Originally Posted by
obrentharris
No thanks. I did this in 2018. When I finally got around to redeeming my credit a couple years later I was told that it had expired. It seems that good faith only goes one way.
Brent
Well that is disappointing to hear. I remember the 2018 handout request but didn’t participate or follow very closely. Since then I’ve come to own a Rivendell, which I like very much and follow the brand fairly closely. That gift card would have come in handy a couple of months ago when I bought a stem from them for the price I could probably sell one of my old racing frames for.
Rivendell framesets sell out within weeks of becoming available and many of their components and accessories on the site are frequently sold out. This seems to me an effort to finance the Silver component line, which is niche and faces strong competition (the diagram on the ad even has Microshift branding). If they have to finance lugs and fork crowns this way instead of from the gross from frame sales, something is amiss. I guess maybe they had such success by stiffing people like Brent last time, they figure it’s better than seeking investors like every other business out there.
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