I've always found that Rivendell has better prices on most things than can be found elsewhere - Crane bell for $12 - what a deal. I keep an active Rivendell wish list and place several orders every year. When I find better prices, or I want something that Rivendell doesn't carry, then I purchase elsewhere. I honestly don't think it hurts Grant and Rivendell employees. I don't think they want to be a mass parts discount house. I also think the information about how we vote with our money is valuable to Grant - he sees where our interests lie. Rivendell inventory is based around what they need to assemble and outfit new bikes. Let's see, what I have sold here. A matched set of gray Sackville bags which were out of production - the buyer posted the query - and a couple of 7-speed freewheels. Rivendell bags are a perfect example of the smart way Grant runs inventory - everything is a limited edition and it sells out - no waste and fairly quick turnaround on cash flow. Getting the word out on promotional codes? I think the purpose of promotions is to make us choose to buy something sooner rather than later, so that's a good thing, too.
On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 11:25:03 AM UTC-6, Joe Bernard wrote: > > Branching off comments in another thread - and no doubt generating much > unpopularity, but I'm a liberal who chats regularly with conservatives on > politics sites, so I'm ok with it - this topic has been an edgy one for me > for quite some time. There's much buying/selling that goes on here for Riv > and Riv-ish things - I do it, too - which is fine: If you have a bag or > stem lying around you're not using, might as well sell it, right? Right, > but when it comes to actively searching around for "a deal" on things > Rivendell sells, I get a little queasy about this being done on a Riv Forum > as opposed to Ebay or Craigslist. > > What concerns me is that we've developed a secondary market amongst each > other for things we can buy new from RBW, and if that market continues to > flourish at the expense of the folks who originally provided the products, > we're eventually going to find ourselves wondering what happened to those > nice folks in Walnut Creek. Of course I'm not saying we have to stop > selling things we don't need anymore, but I think we should be careful how > hard we push the 'search' part of this activity on a Riv-specific forum. A > while back I needed a DirtDrop stem, a headlight, and some reflectors. > Rivendell sells them. They came expertly packed in a nice little box. > > Joe "soapbox" Bernard > Vallejo, CA. > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
