Originally Posted by
bibliobob
Some of the "Co-Ops" are variations of the same. I can guarantee you that the hipsters working at one of the locals are pocketing all the really nice bikes for themselves. The crap gets shipped off to the third world, the middle brow stuff gets sold in their shop to cover expenses, and the nice stuff never sees the light of day.
My lucky thrift store has been hit by something like this in the last year or so. They used to have a nice bike, or even two everytime I went in. The one I visit
is an off site store, IE: not the main location. The supply of bikes went from nice/semi decent, to absolute magna/huffy junk, in less than a month. Someone is intercepting
the nicer bikes at the donation point. Probably an employee that knows the difference, was hired about that time, and is hoarding/flipping. The nicer bikes that do
make it to my store now, are beyond all repair.,,,,BD
Call me a conspiracy theorist if you want, but it wouldn't just immediately stop cold like that? Not after years?