Originally Posted by Hunter
Why is there so much hostility toward bike shops here? Why do people think it is ok to haggle about everything in a shop? I have said it before and it was itterated here in this thread. You do not do this in a grocery store so............. Alot of people here poison themselves with alchohol here do you haggle on the price of beer? Beer and liqour is outrageously priced.
Just deal with it. Bike shop owners have to make a living so just deal with it. Geez there has to be a few hundred LBS bashing threads here just stop it.
Exactly right. I have a friend who owns a bike store and almost every customer wants not only a disconut on a bike that's already marked down, but also wants water bottle cages, water bottles, pump, spare tube, and on and on thrown in for free.