Originally Posted by
Squeeze
Nothing, I guess, except the local dealers must be highly upset...IF my assumptions are correct, which they very well may not be.
Your assumptions are correct.
Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
- As for dealers being pissed, a local shop used to carry Raleigh and they are working on selling the last of their inventory. They went another direction since Raleigh has pushed online sales for less than what the dealer sells em for.
I have a good friend who was a Raleigh dealer. When I was going to buy a bike from Raleigh last month I told him how much I was going to get it for and if he could beat it (or even come close) I would buy it from him. He looked it up and sure enough Raleigh is (was?) selling direct to the consumer cheaper than to the dealers. He was pissed to say the least and I'm pretty sure he dropped Raleigh. Raleigh's business model is shady AF.