The Warehouse selling bike oil

[98tls]

Here we go again eh,not a great fan of the Warehouse myself for reasons RT and someone else mentioned but i doubt it will be the end of motorcycle shops in NZ,as a long time buyer of motorcycle bits from overseas but also if possible a staunch supporter of my local Suzuki shop its rock and hard place stuff really.Thing that really fu$ks me off is as recently being given a price for a set of aftermarket rims from a Kiwi dealer a $1000 more than i got a set +chain +Supersprox sprocket+post +GST for from the states.Annoying.

[RDjase]

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

They did about 5 years ago and all the fuel tanks leaked (if they kept running more than a weekend) and a big recall happened

I was trying to sell my sons JR50 at the time and every drop kick fuckwit was offering my $150 for it " Because you can get a BRAND NEW bike for $300 at the warehouse"

I used to get CDs from the Sounds the CD shop in Hastings but there gone now, Get the odd CD from there (as there isnt a decent CD shop now) but mainly off Amazon UK

Still spend at Barrys Motorcycles as I have for 20+ years

[wilber]

Repco and Supercheap both have castrol 4t for around $38 for 4L's here in wellington

[dipshit]

Supercheap (in Dunedin at least) seems to be carrying more and more bike stuff lately. Fuchs-Silkolene and Castrol bike oils. Brake pads and oill filters. Bike covers and waterproof over suits. Even mini LED indicator kits and so on.

At least if you rock into town any time on the weekends you know they will be open.

[duckonin]

Absolutely. The Warehouse has been responsible for more business closures in New Zealand than any other force. Just ask anyone who used to make clothing...Go there for your motorbike stuff and there'll be no motorbike shops left.

I NEVER buy ANYTHING from the warehouse...

Bunnings also !!! but without the clothes....Oh and Mitre ten, any large mega store will closed down smaller ones...

[avgas]

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............

[dipshit]

Bunnings also !!! but without the clothes....Oh and Mitre ten, any large mega store will closed down smaller ones...

I often think it would be cool to have one big bike shop in a town with a big range and selection and open more hours rather than half a dozen small pokey ones.

[avgas]

Bunnings also !!! but without the clothes....Oh and Mitre ten, any large mega store will closed down smaller ones...

Errr I used to work at said small M10........and I can tell you why they closed it down. People would go out of there way to go to the mega stores.
Case and point.
We couldn't keep up - I moved on. There is a niche' market for small stores - when you understand the marketing behind it, you realise the mega stores did not have to compete with the small stores. The small stores simply needed to change their approach to survive.
Due to poor management on the small stores part - they didn't. So therefore they failed.
I imagine that Ducati sell less bikes than Suzuki........but this doesn't mean that both don't do very well for themselves. They are competing on different levels.

[dipshit]

I imagine very few of you act on the principals you claim..

Yes, how many people here have brought their wine or beer from a supermarket and put old slofox here out of business? (him being a bottle store owner, I believe)

Oh what's that..?? People don't actually care to that extent...???

[dipshit]

The small stores simply needed to change their approach to survive.

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.

[dipshit]

Due to poor management on the small stores part - they didn't. So therefore they failed.

They probably thought they could rely on the loyal support of the locals and did nothing else. Dumd arses.

[jonbuoy]

I absolutely agree with everything you said, but I stand by my assertion that I would never buy oil from the red shed. The reason for this is it is a bread and butter line for your local shop. They make bugger all margin on it and supply it as a service as much as anything else. Support your local bike shop in things like this. Yes shops need to be with it as you suggest, but they also need to be supported.

If they make bugger all on it and supply it as a service why would they miss it?

[Quasievil]

Yes, how many people here have brought their wine or beer from a supermarket and put old slofox here out of business? (him being a bottle store owner, I believe)

Oh what's that..?? People don't actually care to that extent...???

he is till in Business mate, I brought a bottle of wine there Sunday night

[Rockbuddy]

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

if the wharehouse started selling motorbikes they sell spuzuki boulevards LOL

[HenryDorsetCase]

How did a "I noticed you can get bike oil at the warehouse" thread turn into a "save the dying bike shops" thread.

All I knows, is the last 4L I bought cost at least $70 from the bike shop (don't remember exactly) and I had to make a special trip there to get it.

I paid nearly $150 for a paper AIR FILTER to a bike shop. I pay, what, probably close to $500 for tyres every now and then to a bike shop.

But OIL, that's pretty much a generic consumable which is quite commonly required, The Warehouse is open till 9pm here, 7 days a week, if I need some bike oil at 7pm on a Sunday (which isn't unheard of), that's pretty good to know.

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.

What the hell's "easy" about changing your own tyres?