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From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
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Subject: Re: Ebay prices
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 09:03:02 -0600
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On 1/26/2025 6:25 AM, zen cycle wrote:
> On 1/25/2025 8:50 AM, AMuzi wrote:
>> On 1/25/2025 5:00 AM, zen cycle wrote:
>>> On 1/24/2025 12:58 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>>>> On 1/24/2025 11:22 AM, cyclintom wrote:
>>>>> If you're buying new Campagnolo parts these days it 
>>>>> appeatrs to be cheaper to go directly to Campy rather 
>>>>> than Ebay.
>>>>
>>>> Campagnolo does not sell equipment direct to consumers. 
>>>> Only branded clothing and tchotchkes.
>>>>
>>>> Nor does Shimano.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Or, one could help out the local economy and buy it from 
>>> the LBS.
>>
>> Brave words. Now you're on Mr Bezos' hit list.
>>
> 
> fuck 'em.
> 
> My LBS doesn't support the home mechanic. They don't have 
> much in the way of higher-end new parts in stock and 
> generally aren't willing to source them: "I'll have to call 
> the warehouse, if we have it, it will take a few days to get 
> here."
> 
> Another annoying point is that they aren't open past 5 pm 
> and are closed on sundays. Makes it kind of hard for someone 
> who works full time to get to the shop.
> 
> They do a bang-up business on low/mid range repairs though. 
> Every time I have managed to get into the shop they have a 
> substantial back-log of repairs and I've never seen fewer 
> than 2 mechanics working on the bikes. On saturdays they 
> usually have 3-4 people working on bikes.

I remember very well a management article in Business Week 
in the middle seventies, "If you are only open 9 to 5 
weekdays, you are catering to the unemployed."

-- 
Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971