Originally Posted by
TenSpeedV2
The "issue" with a bike shop is that they cannot carry everything in the world in stock. It is a bike shop, not Amazon.
I understand that perfectly well, but for me personally, the benefit I get from a bike shop is I can walk out with what I need now. Quite happy to support them in the cases where they can do that, but not so much if they exist as a middleman to ordering stuff off the internet.
Do we judge him on it? Absolutely. Do we ever say anything negative to him about it? Nope. His money, his decision to spend it how he sees fit. He could have purchased a much better bike than what he has already with how much he spends on repairs. We keep our mouths shut.
Exactly as you should. We had many of those customers when I worked at Office Max, you help them when you can, but if they are set on something and are shoving money in your face, you take it and make the sale.