Originally Posted by
speshelite
There was someone asking about buying from BD and it just reminded me of the many goofballs I've dealt with over the years at lbs's. There seem to be a handful of specific personality types at the lbs:
1) immature kids such as stoner teens that the shop hired because they're the only person in town willing to turn a wrench all week long for $8 an hour,
Walking into a bike shop is just begging to be inundated with endless examples of arrested development. Thank god for internet sales.
The weekly LBS slam.
If you are so tired of $8/hr shop employees move to a place where the minimum wage is $15/hr.
I was in a bike shop and some dufas people walked in. Instead of being polite they claimed all the prices were inflated, the brand/color/size they wanted wasn't in stock, they tried on shoes and helmets, then left without spending a penny.