Originally Posted by Burton

Well Dan the Man - tell you exactly what I got from your posting:

You went to three different shops on three different ocassions and each time it was for an extremely minor purchase. The staff at each of these shops was - in your opinion - incompetant and charged more than you thought the parts were worth as well - but you paid it anyway.

And for some reason you also seem to feel entitled to a volume price for a part even though you aren`t buying in volume. Seems you think shipping is also free on the Internet. It is on some sites - but only for purchases over $100 or so.

So since you`re obviously too hard up for money to send your bike in to have the work done at a shop, and since you feel more competant than any of the staff at those three shops - suggest you apply for a job there.

Posting threads like this basicly means you have time to burn so do something constructive with the situation. Otherwise I`d have to say your real problem is just being `cheap`.