Bike Bummer
 

I had some free time to kill today, so I headed by my LBS and decided to check out my new Fuji ACR 2.0 that I had ordered in (keeping it at the LBS till I get my pedals and get my fit done) and got some interesting news. My downtube has a pressure dent in it. My LBS guy gave me the rundown. He said he assembles all the bikes he gets in with the paper still on them in case he bumps them with a tool or something, so he put it together and stripped it down to wax it and he noticed the dent about 2.5 inches long, 1 inch wide and not that deep. He said he immediately hopped on the phone and called Fuji and was like "WTH am I supposed to do with this bike, it's dented??" They told him to either send it back or they'd knock some money off, but they wouldn't say how much. I told him that unless it's a hell of a chunk of change that the bike is going back. We both agreed that the dent is a big eye-sore especially since it's right in the silver paint and not the black. Other than that, the bike is BEAUTIFUL, gorgeous in fact. My LBS guy said he's had it sitting in his showroom and people have been drooling all over it. It's not going to take long to get a new one in, just one day, but it still stinks. Would any of you take this bike if they knocked a decent bit off? I told him that I've already spent the money so money off isn't that big of a deal to me unless they start tossing several hundred dollars back at me.

It depends on how much money they will give you back. If it's a few hundred, it might be worth it. If it's something that would bother me, I would order a new one.

Who would want a new dented bike?

Yeah there are some good and bad oxymorons. This is an example of a bad one.

For a 20-30% off? I would!
Every bike eventually gets little chips, dings, & scratches--buying a new dented bike not only saves you money, but also assuages the pain & cussing associated with The First Oops.

i would get a new one. If down the road i was to sell it, and it was in "selling" condition, that dent alone is gonna make you drop the price on it even more.


GET A NEW ONE, Period.

Yeah, your screwed if you try to resell it in the future, nobody wants a used, dented bike. Def. get a new one.

Everything stated about getting a new one is exactly what I was thinking. I dumped the money down to get a new bike and that's what I wanted, so needless to say I'm sending it back.

if it pretty much covered the frame...i'd think about it.