everyone who enjoys reading old Bridgestone catalogs should get to play On Wednesday, April 17, 2013 4:23:43 PM UTC-5, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > The Riv universe contains a large number of individuals who buy little or > nothing from Riv, but who trawl the used Riv and "Riv-ish" market for > deals. I'm ok with that. I've never thought the best or most honest goal of > this list is to cheerlead for Riv or to banish those who don't regularly > buy Riv products. > > On Wednesday, April 17, 2013 3:15:37 PM UTC-5, Peter M wrote: >> >> Agreed, the prices at Rivendell are very reasonable, I just dont know if >> its Kosher for people to come here and say something like hey that Atlantis >> is nice but does someone make a similar bike for less money? Just like, not >> sure if I am off base here, but not sure if its cool or not if you are >> looking for like a Saddlesack to come here first looking for a deal on a >> used one before you see if Rivendell has one new. Again, I could be off on >> that one but would hate for people to only come here looking to undercut >> Rivendell by getting only used stuff. >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Ron Mc <bulld...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I haven't seen anything remotely like gouging in Rivendell's prices. >>> There may be a few items where a better discount can be found elsewhere, >>> but most of the stuff I want, anyway, Rivendell has a better price than >>> even Amazon. >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, April 17, 2013 2:50:31 PM UTC-5, Peter M wrote: >>>> >>>> I dont want to speak for Joe but what I would add is if you are looking >>>> for a used Rivendell bike because a new one is out of reach that is great >>>> IMO, since it is getting you on a Rivendell and into the fold, so to >>>> speak. >>>> On the other hand, if you are asking if someone makes a bike like >>>> Rivendell >>>> for 1k cheaper, maybe not so much, maybe google that one for yourself. As >>>> for gear, if it is sold out and you put out an apb on an item to see >>>> someone has it that is fine but I try to get my gear new from Rivendell >>>> if >>>> at all possible since I think that is where most small businesses make >>>> their margins-on these so called "accessories". Just my 2 cents. >>>> >>>> >>>>
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