Large Falcon Collider
Had fantastic service from my local bike shop this morning. This continues the service they have given since selling me my first bike. I really value this which brings me to my point:
Would/have you based the purchase of your next bike on what your favourite bike shop sells?
Have you really wanted a ABC123 but bought a XYZ890 (not quite as good but...) because you know youre going to get excellent service and you have 'faith' in your local?
Just a thought.
"If life gives you a shit sandwich..." someone please complete this expression
frequent infrequenter
fortunately the bike sold on me, not the other way round. not impressed with the 'shop' at the mo, micro chance of repeat biz for me..
There are some good ones, and they're the ones to rave about, especially when the community is as tight as this..
Forum whore
I'd ask the bike shop if they could get one in for me.
No matter how good the service is, why settle for a bike that's not what you wanted?
Crikey!
I've heard of a few cases of local bike shops being assholes to customers recently. Puts me right off wanting to give them any business.
When you call up asking how much a standard service is and what's involved with it, you shouldn't be told that the workshop charges $60 an hour + gst and to work it out for yourself.
Has left the building
I'd never buy a bike that I wasn't fully keen on.
Nothing to do with their service at all
However due to the fact that the shop I scored my bike from(cheers Dallas) was bloody helpful etc I looked to them first for Duc Gurls new bike.
If they weren't able to sort what we were after I would have gone elsewhere without a doubt.
Good service deserves a chance for a repeat performance
PS: Looking forward to the ride back up from Colemans tonight!
LOOK.. ZOMBIES!
Originally Posted by TL Rider
I'd never buy a bike that I wasn't fully keen on.
Nothing to do with their service at all
However due to the fact that the shop I scored my bike from(cheers Dallas) was bloody helpful etc I looked to them first for Duc Gurls new bike.
If they weren't able to sort what we were after I would have gone elsewhere without a doubt.
Good service deserves a chance for a repeat performance
PS: Looking forward to the ride back up from Colemans tonight!
iyou man
BWAHAHAHAHAH ... teachers aide...
im getting this "rock School/ Gene Simmons" visual...
the middle path
I know which shop you are talking about, and have had exellent service there myself. Having said that, I have had good service from on or two other shops as well - but a lot comes down to the individuals you deal with. You can have a good bloke in a bad shop and vice versa. (hmmm is there such a thing as a bad bike shop?)
I would buy from whoever has the item I want - if more than one shop has that item, I go with who has got the best deal, or who has looked after me in the past. (Normally the same people)
Experience......something you get just after you needed it
Has left the building
Come suck Mummy's dicki
BWAHAHAHAHAH ... teachers aide...
im getting this "rock School/ Gene Simmons" visual...
Hardcore Biker
I'm loyal to shops depending on their service, I have a soft spot for the little guys too. I don't mind paying a little bit more.
Road and Sport pissed around with my insurance quote for weeks which meant my insurance company couldn't sort anything out. If your insurance company has to ring a bike shop to get them off their ass well...fuck me.
parting of the sensory
Of the bikes I've owned, only two have been bought from a shop. Thanx to the crap customer service I got over the last one (my current bike), I'm now very wary about where I shop.
The next bike I buy will definitely not be bought from that shop, regardless of whether I really, really want it or not. I'd rather shoot myself in the foot than give them another cent of my money.
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
straight to the pool room
I always like to buy a new bike from the shop that knows me and gives good service. If you build up a relationship you can sometimes get a little bit of preferential service treatment. The factor in my local bike shop choice was actually the location. Unfortunately, the first shop I bought a bike from was great, but the hassle of getting the bike in and out meant I had to switch loyalties.
"Resort to the law so exhausts finances, patience, courage, hope, so overthrows the brain and breaks the heart, that there is not one honourable lawyer who would not give the warning "Suffer any wrong rather than come here".
Charles Dickens
Large Falcon Collider
I guess Im thinking about NEW bikes as opposed to old bikes.
At this stage my next bike will be a big bike and since it will be a while before I can really tell between two very similar bikes, I would say that the bike shop would definitely be a big factor in the decision...not the only factor of course.
"If life gives you a shit sandwich..." someone please complete this expression
Immature and proud of it.
Unfortunately I can't buy from the shop I'm really loyal to. So I get my bikes from Colemans, they're OK though. You take what you can get I guess.
Nah just kidding. They're great, second only to AMPS.
Speed doesn't kill people.
Stupidity kills people.
Forum whore
I know what your saying skel....my worker has been waiting for 7wks to buy a zxr250 from TSS in welly...and they keep telling him 1wk longer...and hes just letting it slide..and he has CASH!!!!..I would have fuck off elsewhere by now...
But I wouldn't settle for anything but the bike I want....never....
And whats this shit these days with buggar all demo bike around....twice now I've almost brought a new bike [brand new] and since no-one local would provide a demo bike....its put me off...any of the bike shop workin lads like to comment on this....sarge? lou??
Blowin up bikes since ages ago
Oh the irony of this post, eh Skelstar?...
"Some people are like clouds, once they fuck off, it's a great day!"
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