The "everyone needs to make a living line" is just silly, it holds no water. It assumes we "OWE" a business a living. We dont and neither did i suggest customers OWE bike shops anything... assumption is the root of most evil...... a bike shop is not a charity and neither are you.... your profit keeps you in business and thus alive....
if i may add my 2 cents worth ..... um sorry have to round it off to 5 cents.. we all want to buy a bargain yet we all want to make money cause thats what makes our lives more comfortable... so why mention that useless info... let the bikeshops be.. if you reckon your paying too much bugger off and spend the money elsewhere.. our south african cycle market is not even a drop in the world wide ocean of sales hence our ridicolous component prices..... hence why i get slightly annoyed with buyers going to crc and jenson etc.... yes the prices you are paying online is cheaper than the cost it gets landed here by the distributors but if we supported our local market our suppliers can order more and get better deals bla di blah di blah.... i'm all for giving the best prices on bikes but hell everybody needs to make a living......
