Let's not forget that Rivendell tried something similar. It's difficult to be a specialty retailer, web or brick, that cares to one degree or another about quality, sourcing, etc.
On Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 10:11:36 AM UTC-5, Jon Dukeman,central Colorado wrote: > > Steve > Ibex had a retail store in Denver's Cherry Creek Shopping district. > Arguably the most expensive place to open a brick and mortar retail store > in Denver > They wouldn't get much sympathy from me paying that high rent. > Jon > > On Mar 1, 2018 7:56 AM, "Steven Sweedler" <swee...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > I wonder if Ibex tried something like this what the response would have > been, rather than folding. Steve > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 3:38 PM Dave Small <smallvint...@mac.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> This was remarkable to watch, and I'm glad I was able to participate. >> I've tried to think of another business that would have been able to pull >> this off, and was unable to. I talked to Roman last week about an order >> I'd placed and during the conversation he mentioned that the response was >> better than they'd expected, and I told him that Riv's customer base was >> narrow but was deep and loyal. >> >> Can anyone else think of another business with the kind of base that >> would have responded the way Riv's did? I'm truly curious. There must be >> some, but I can't think of any. >> >> Dave >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Steven Sweedler > Plymouth, New Hampshire > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/lp2bwufZKiU/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
