Originally Posted by
cale
Saying that the Trek is too high priced and inconvenient sounds like your opinion.
Trek won't ship to the customer because they HAD to give the LBS something to compensate for the potential lost P&A sales. Making the customer go to a shop to pick-up the bike offers the LBS a path to recover those sales.
Of course it's my opinion based upon the assumptions I stated. But that is all that any of us have at this point, is our opinion. And yes, I discount the "name", as I have seen so many "brand names" blow in in just a couple years. Dell and Gateway computers are excellent examples. Sony does not carry the luster that it once did. And in the bike world, many many "brands" have blown it. Schwinn is and obvious example. Trek is not beyond going the same route. And yes, this is my opinion.