harmonix1234
Eats Squid
I was wondering what is considered to be a fair request of an LBS?
I have a great LBS, but they don't stock the regular items that I like that I am regularly replacing (eg Conti GP4000s tyres, Kool Stop Salmon brake pads, Schwalbe SV15 tubes, Morgan Blue Race Oil, SRAM Power Cork Bar Tape).
These are regularly replaced perishable products that I am always buying.
They are small ticket items, and would cost more from an LBS than online, but I am happy to pay extra for the convenience of just stopping in after work and grabbing what I need rather than going online and waiting a week for them to come from England.
Is it fair play from a customer to say to an LBS "Hey, I don't wanna buy them yet, and I don't wanna put any money down either, but if you stocked these items then this is where I would come to get them when they need replacing cause I'd rather the $ go to you guys than a retailer in the UK"?
I have always been asked to put down some $ and actually do an order in the past, which I understand because the shop has to buy what they get in and if some retard backs out of a sale with no deposit then the shop is left to fork out for it and hope they can sell it. But I would think these items would be low risk for an LBS and even if I didn't buy them (which I would) then surely they would sell quickly anyway being popular and quality products?
I do love my LBS. I just wish they stocked all the stuff I wanted and didn't have to do a special order every time I need them.
Needy much? haha
I have a great LBS, but they don't stock the regular items that I like that I am regularly replacing (eg Conti GP4000s tyres, Kool Stop Salmon brake pads, Schwalbe SV15 tubes, Morgan Blue Race Oil, SRAM Power Cork Bar Tape).
These are regularly replaced perishable products that I am always buying.
They are small ticket items, and would cost more from an LBS than online, but I am happy to pay extra for the convenience of just stopping in after work and grabbing what I need rather than going online and waiting a week for them to come from England.
Is it fair play from a customer to say to an LBS "Hey, I don't wanna buy them yet, and I don't wanna put any money down either, but if you stocked these items then this is where I would come to get them when they need replacing cause I'd rather the $ go to you guys than a retailer in the UK"?
I have always been asked to put down some $ and actually do an order in the past, which I understand because the shop has to buy what they get in and if some retard backs out of a sale with no deposit then the shop is left to fork out for it and hope they can sell it. But I would think these items would be low risk for an LBS and even if I didn't buy them (which I would) then surely they would sell quickly anyway being popular and quality products?
I do love my LBS. I just wish they stocked all the stuff I wanted and didn't have to do a special order every time I need them.
Needy much? haha