Originally Posted by
veganbikes
Trek closed a bunch of shops near me or sorry opened a bunch of shops and I went in one and nobody helped us at all not even came to say hello it was only when we checked out they said word one and honestly if we didn't need to buy a helmet for the little guy I wouldn't have gone in. There was another employee who seemed busy and couldn't talk but the other guy just sort of came out of the back and was more of a basic cashier than anything. It was sad, that particular shop was quite nice some good people working there and now it felt barely alive.
My experience also, the big T seems to suck the life out of shops. Our old independent shop had various brands et al including used stuff....
no more.
So basically we get soulless corporate shops devoid of various brands and less people visiting or working there. The old shop was busy with several sales and mechanics working there..............all gone.
But this is 'progress' they say. well i don't say, now i have to go to another town to visit an independent shop with good mechanics AND used bicycles if i want them.
AND this was so predictable even to me. when i first heard of this, i knew it would be bad news: correct again. hope big T gets out of retail and sells the shops back, but fixing the damage they have done to the Bicycle eco system going to take a Long long time if ever. and of course Corporate types are always correct in their heads, their degree in nonsense says so and we pay.
This is not going on just in bicycle brands but also in bad business practices against independent music dealers and probably other kinds of business. again, the Corporate types need real classes in business or they will get the skool of hard knocks. perhaps the same results?