Originally Posted by
bobotech
This thread is interesting to me. I find it fascinating to hear the shop's side of the story. I can empathize with the consumer but I also can empathize with the shop as well.
I really don't have a dog in this fight so I am not on one side or the other. What I am curious about is this, if a LBS has a bunch of older parts in stock that they haven't sold in years, why don't they discount the parts? It seems like to me that shops would rather sit on ancient inventory at full price rather than discount it to make a sale. What is the reason for that? I do not know the ins and outs of businesses so I don't know. It seems like big stores will discount their old obsolete inventory just to get it out of their system.
My LBS does discount stuff, it goes on a big table against the wall. But why would I buy a derailleur at 50% off that doesn't fit anything I own? The average cyclist might have a couple of bikes, I have 30 and probably don't buy more than half a dozen items from my LBS on sale a year, the stuff just isn't there anymore. My most modern derailleur bike uses Shimano Deore LX from 1990...
Aaron
