Notaboredwannabecyclist

This day and age, i do agree with you on the price thing. But me personally would rather spend my time and money at one LBS , because i know that they have my best interests at heart (even if it is my cash)....they support me because they know that i dont shop around and definately dont shop out of my home ,S.A .

Cape Town actually, but its more fun to hide behind a persona like everyone else

Um no thank you, cause then i would have to deal with us members of the public all day.....I have better things to do.....Like ride

.....so lets say you buy ur chain on CRC, you install it yourself and hey presto your "just riding along" and you snap ur chain which in turn goes into your spokes in ur rear wheel and manages to wrap itself around ur cassette......What are you going to do ? Im just thinking logically here, ur gonna take ur bike to a LBS and say " i want a warranty on this chain , its just snapped and in turn broke my bike" , what do you think ur bike shop is going to tell u to do ?? First of all they gonna ask you where u bought the chain from, and as the words CRC come out of ur mouth....they are most likely going to laugh ..... i believe in shop loyalty and only buying from local agents because they can and WILL give you the back up service you need when it comes to a problem with your bike and parts....

And void your warranty in South Africa.....Super clever move ....Not

Instead of complaining about Wholesalers not being open and taking so long to deliver stock, why not ask your LBS why specifically they do not carry stock ? And secondly , why does everyone on this post comment anonymously, if you have a problem with a certain Wholesaler, why dont you man up and contact them directly and voice your concerns instead of hiding behind a little profile. ??? I have never once , on contacting a wholesaler and complaining , have them be nasty , burst into tears or threaten to take me to court just because i have a problem with their product. Instead, they investigate the situation and make plans to change how they do things and in the end , we all win because they acknowledge their faults and make amends . Bike shops are very quick to blame wholesalers with regards to delivery and no stock of certain items , when in turn you should blame the bike shop for A) Not carrying enough stock and using the wholesalers as a quick back up in desperate situations and then have a problem when they hear that the agents dont have stock. And B) Sometimes they dont even phone the agents. (I have had personal experience of this and in the end , ended up phoning the wholesalers myself to double check) Do you actually think that an agent would tell a LBS " Oh no we dont have stock and dont know (or care) when we are getting more in "? .... That would mean screwing themselves and their client base (LBS) over. So to summarise my little rant here. Wholesalers are also Humans, they do need to take leave and spend christmas with their families . They cannot be blamed for running out of stock , when in this day and age, peoples choice of products changes everyday and wholesalers cant be expected to carry 1 million pink bicycle pumps when next week the trend with change to orange. Grow up, get on your bikes and stop writing pathetic comments about this Industry you so call "Love"