article mentions that Stanmore Cycles shut down last year . From what i was told, it wasn't due to hard financial times.
Apparently the owner ( Bob ) was 66, wanted to retire and travel, while he still had the chance .
An Open Letter To Chain Reaction Cycles
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Apparently the owner ( Bob ) was 66, wanted to retire and travel, while he still had the chance .
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
I feel for the LBS's and support mine when I can but asking the government to tax us some more... hoping to drive the price up and send us running back into shops to pay inflated prices is not going to fix the problem.
Do you not think we pay enough tax already.
They announced on the brekky show this morning that download now officially passed the 50% mark of all books/movies/music.... so for every video store, book store and music shop its adapt, reinvent your business or shut up shop.
Sadly for the Aussie bike shops the prices are too high to start with and with cheap parts readily available online and youtube telling you step by step how to do it yourself it's getting harder.
If nothing changes with the business model here very soon, let's just pray that when the shit does hit the fan that the greedy people setting/driving the high prices crash the hardest.
BTW: in 2007 the government put the import threshold up from $249.99 to $999.99. Even at the 2007 limit it still wouldn't make a lot of difference.
Do you not think we pay enough tax already.
They announced on the brekky show this morning that download now officially passed the 50% mark of all books/movies/music.... so for every video store, book store and music shop its adapt, reinvent your business or shut up shop.
Sadly for the Aussie bike shops the prices are too high to start with and with cheap parts readily available online and youtube telling you step by step how to do it yourself it's getting harder.
If nothing changes with the business model here very soon, let's just pray that when the shit does hit the fan that the greedy people setting/driving the high prices crash the hardest.
BTW: in 2007 the government put the import threshold up from $249.99 to $999.99. Even at the 2007 limit it still wouldn't make a lot of difference.
static_X3
Likes Dirt
If that was the case why didnt he sell the shop/business to contribute to his retirement fund?
I think you were told porkies!
Is he going to admit that using drugs has had an effect on his career and admit that everything is a big lie?
Art Vanderlay
Hourly daily
I want to see him jump up and down on the couch
I believe he did try selling it. Obviously didn't have much luck.
mik_git
Likes Bikes and Dirt
AH I knew it was different, bought some forks years ago and had to pay tax, but the next time I looked it was $999.
Thing is even if it was $0 things would still be cheaper. I just bought (well recently quite a few pairs) a new pair of running shoes from eastbay, even with $50 for post, they cost me $180, wack on the 10% ~$200, they sell here for $260, thats win, win for me.
I assume you were being sarcastic?
Aussie retailers would not only ship to them, they would jack their prices up and come up with some lame excuse the it is more expensive to ship them here then back OS.
Yep, I was definitely being sarcastic.
Hamsta
Likes Bikes and Dirt
What happens when most small local bricks and mortar retailers have gone broke, shut up shop and the AUD$ starts to creep below parity and beyond. Will we be at the mercy of e-tailers from overseas? Will Australians be paying top $ for all things bicycle related, and everything else that can be purchased online, because the majority of local competition has been decimated by e-tailers from abroad?
jrewing
Eats Squid
manufacturing starts up again and they cheer and we complain...but that'll be 20 yrs away
You'll still need bike shops in operation so the suckers who feel as though they are forced to buy from them have a place where people will fit the parts........but I get your point.
What if bike shops didn't exist at all in our country and we have to pay whatever the going rate is online? Well, you'd probably do exactly what you did before online purchasing was such a great resource, you'd buy it without having to compare the price because it was the only option. That is how it existed when online sales weren't available and you had to buy through your bike store.
Without a local bike store you'd have guys like me making a few bucks on the side fitting parts for people that they've bought elsewhere knowing that some reliable and competent guys on the tools that do actually ride bikes are still around. Big Dozer's bike repairs, soon to be ABNed.
Too late, these bike shops have seen an opportunity, teamed up with Wiggle and already provide the service.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/sc/service-point
Innovate or die, something Aussie retailers need to learn.
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My wife and I have a good agreement: She does her housey jobs for a couple of hours while I do the outside and wash the bikes and cars. Shit me, everything inside and out is spotless by the end of a weekend! I'll gladly clean a bike up for a small fee, it's easy when you "Dozerise" it.
mik_git
Likes Bikes and Dirt
don't forget wiggle is opening a store here soon, if crc does too, and they open a few then lbs may well be going down.
So these shops that CRC and Wiggle are opening will be bypassing local importers/ distributors and will honour warranty?
If this is allowed to happen then why haven't all the smaller local shops gotten together and joined forces and done the same giving them more buying power. Kinda like IGA supermarkets do?