Bike shop repairs

[Andro]

Hey all,

 

What do bike shops do with the parts they repair and remove from your bike??

 

i used to use a wel lknown bike shop and they aways gave me the parts back which they took off and replaced .

 

Then a new bike shop opened locally. If you take your bike in, you dont get a repair receipt or anything...they just write a note in their book.

 

Then i took my bike in for the brakes to be bled this year, and they said the seal was gone and they would need to replace it.

 

3 weeks later, they said they were waiting for new seals and that i would have to wait as the agents did not have seals in stock.I said i would because it had to be done.

 

More weeks later and i phoned to find out if my bike was done. They said it was a long time ago and i could pick it up.

So i go merrily to the LBS to find they had replaced my juicy 5's with Elixir 3's and charged me R1800 for the set...and kept my old brakeset parts.

 

Does this seem right to you???

 

i haven't been back since !!

These chaps wants to Shaft you.... You must have a pretty face.

 

Please post a pic of yourself....

Edited July 12, 2012 by Andro

[Flowta]

 

 

You seem to know the answer, please share

 

BTW that thread was locked.

 

I don't know where you get the impression that I kmow something more.

 

And I also have no idea as to what thread you refer to!

[Boobear]

Some shops will repair the part and sell it to one of there clients as a used part you should have asked for the parts back

[RockCoach]

Solomons Woodmead.

 

Absolutely.

 

Got my Intense frame at a third of the price from them. But I don't let just anyone touch my bikes. I'm not lazy like that...

[gongmech]

Some shops will repair the part and sell it to one of there clients as a used part you should have asked for the parts back

 

But why do i need to ask for the parts back...what happened to honesty in the world?? I'm in a successfull business even with the recession, and we do tons of stuff for free and dont rip off our clients.

I think Karma's a bitch and it'll come back to bite them in the butt!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KDEE]

Jeez, if the story is exactly as you posted it, its as basic as theft of your old brakes... I really am battling to believe that you accepted this scenario though......

[Big H*]

Absolutely.

 

Got my Intense frame at a third of the price from them. But I don't let just anyone touch my bikes. I'm not lazy like that...

 

You are lucky ...... I may not use that third last word beginning with "l" and ends with "y" in your post above. It seems it is offensive to some sensitive Hubbers who has a guilty concience.