[RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-04 Thread Mike
A Riv leasing program would be great but probably very very impractical for RBW but not for us... On Mar 4, 8:03 am, Montclair BobbyB wrote: > I could live with that setup for sure.  Oh ... but then again... > there's still that Hilsen and the Atlantis I'm lusting after... > > Maybe Riv needs to

[RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-04 Thread Montclair BobbyB
I could live with that setup for sure. Oh ... but then again... there's still that Hilsen and the Atlantis I'm lusting after... Maybe Riv needs to offer a "perpetual" financing plan with automatic monthly payroll deductions, where at some point one receives electronic notification stating "Your N

[RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-04 Thread Mike
That's pretty funny Ray. I've been in a similar spot since selling my Rambouillet frame. Part of me just wishes I had pulled the trigger on a new frame back in Dec when I sold the Ram. Instead I've been saving up more and going back and forth between various bikes--Hunqa, SH, Big Dummy, LHT, Troll

[RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-04 Thread fulf
I experienced the negative to saving for a bike this past winter. I had money all saved and was one phone call away from ordering a hunqapillar frame when my wife and I started preparing for another Maine wintah. While lowering the storm windows they literally came apart in our hands. Well-you gue

Re: [RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-03 Thread Stonehog
Ray - it sounds like you are on to a lost idea. You could write a book on the lost art of saving for something. It could be like a new diet book for Euromericans. It's funny - when I bought my Hilsen, it was the first thing I saved up for probably since I was a kid. I then bought components

[RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-03 Thread Jim M.
I stopped by RBW today. Keven said the 1st 2 lay-aways have been reserved. One's a Simpleone and the other is a Hilsen. Neither are mine. I'd go for a Hunq probably. And on the topic of worst sellers, after Grant wrote that post, the Grab Bags sold out. jim m wc ca -- You received this message

[RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-03 Thread Way Rebb
I've never understood why lay away is more appealing than saving up for something. Of course in my case I never actually buy what I save up for. For example I recently saved up for another Hillborne. I figured I could leave the big racks, bags, baskets on and be ready for vacations (tours), trip

[RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-02 Thread Justin August
Rate this post: * On Mar 1, 8:26 pm, AmiSingh wrote: > I wish there was a 'like' button in google groups :) > > On Mar 1, 7:29 pm, Peter Pesce wrote: > > > > > Great idea! > > Make it 70 months and I can afford that Custom! > > > Pete > > > On Mar 1, 1:43 pm, Pondero wrote: > > > >http://ww

[RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-02 Thread Justin August
Lay away really has me convinced that I should buy a Yves Gomez frame and built it using a ENO rear hub to go single speed. Perfect city bike - with either white or red Hetres, VO Bellville or Porteur bars, my Brooks flyer, Sugino Mighty Tour set up for single speed…. AAHH I

[RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-02 Thread William
John Is that the clicking I hear coming from the back room? I thought it was typing or a freewheel spinning, but it was the ABACUS. Is it true that your exercise area has an abacus with 5-lb stones, so you can do Primal-invoice-management? On Mar 1, 6:33 pm, John Bennett wrote: > Dear William,

[RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-02 Thread John Bennett
Thank you, Thomas. Much appreciated. Cheers, John at RBW PS: According to the dictionary, abacuses or abaci are both correct. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/abacus On Mar 2, 1:52 am, Thomas Lynn Skean wrote: > Wouldn't that be "abaci"? > > Also, you've got really nice erasers. Be prep

[RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-02 Thread Thomas Lynn Skean
Wouldn't that be "abaci"? Also, you've got really nice erasers. Be prepared to use those too! :) The lay-away thing is very cool. I will definitely be making use of it for my next frame purchase. Well done, RBW! Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Mar 1, 8:33 pm, John Bennett wrote: > Dear William,

[RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-01 Thread Jeremy Till
This could be dangerous. On Mar 1, 10:43 am, Pondero wrote: > http://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news_post/335 > > Okay, how many read this and immediately thought, "Hmmm(insert new > bike dream here), 20% down would be...and remainder divided by 7 > equals..."? -- You received this message becau

[RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-01 Thread John Bennett
Dear William, Computers? Strictly for amateurs. We have abacuses, slide rules, and No. 2 pencils at Rivendell, and we're not afraid to use them. Cheers, John at RBW On Mar 1, 12:51 pm, William wrote: > I am very fond of Rivendell as a business and I am possibly even more > fond of Rivendell

[RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-01 Thread AmiSingh
I wish there was a 'like' button in google groups :) On Mar 1, 7:29 pm, Peter Pesce wrote: > Great idea! > Make it 70 months and I can afford that Custom! > > Pete > > On Mar 1, 1:43 pm, Pondero wrote: > > > > >http://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news_post/335 > > > Okay, how many read this and immedia

[RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-01 Thread Peter Pesce
Great idea! Make it 70 months and I can afford that Custom! Pete On Mar 1, 1:43 pm, Pondero wrote: > http://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news_post/335 > > Okay, how many read this and immediately thought, "Hmmm(insert new > bike dream here), 20% down would be...and remainder divided by 7 > equals.

[RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-01 Thread grrlyrida
You lost me at 11. On Mar 1, 12:51 pm, William wrote: > I am very fond of Rivendell as a business and I am possibly even more > fond of Rivendell's employees as individuals.  Please remember that > when I make the comment below: > > How "typically Rivendell" it is to figure out a payment plan tha

[RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-01 Thread doug peterson
"Why not 20% down and 8 equal 10% payments? Why not 25% down > and 6 equal 12.5% payments?" Where's the fun in that? And you call yourself a "recreational mathematician"! What's your average rate of furlongs per fortnight when riding? dougP On Mar 1, 12:51 pm, William wrote: > I am very fond

[RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-01 Thread William
I am very fond of Rivendell as a business and I am possibly even more fond of Rivendell's employees as individuals. Please remember that when I make the comment below: How "typically Rivendell" it is to figure out a payment plan that takes 20% down and then 7 equal payments of 11.4285714285714285

[RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-01 Thread grrlyrida
+1,000,000 I'm gonna try it next month with a Betty Foy. First red heteres are in and now this. Yippee!!! On Mar 1, 11:02 am, William wrote: > +1 > > I like my Hillborne a lot, but I think I would like an Atlantis even > better.  Hmmm > > On Mar 1, 10:43 am, Pondero wrote: > > >http://www.rivbik

[RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-01 Thread Mike
I know, this seems like a good way to go for them and their customers (us!). I've been going back and forth forth for a few months now trying to decide what frame to get for a camping/touring type bike and this just seems to be complicating it. On Mar 1, 10:43 am, Pondero wrote: > http://www.rivb

[RBW] Re: Lay-aways

2011-03-01 Thread William
+1 I like my Hillborne a lot, but I think I would like an Atlantis even better. Hmmm On Mar 1, 10:43 am, Pondero wrote: > http://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news_post/335 > > Okay, how many read this and immediately thought, "Hmmm(insert new > bike dream here), 20% down would be...and remainder d