Thank you for the behind the curtain explanation. On Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 10:16:32 AM UTC-8, Alex Wirth- Owner, Yellow Haus Bicycles wrote: > > Interesting update regarding VP Components. As of late we, as a shop, > have been pretty diligent about helping brands police their MAP > (Manufacturer Agreed Pricing) online. We've gone so far as to throw brands > out of the shop for having little or no interest in controlling the pricing > of their products or protecting the best interests of local specialty > retail. We are a micron blip on the radar as far as having an affect as > one shop....but..... if most brick and mortars show that they care....then > who knows (it helps me sleep at night). > > Anyways, VP Components responded...PROMPTLY (which is rare)....on a > Sunday. They care!!! Apparently this was part of their shutdown of US > warehousing. To them, all of their distributors were placing large enough > orders to satisfy factory-direct fulfillment. So their US operations will > now be warranty, R&D, service support etc only. They indicated that this > would be a small pricing anomaly, they were aware of it and that normal > pricing would soon return to the market. They also told me the they > offered liquidation pricing to distributors, brick and mortar shops and > finally online parters (in the order). > > On Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 12:58:58 PM UTC-5, Grant @ Rivendell > wrote: >> >> Sometimes the maker requires a minimum retail price--for a small variety >> of good or at least well-intended reasons. VP-001 was one of those, but >> it's not the only one, for sure. If (for example) the Min Sell Price (MSP) >> of X is $80 and a seller complies because compliance is generally good when >> you want to get along with vendors and don't see the relationship as a >> battle with winners and losers. When somebody else violates the price >> thing, and maybe even sells X for below cost, some buyers will see that as >> a chance for irresistible victory, and naturally and for good reasons, will >> want to share the love with others. This is the free market, and the chips >> fall, etc. Nobody's arguing against a free market or anything. >> >> >> >> On Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 1:29:09 PM UTC-8, Glen wrote: >>> >>> Steep and Cheap has VP-001 and Vice along with some others on sale right >>> now. >>> >>> $33 for the 001s and $30 for the Vices >>> >>> There was a discussion about the Shimano A530s on here a while ago, they >>> are on sale too. >>> >>> www.steepandcheap.com >>> >>>
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