Originally Posted by
cradduck
Part of my is trying to justify the extra cost I am paying in my head thinking these guys are just trying to make a living. I know the basics of retail and know that every square foot of that place costs them money in some fashion. Another part of me wants to let them know that their price jumps each month are getting a little haywire and that it might be time for me to find another LBS since their markups are getting out of hand.
Has anyone else run into this? What would/did you do?
I don't expect them to change on account of me, but I am sure that I am not the only person who has noticed this or has begun to pass on their pricing for items and just buying the same thing for a lot cheaper somewhere else.
Don't take it personally, for whatever reason they are pricing some components more than other shops, shop elsewhere as you need. If you are comparing their prices to mail-order and shops that don't specialize in rentals they're bound to come out higher to justify the low turnover. Not knowing the particulars of their business it's also possible they are under financial constraints to get as much as they can out of each sale, ie. rent went up, whatever. I've seen the same with a local shops. With some things it's worth it, some things it's not.