The Warehouse selling bike oil

[HenryDorsetCase]

I only buy limited edition Bimota's, drink wine from the best wineyards and I grind my own coffee purchased from the local mansion.
Robert Taylor does my suspension, Yoshimura does my cams and I personally fly my bike over to Moriwaki to get it inspected.

Seriously guys - are you going to slag off every big brand name in NZ, just to try and boost the underdog.
I imagine very few of you act on the principals you claim.
I suppose you only eat organic as well - and never go to those horrible progressive supermarkets............

+1 for sarcasm
-1 for the oxymoron of "limited edition Bimota"

[avgas]

+1 for sarcasm
-1 for the oxymoron of "limited edition Bimota"

I dunno, running, mint condition VDUE owners association would argue.......

[SS90]

Off topic: If bike shops pulled themselves into the 21st century and got themselves properly online they'd probably do a lot better, case in point: I buy my tyres from Cycletreads in Auckland, they have an online store, I can order my tyres at 3am if I want, they delivered to my door from the other end of the country for about $8, I haven't even bothered ringing around or visiting local Chch places because Cycletreads makes it easy.

I was wondering why you don't get your tyres from Cycletreads in Christchurch, do you change your tyres yourself?

Sweet FA people can actually do it themselves, and even less do it correctly.

Shit, if people resort to getting tyres in Christchurch form Auckland, the industry is rooted.

[Quasievil]

the industry is rooted.

Thats very accurate!!

[HenryDorsetCase]

I was wondering why you don't get your tyres from Cycletreads in Christchurch, do you change your tyres yourself?

Sweet FA people can actually do it themselves, and even less do it correctly.

Shit, if people resort to getting tyres in Christchurch form Auckland, the industry is rooted.

like the idiot that has changed the tyre on my NC35 rear rim: nice chunk out of it. I will get it repaired one day. when its a "classic" and people are paying Vincent money for them. That'll be soon, right?

[dipshit]

Sweet FA people can actually do it themselves, and even less do it correctly.

haha! I live 60 km from a bike shop so I just take my whole bike in for new tyres.

Setting the axle nuts to specified torque and checking for correct rotation direction (had one just last year that was put on the wrong way) when getting back home is mandatory! You must be dreaming if you think everything will come out of a bike shop having been done correctly!

[avgas]

the industry is rooted.

No. The complacent ways of the industry are.
The motorbike industry has had it pretty easy of late, as have workshops, computer stores......you name it. However the whole paradigm has shifted. NZ is now 21 century thanks to the like of trademe. Bike stores are not only competing against each other, but Jo-blo who operates out of their own garage.
As far as I am concerned - if a business (regardless of size) doesn't not identify the challenges of operating in NZ during the current climate. They deserve to close.
Why should we fork out more money to keep the local going? They have to up their game and keep giving us reasons to come back.
Sales 101 really. The only difference is NZ didn't have it much in the past. We didn't have the selection of choice others had.

[Quasievil]

No. The complacent ways of the industry are.
The motorbike industry has had it pretty easy of late, as have workshops, computer stores......you name it. However the whole paradigm has shifted. NZ is now 21 century thanks to the like of trademe. Bike stores are not only competing against each other, but Jo-blo who operates out of their own garage.
As far as I am concerned - if a business (regardless of size) doesn't not identify the challenges of operating in NZ during the current climate. They deserve to close.
Why should we fork out more money to keep the local going? They have to up their game and keep giving us reasons to come back.
Sales 101 really. The only difference is NZ didn't have it much in the past. We didn't have the selection of choice others had.

Ok, the motorcycle industry is booming and they are all lazy complacent and deserve to go out of business.

Happy now ?

[Squiggles]

You just know they'll be selling Chinese motorcycles next ...

They did sell pocketbikes, lasted until they saw the queue for returns

[carver]

the warehouse is great.
low prices, a one stop shop, and good employment for students....

go the red shed

roll with the times

[Quasievil]

and good employment for students....

Well Employment yes, good employment, thats debatable.

[ckai]

True. I think any business that pleads for support is totally missing the point and is eventually going to fail. You need to give the market a reason to shop with you.

Appealing for customer loyalty but doing the same old tired shit decade after decade is living in a fantasy land.

Spot on! There have been plenty of small shops that have actually thrived on the Warehouse foot traffic. All because they found a niche for themselves and didn't compete with the crap. The crap has a market (I'll buy certain things there) but if I want something swoosh and snazy or someone that will serve faster than a turtle, I'll go somewhere else.

I actually managed to buy something local (NZ) for my bike the other day at an AWESOME price. Great service and everything. But that's off topic

Back on topic, we have to buy our dog food from the warehouse because it is the only place that stocks it. So there you go, if it wasn't for the red shed we'd have to feed our mongrels that common food from the supermarket.

Everything has it's place. Unless you can't be bothered finding your place.

[carver]

better than working as a pit bitch!

[Quasievil]

better than working as a pit bitch!

Yeah but only cause you get paid, pit bitching pays errrr nought

[Robert Taylor]

No. The complacent ways of the industry are.
The motorbike industry has had it pretty easy of late, as have workshops, computer stores......you name it. However the whole paradigm has shifted. NZ is now 21 century thanks to the like of trademe. Bike stores are not only competing against each other, but Jo-blo who operates out of their own garage.
As far as I am concerned - if a business (regardless of size) doesn't not identify the challenges of operating in NZ during the current climate. They deserve to close.
Why should we fork out more money to keep the local going? They have to up their game and keep giving us reasons to come back.
Sales 101 really. The only difference is NZ didn't have it much in the past. We didn't have the selection of choice others had.

Dont complain then if one day in the future you lose your job and after some time can only find a low paying job in the Warehouse, all because of 21st century market forces and dutch auction mentality