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Old 10-13-09 | 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by brakemeister
sounds like sour grapes or sumpin .... would be interesting to find out.... but I have more important things to do .... like helping my customers ..lol
I have absolutely NO problem to call them whenever I like* they do have a 800 number for dealers as well. I get emails answered in usually a day. I can send faxes every day. I sell bikes every day, I pay for bikes every day( well .....once a week is enough ) yeah I pay in time as well ( part of a good relationship)

I , like everyone else have the occasional hickup when parts like carriers or fenders or magnetix are not immedeately available. I wait a couple weeks and than my order gets filled and usually arrives a couple days later. Yes the spare part accesory parts could be slicker, no doubt, the replacement parts/warranty parts I dont already have I can usually get within days ... also here is room for betterment.
The key is that I am not siting on my hands I order stuff so I have it in stock and not wait until my customer needs it ....

if somebody makes s statement that they cannot be reached that makes me mad as it is totally untrue

for heavens sake I can email the Owner and get responses back within a day ..

thor
I think many dealers aren't really committed to selling folders and prefer Bike Friday because they can just collect the check while Bike Friday does all the work for them. With Dahon they have to do all the same work they would with a Trek or any other mass produced bike, which is often a losing proposition if only a small minority of their customers buy folders.

I'm going to make this real simple for the OP. The difference between Dahon and Bike Friday is this: Dahon is mass produced, Bike Friday is not. Any advantages/disadvantages follow from that. I'm personally a fan of mass produced products, but you may not be. Capish?
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