Can anyone tell me why bike shops only open for half a day on Sunday?

[BoristheBiter]

Sounds like you don't know what a Gaijin is..... you need to get out.

und Sie kannen nicht sprachen deutsch auch............... was ist meher wichtig, ?

So, where is your receipt for the "5 K spent".....??????

Gaijin- From Japanese, literarily meaning " outsider". A derrogatory and ethnocentric term used to describe a foreigner in Japan that has round eyes. Other East Asians are not referred as " gaijin".
No seem to have it right.
And your right I can't speak German well, what is your point?
ies destul de des, datorită.
Wenn Sie möchte, dass meine Erhalt Ich bin mehr als glücklich, krank es den Arsch

[R-Soul]

How many times has a slaesman waited for some snot nosed drivler to "come in with the money"......

You are quick to judge. That same snot nosed driveler's dad drives an Aston Martin....
And that same snot nosed geeky type will one day graduate school/uni and get a paying job - whether its with or without a passion for bikes depends on the work you have been doing to make him WANT to be part of the culture.

[R-Soul]

And another thing (in case you have not heard enough):

When food is served - if it is REALLY good food- it gives the wives good reason to come back, without much prodding from their biker hubbies.

[merv]

Now SS90 what's up with you I'm beginning to sense some hostility here, are you really in the bike business after all, but none of us come to your shop?

[Big Dog]

I have never worked this one out.

I did ask in a motorbike shop once and the reply was "we don't make enough money on a sunday to break even".

Surely more people are around to buy accessories and trial bikes on a sunday than on a week day?

Just never made sense, you don't see harvey norman or dick smith closing early on a sunday (just comparing some retailers).

It just seems like a really strange business model to me. At first I thought they closed to allow for shop organised rides but this doesn't seem to be the case.

Perhaps it is becuase staff are almost all bikers and sunday is a premium riding day.
Perhaps is is because the bike shop owners are already betraying their families by opening on a sunday in the first place.

The moral decline in our youth started with the introduction of 6 and then 7 day trading.
Now to afford our decadent lifestyles we work 6 days each parent and Kids get neglected.

We try to blame it on anti smacking legislation, NCEA, teachers who don't care etc but it is really about piss poor parenting because people whinge about poor service and take there business elsewhere (along with a haughty attitude) because they cannot get organised enough to get into a shop during normal business hours like normal organised people with a quility work life balance.

[IdunBrokdItAgin]

Perhaps it is becuase staff are almost all bikers and sunday is a premium riding day.
Perhaps is is because the bike shop owners are already betraying their families by opening on a sunday in the first place.

The moral decline in our youth started with the introduction of 6 and then 7 day trading.
Now to afford our decadent lifestyles we work 6 days each parent and Kids get neglected.

We try to blame it on anti smacking legislation, NCEA, teachers who don't care etc but it is really about piss poor parenting because people whinge about poor service and take there business elsewhere (along with a haughty attitude) because they cannot get organised enough to get into a shop during normal business hours like normal organised people with a quility work life balance.

Dagnamit - I can't go and change the OP.

After yet another response from a KBer who couldn't be arsed to read past the first post I thought I 'd go and edit it to correct the Sunday mistake and to tell them to stop damn well replying to the OP in a thread that has had over 500 RESPONSES TO IT!

FFS don't people realise that they should at least have the courtesy to read to the end if they really feel the need to post on the flipping thread.

Dagnamit dagnamit dganamit - rant over.

[SS90]

Now SS90 what's up with you I'm beginning to sense some hostility here, are you really in the bike business after all, but none of us come to your shop?

I get the feeling that no one can come up with reasonable arguments to my points.

[merv]

The only points you seem to come up with is it can't be done coz its not done like that in "Upper Hutt" - whereas we expect some change and want the "Hood" to shake itself out of the 60's - all figuratively speaking of course - read its time some bike shops all over NZ became more customer focussed to meet customer needs.

So I don't think anyone is really arguing with your points at all - we all know that you are right, that is how stuck in a time warp the businesses are except for a few - just curious that you act the same - its like it is coz it always was and therefore will always be. The flaw in that model is that in the end the non-customer-focussed business will fold through lack of revenue and so it won't always be.

[SS90]

I get the feeling that no one can come up with reasonable arguments to my points.

Ditto......

[merv]

Ditto......

Are you trying to argue with yourself now?

Are you an ex-Hood boy?

Is spring coming on in Austria OK now and do you ever drive/ride through Switzerland down to Italy via Gotthard or San Bernadino at all and what would be your pick for Easter Saturday morning as to which route would flow the best?

[SS90]

Are you trying to argue with yourself now?

Are you an ex-Hood boy?

Is spring coming on in Austria OK now and do you ever drive/ride through Switzerland down to Italy via Gotthard or San Bernadino at all and what would be your pick for Easter Saturday morning as to which route would flow the best?

Since we work Saturday mornings, and we make 90% of our business in Spring/ Summer, I don't get much of an opportunity to ride such large distances....... I get holidays in winter, and you can't ride after November here (too much snow), deal with performance two stroke engines all day long, and can't ride more than 4 hours a week.........

My 1 year old KTM has 2342km on it, and I ride it when I am not working........Imagine if we extended opening hours.......

[SS90]

Are you trying to argue with yourself now?

Are you an ex-Hood boy?

No, I used Hut Valley as a random example.

I have learned that personal insults come at a time when you simply make too much sense, and no-one can find a reasonable argument to counter your views...... Like kindergarten.....

It's not simply because "it's always been like that, and that's how it is", as I have said time and time again, it has been tried, many times, by many shops all over NZ, and it is not viable from a business point of view.

[imdying]

Either that, or none of them have done it properly... I know what my money is on.

On another note, props to the Bike Gear Warehouse for filling a hugely obvious gap that has been in NZ for waaaaay too long.

[R-Soul]

No, I used Hut Valley as a random example.

I have learned that personal insults come at a time when you simply make too much sense, and no-one can find a reasonable argument to counter your views...... Like kindergarten.....

It's not simply because "it's always been like that, and that's how it is", as I have said time and time again, it has been tried, many times, by many shops all over NZ, and it is not viable from a business point of view.

Your points are not points at all. How teh hell is good service not viable form a business point of view? How is paying workers for 5 days a week (thursday to monday) instead of 5 days a week (monday to friday) not viable form a business point of view? Is there something I am missing here? I can understand it from a family commiment point of view, sure.

And it sounds like Deuce ex Machina (never been there myself- just found out about it) is taking on a new business model and doing pretty well with it?

PS why dont you start selling snowmobiles in winter?
Potato/potatoe...

[R-Soul]

And how is traininig sales people properly to build personal relationships with potential and future customers not viable from a business point of view?