Re: Ebay prices

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.

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Campagnolo does not sell equipment direct to consumers. Only branded clothing and tchotchkes.
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Nor does Shimano.
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Or, one could help out the local economy and buy it from the LBS.

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Brave words. Now you're on Mr Bezos' hit list.
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 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."
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