Right – the desire for a deal is satisfied by getting the free shipping, for me. I can’t remember the last sub-$150 Riv order I placed. OTOH, I have quite an inventory of chains and cassettes waiting for the right project. ;-)
From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Lindsay Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 1:06 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: Riv horse-trading on a Riv-centric site I agree completely. Bravo for the soapbox talk. I try and give the benefit of the doubt to the WTB posts like that, assuming that the people fishing for a deal really sincerely cannot afford to pay full price. You are absolutely right, though, that if everybody did it, it would represent a real problem. I know I struggle with it, the need to feel like I'm getting a deal. Fortunately for Rivendell, my need to get a deal usually just forces me to put more stuff in my cart so I can get the free shipping. My need to get a deal led me to use both of the current coupon codes (January best/worst sellers + bike snob free shipping) and place an order yesterday. On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 9:25:03 AM UTC-8, Joe Bernard wrote: Branching off comments in another thread - and no doubt generating much unpopularity, but I'm a liberal who chats regularly with conservatives on politics sites, so I'm ok with it - this topic has been an edgy one for me for quite some time. There's much buying/selling that goes on here for Riv and Riv-ish things - I do it, too - which is fine: If you have a bag or stem lying around you're not using, might as well sell it, right? Right, but when it comes to actively searching around for "a deal" on things Rivendell sells, I get a little queasy about this being done on a Riv Forum as opposed to Ebay or Craigslist. What concerns me is that we've developed a secondary market amongst each other for things we can buy new from RBW, and if that market continues to flourish at the expense of the folks who originally provided the products, we're eventually going to find ourselves wondering what happened to those nice folks in Walnut Creek. Of course I'm not saying we have to stop selling things we don't need anymore, but I think we should be careful how hard we push the 'search' part of this activity on a Riv-specific forum. A while back I needed a DirtDrop stem, a headlight, and some reflectors. Rivendell sells them. They came expertly packed in a nice little box. Joe "soapbox" Bernard Vallejo, CA. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **************************************************** To ensure compliance with Treasury Department regulations, we advise you that, unless otherwise expressly indicated, any federal tax advice contained in this message was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding tax-related penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state or local tax law provisions or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any tax-related matters addressed herein. **************************************************** **************************************************** This email (and any attachments thereto) is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email (and any attachments thereto) is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (212) 735-3000 and permanently delete the original email (and any copy of any email) and any printout thereof. Further information about the firm, a list of the Partners and their professional qualifications will be provided upon request. **************************************************** ============================================================================== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
