes. I went up to
>>> Robinson's and picked up some new tubes because the flats are all pin
>>> holes and I've never successfully repaired those. I fix one hole and
>>> another appears 3 inchs away. Nothing in the tire.
>> 
>> How would you know that the two tire bites are 3 inches apart if you
>> couldn't find anything in the tube?
>> Hint: Snake and fang bites always come in pairs.
>> 
>>> I order 3 28 mm tubes with 80 mm stems. We were busy talking about
>>> somebody's 120 mm stems and he pulled out the tubes, I paid for them
>>> and left. I got home snd discover they were 48 mm stems. Now they were
>>> bulk and I was looking at them so I had no one to blame but myself.
>> 
>> The first step to solving a problem is to blame someone.  Of course,
>> you can't blame yourself because that might be rather non-productive.
>> Perhaps you should buy a scapegoat toy for those occasions that demand
>> someone or something else be blamed.
>> <https://www.google.com/search?q=scapegoat%20toy&udm=2>
>> 
>> "You can fail many times, but you aren't a failure until you begin to
>> blame somebody else".  (I forget where I stole that from)[1]
>> 
>>> When I returned to the shop he had the correct tubes on the counter. He
>>> said that I should give him a bad review. I said I have "If I could
>>> find a better bike shop, I would go to it."
>> 
>> Maybe, but Robinson's is nearby and a shorter ride.
>> <https://www.robinsonbikeshop.com>
>> 
>>> Flunky hates bike shops that are more competent than he is.
>> 
>> You really should buy a scapegoat.
> Actually, the opposite is true. I get extremely aggravated when I go to 
> a shop for assistance and I get met with a blank stare, or worse yet, 
> indifference.
> 
> I'd rather pay someone to do the work who is more knowledgeable than I 
> am and seems happy to take the business.
> 

Indeed one reason I like my bike shop which is run and owned by mechanics,
rather than the chain etc stores or even some more posh shops that don’t
seem to know even fairly basic stuff, which doesn’t fill me with
confidence!

Roger Merriman