Originally Posted by
cdp8
You're right it is fishy. It's crystal clear Shop Guy never called SRAM like he said he would. That alone is enough to keep me from buying a big ticket item there. I've bought four bikes over the years since I first stumbled upon his old location, but none from his shop. I just think (and hope) I'm right that he doesn't deserve being labeled a thief. It's more like if Doc Emmett Brown owned a bike shop, it would look and feel like this shop; he's got bigger ideas bouncing around his head than the day-to-day operations of a store.
This is a guy I've known and taken my custom to for seven years. I really want to believe the same, but the more I think about the more I can't see a way to chalk it up to him just being him. I can maybe see different packaging/wrapping for the two (though I think it's a stretch). There was zero reason for them to be in separate parts of the shop. Additionally SRAM claims that they were never conacted before my nastygram to them. It just doesn't add up.