Originally Posted by wangster
I'm just a little annoyed that you picked IRO because I just met Tony yesterday and got my bike from him and I can tell ya he didn't try to make it sound like he's not doing well with the business. The guy just loves fixies and want to get more people on quality affordable fixies. You should check out his warranty, if you kill the frame for whatever reason, he'll trade it in with a new one at half-price, at cost. How can you say someone like that is only trying to make a profit. I'd pick NYCBikes if anything, those guys are the ones you should make an example of.
okay...no more ranting...for now.
It looks like he got bashed. How much a retailer pays for an item is none of his business. Shame on the retailer for lying to him. I can see the episode. $300 bucks!!!!! Crap its just a black cromo frame n' fork. Your ripping me off. At this point I'd say, sorry you feel that way, go somewhere else and find it cheaper. Have a nice day. In 30 years of retail almost all of it in bikes in some way or another, I can only remember twice where a person had the auduacity to ask me what my profit was. None in the last 6 years that I have owned a LBS. I'm an IRO dealer and you can buy a frameset from me for the same price you can get it direct from IRO. I eat the shipping.
What the original poster knows about retail and business in general you could put in a fleas navel and still have room for a sesame seed and a red pubic hair.
Good job Wangster.
Yea, The IRO Mark "V"'s are black, but you can get custom color powdercoat from IRO. It might be possible to get a frame/fork in raw form and get it painted to your desires. Having a selection of colors would boost the price. Remember what Henry Ford said..."You can have any color as long as it's black"