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  1. Purchased a saddle from these "people", requested/paid for
    two day shipping, rec'd it a week an half later. They tried
    to pass off the wrong model to me. Called their returns
    number for an RA, the number was disconnected. Called the
    order number, no one would answer. Sent them an email
    explaining their error and linked the mfr website showing
    their error. No response, sent second email. No response
    left a voice mail with home and work phone numbers. No
    response, notified credit card to bounce the charge back to
    them. Recommend avoiding doing business with them, they screwed-
    up on every level and refuse to respond back.

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  2. [email hidden] wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    Purchased a saddle from these "people", requested/paid for
    two day shipping, rec'd it a week an half later. They
    tried to pass off the wrong model to me. Called their
    returns number for an RA, the number was disconnected.
    Called the order number, no one would answer. Sent them an
    email explaining their error and linked the mfr website
    showing their error. No response, sent second email. No
    response left a voice mail with home and work phone
    numbers. No response, notified credit card to bounce the
    charge back to them. Recommend avoiding doing business
    with them, they screwed-up on every level and refuse to
    respond back.

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    And you could have saved yourself tons of trouble by
    walking/riding over to your local bike ship. And you
    probably would have gotten what you wanted, and at the same
    price (I know lots of shops that price match mail order)
    Unless you are living in a place where there is not a local
    bike shop.

    Tom

  3. Same problems noted here with bikesource.com,

    Tout a coup, Estelle se mit a gigoter effroyablement, son
    cul se mit a danser devant le nez de Mariette dont les
    gloussements et les tours de cul devinrent aussi plus forts.
    Bikesource.com, Estelle lancait a droite et a gauche ses
    jambes gainees de soie noire et chaussees de souliers a
    talons Louis XV.
    - -En remuant ainsi, elle donna un coup de pied terrible
    dans le nez de Cornaboeux qui en fut etourdi et se mit a
    saigner abondamment. "Putain" hurla Cornaboeux et pour se
    venger il pinca violemment le cul de Mony. Celui-ci, pris
    de rage, mordit terriblement l'epaule de Mariette qui
    dechargeait en beuglant. Sous l'effet de la douleur, elle
    planta ses dents dans le con de sa maitresse qui,
    hysteriquement, serra ses cuisses autour de son cou.
    - -J'etouffe! articula difficilement Mariette, mais on ne
    l'ecouta pas. L'etreinte des cuisses devint plus forte. La
    face de Mariette devint violette, sa bouche ecumante
    restait fixee sur le con de l'actrice. Mony dechargeait,
    en hurlant, dans un con inerte. Cornaboeux, les yeux hors
    de la tete, lachait son foutre dans le cul de Mony en
    declarant d'une voix lache:
    - -Si tu ne deviens pas enceinte, t'es pas un homme! Les
    quatre personnages s'etaient affales. Etendue sur la
    couchette, Estelle grincait des dents et donnait des coups
    de poing de tous cotes en agitant les jambes. Cornaboeux
    pissait par la portiere. Mony essayait de retirer son vit
    du con de Mariette. Mais il n'y avait pas moyen. Le corps
    de la soubrette ne remuait plus.
    - -Laisse-moi sortir, lui disait Mony, et il la
    caressait, puis il lui pinca les fesses, la mordit,
    mais rien n'y fit.
    - -Viens lui ecarter les cuisses, elle est evanouie, dit
    Mony a Cornaboeux. C'est avec une grande peine que Mony
    put arriver a sortir son vit du con qui etait
    effroyablement serre. Ils essayerent ensuite de faire
    revenir Mariette, mais rien n'y fit:
    - -Merde, elle a clampse, declara Cornaboeux. Et c'etait
    vrai, Mariette etait morte etranglee par les jambes de sa
    maitresse, elle etait morte, irremediablement morte.
    - -Nous sommes frais, dit Morny, Bikesource.com.

    Pendant ce temps, Cornaboeux avait retourne le cadavre dont
    la face violette etait epouvantable. Il ecarta les fesses et
    fit peniblement entrer son enorme vit dans l'ouverture
    sodomique. Alors, il donna libre cours a sa ferocite
    naturelle. Ses mains arracherent touffes par touffes les
    cheveux blonds de la morte. Ses dents dechirerent le dos
    d'une blancheur polaire, et le sang qui jaillit, vite
    coagule, avait l'air d'etre etale sur de la neige. Un peu
    avant la jouissance, il introduisit sa main dans la vulve
    encore tiede et y faisant entrer tout son bras, il se mit a
    tirer les boyaux de la malheureuse femme de chambre. Au
    moment de la jouissance, il avait deja tire deux metres
    d'entrailles et s'en etait entoure la taille comme d'une
    ceinture de sauvetage. Il dechargea ensuite en vomissant son
    repas tant a cause des trepidations du train qu'a cause des
    emotions qu'il avait ressenties. Mony venait de decharger et
    regardait avec stupefaction son valet de chambre hoqueter
    affreusement en degueulant sur le cadavre lamentable. Parmi
    les cheveux sanglants, les boyaux et le sang se melaient au
    degueulis.
    - -Porc infame, s'ecria le prince, le viol de cette fille
    morte que tu devais epouser selon ma promesse, pesera
    lourd sur toi dans la vallee de Josaphat. Si je ne
    t'aimais pas tant, je te tuerais comme un chien.
    Cornaboeux se leva sanglant et refoulant les derniers
    hoquets de sa degueulade. Il designa Estelle dont les yeux
    dilates contemplaient avec horreur le spectacle immonde:
    - -C'est elle qui est cause tout, declara-t'il.
    - -Ne sois pas si cruel, dit Mony, elle t'a donne l'occasion
    de satisfaire tes gouts de necrophile.

  4. [email hidden] (Tom Arsenault) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    And you could have saved yourself tons of trouble by
    walking/riding over to your local bike ship. And you
    probably would have gotten what you wanted, and at the
    same price (I know lots of shops that price match mail
    order) Unless you are living in a place where there is not
    a local bike shop.

    Tom

    Horseshit! The whole idea of LBSs being better than mail-
    order really makes me laugh...people are so gullible, myself
    included. You might be lucky to find an LBS worth anything,
    but do your research because the ones worth spending money
    on are few and far between. Or if you have the time and
    patience and coinage, keep spending $$ and time at all of
    the LBSs until you find one that's decent. That's what I did
    in Northern VA...lots of shops but poor quality. And there
    will be a lot of guys who will recommend an LBS and say it's
    great, but those people don't know any better.

  5. "SprintAtBettyRussells" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    [email hidden] (Tom Arsenault) wrote in message


    news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    And you could have saved yourself tons of trouble by
    walking/riding over to your local bike ship. And you
    probably would have gotten what you wanted, and at the
    same price (I know lots of shops that price match mail
    order) Unless you are living in a place where there is
    not a local bike shop.

    Horseshit! The whole idea of LBSs being better than mail-
    order really makes me laugh...people are so gullible,
    myself included. You might be lucky to find an LBS worth
    anything, but do your research because the ones worth
    spending money on are few and far between. Or if you have
    the time and patience and coinage, keep spending $$ and
    time at all of the LBSs until you find one that's decent.
    That's what I did in Northern VA...lots of shops but poor
    quality. And there will be a lot of guys who will
    recommend an LBS and say it's great, but those people
    don't know any better.

    Perhaps you ought to be a bit more understanding. Bike shops
    usually aren't big enough to buy parts from the factories
    and keep them in stock. Instead they have to buy most of
    their stuff from distributors like Quality Bicycle Parts.
    This are bigger and can afford to stock more but they still
    aren't perfect. And they have to make a living too. If
    you're ordering when they're completing a big order the
    mailing's no big deal and you get in on quantity discounts
    as well in some cases. If you want the part right now and
    they have to order it individually it multiplies the
    handling costs.

    So you have to pay the profit for the distributor, the
    mailing costs and the profit for the local bike shop.
    There's no way they can sell for mail order prices. AND THEY
    REALLY DO WANT TO.

    On the other hand, you can often see the parts you want to
    buy and hold them in your hand. knowing that a Aspide weighs
    almost nothing is one thing. Riding on it and finding out
    that steel is more comfortable is another.

    Local bike shops are much better to do business at under
    normal circumstances and if you pay a premium so be it. In
    the end it means that you have someone that works on bikes
    all the time and so can fix that damn problem that you
    can't. It means that they know exactly how to adjust the
    derailleurs so that they don't rattle in half the gears.
    They know how to wrap the bar tape so that it covers up ALL
    of the bar including the little triangle next to the brake
    lever. And they have all of the tools necessary to work on
    stuff on bikes that you'll never want to - say taking apart
    a Campi Ergo lever with more parts than in a '53 DeSoto.

    Local shops are cool.

  6. I think the central thing is to find a mechanic to trust. If
    you don't feel comfy truing a wheel, or gluing a tubular, or
    similar, knowing a mechanic you can trust is priceless and
    worth the money.

    Often at the end of a repair I ask, "How much do I owe you?"
    The answer is just as often "buy some stuff."

    And this is from a _major_ chain. If you don't do all
    repairs yourself it is good to develop a relationship with a
    "lead" mechanic.

    Just my experience though.

    "Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:cA-
    [email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    "SprintAtBettyRussells" <[email hidden]> wrote
    in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    [email hidden] (Tom Arsenault) wrote in message


    news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    And you could have saved yourself tons of trouble by
    walking/riding over to your local bike ship. And you
    probably would have gotten what you wanted, and at the
    same price (I know lots of shops that price match mail
    order) Unless you are living in a place where there is
    not a local bike shop.

    Horseshit! The whole idea of LBSs being better than mail-
    order really makes me laugh...people are so gullible,
    myself included. You might be lucky to find an LBS worth
    anything, but do your research because the ones worth
    spending money on are few and far between. Or if you
    have the time and patience and coinage, keep spending $$
    and time at all of the LBSs until you find one that's
    decent. That's what I did in Northern VA...lots of shops
    but poor quality. And there will be a lot of guys who
    will recommend an LBS and say it's great, but those
    people don't know any better.

    Perhaps you ought to be a bit more understanding. Bike
    shops usually


    aren't

    Quoted message said:

    big enough to buy parts from the factories and keep them
    in stock. Instead they have to buy most of their stuff
    from distributors like Quality


    Bicycle

    Quoted message said:

    Parts. This are bigger and can afford to stock more but
    they still aren't perfect. And they have to make a living
    too. If you're ordering when


    they're

    Quoted message said:

    completing a big order the mailing's no big deal and you
    get in on


    quantity

    Quoted message said:

    discounts as well in some cases. If you want the part
    right now and they have to order it individually it
    multiplies the handling costs.

    So you have to pay the profit for the distributor, the
    mailing costs and


    the

    Quoted message said:

    profit for the local bike shop. There's no way they can
    sell for mail


    order

    Quoted message said:

    prices. AND THEY REALLY DO WANT TO.

    On the other hand, you can often see the parts you want to
    buy and hold


    them

    Quoted message said:

    in your hand. knowing that a Aspide weighs almost nothing
    is one thing. Riding on it and finding out that steel is
    more comfortable is another.

    Local bike shops are much better to do business at under
    normal circumstances and if you pay a premium so be it. In
    the end it means that you have someone that works on bikes
    all the time and so can fix that damn problem that you
    can't. It means that they know exactly how to adjust the
    derailleurs so that they don't rattle in half the gears.
    They know how to wrap the bar tape so that it covers up
    ALL of the bar including the little triangle next to the
    brake lever. And they have all of the tools necessary to
    work on stuff on bikes that you'll never want to - say
    taking apart a Campi Ergo lever with more parts than in a
    '53 DeSoto.

    Local shops are cool.

  7. They told me you were the "impossible" customer.
    Impossible to please, and they said, short of giving you
    everything they had free, they finally in the end just had
    to ignore you.

  8. [email hidden] (SprintAtBettyRussells) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    [email hidden] (Tom Arsenault) wrote in message
    news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    And you could have saved yourself tons of trouble by
    walking/riding over to your local bike ship. And you
    probably would have gotten what you wanted, and at the
    same price (I know lots of shops that price match mail
    order) Unless you are living in a place where there is
    not a local bike shop.

    Tom

    Horseshit! The whole idea of LBSs being better than mail-
    order really makes me laugh...people are so gullible,
    myself included. You might be lucky to find an LBS worth
    anything, but do your research because the ones worth
    spending money on are few and far between. Or if you have
    the time and patience and coinage, keep spending $$ and
    time at all of the LBSs until you find one that's decent.
    That's what I did in Northern VA...lots of shops but poor
    quality. And there will be a lot of guys who will
    recommend an LBS and say it's great, but those people
    don't know any better.

    Maybe I've been personally lucky, but I've found great local
    bike shops in NC since the time I moved down here from
    Maine. You do have to have some patience with some shops,
    but most will make you feel at home, and if they don't have
    something in stock, they can normally get it for you within
    2-3 days (my experience once again). Their knowledge is
    invaluable, and for little repairs that I might not have the
    correct tools to do (such as wheel truing because I don't
    have a truing stand), they will normally slot me right in,
    take care of it for me, and send me on my way without being
    charged for anything. So I bring in a case of beer or some
    other goodies once in awhile to show my appreciation for
    what they've done for me in the past. It kind of greases the
    wheels so to speak. I could recommend several shops to you
    in the Greensboro/Chapel Hill area, and you'd be more than
    pleased with them. Very good quality at them as well. Sounds
    like you've had a bad experience. Either that, or you're
    "that guy" that buys everything mail order, and then brings
    it into his/her local bike shop and has them build it for
    you or install it for you.

    Tom

  9. [email hidden] (SprintAtBettyRussells) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    [email hidden] (Tom Arsenault) wrote in message
    news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    And you could have saved yourself tons of trouble by
    walking/riding over to your local bike ship. And you
    probably would have gotten what you wanted, and at the
    same price (I know lots of shops that price match mail
    order) Unless you are living in a place where there is
    not a local bike shop.

    Tom

    Horseshit! The whole idea of LBSs being better than mail-
    order really makes me laugh...people are so gullible,
    myself included. You might be lucky to find an LBS worth
    anything, but do your research because the ones worth
    spending money on are few and far between. Or if you have
    the time and patience and coinage, keep spending $$ and
    time at all of the LBSs until you find one that's decent.
    That's what I did in Northern VA...lots of shops but poor
    quality. And there will be a lot of guys who will
    recommend an LBS and say it's great, but those people
    don't know any better.

    Maybe I've been personally lucky, but I've found great local
    bike shops in NC since the time I moved down here from
    Maine. You do have to have some patience with some shops,
    but most will make you feel at home, and if they don't have
    something in stock, they can normally get it for you within
    2-3 days (my experience once again). Their knowledge is
    invaluable, and for little repairs that I might not have the
    correct tools to do (such as wheel truing because I don't
    have a truing stand), they will normally slot me right in,
    take care of it for me, and send me on my way without being
    charged for anything. So I bring in a case of beer or some
    other goodies once in awhile to show my appreciation for
    what they've done for me in the past. It kind of greases the
    wheels so to speak. I could recommend several shops to you
    in the Greensboro/Chapel Hill area, and you'd be more than
    pleased with them. Very good quality at them as well. Sounds
    like you've had a bad experience. Either that, or you're
    "that guy" that buys everything mail order, and then brings
    it into his/her local bike shop and has them build it for
    you or install it for you.

    Tom

  10. "Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    Local bike shops are much better to do business at under
    normal circumstances and if you pay a premium so be it. In
    the end it means that you have someone that works on bikes
    all the time and so can fix that damn problem that you
    can't. It means that they know exactly how to adjust the
    derailleurs so that they don't rattle in half the gears.
    They know how to wrap the bar tape so that it covers up
    ALL of the bar including the little triangle next to the
    brake lever. And they have all of the tools necessary to
    work on stuff on bikes that you'll never want to - say
    taking apart a Campi Ergo lever with more parts than in a
    '53 DeSoto.

    For the few local bike shops that do this, it's worth the
    premium. My point is that most bike shops don't do this.
    Most have mechanics that are best equal to my skills which
    isn't much. Usually worse. The other option (for me)is to
    drive an hour and half to get to a decent shop with a decent
    mechanic, which I do when I can. But I shouldn't have to.

    I just think the LBS advice is over-rated, applicable to the
    few who live in communities where they are lucky to have
    that quality LBS with half-decent mechanics.

  11. [email hidden] (SprintAtBettyRussells) wrote in
    message news

    Quoted message said:

    And there will be a lot of guys who will recommend an
    LBS and say it's great, but those people don't know
    any better.

    I'm guessing they know better then consumers getting fleeced
    by online vendors.

    Clay T.

  12. Callistus Valerius said:

    They told me you were the "impossible" customer.
    Impossible to please, and they said, short of giving
    you everything they had free, they finally in the end
    just had to ignore you.

    Hey callitsis... Before you flame someone, why don't
    you think about what you are saying.. "they told
    me...", "impossible customer.." "free.." "in the end
    had to ignore.."

    Perhaps you are not old enough to read and comprehend the
    post or just enjoy posing like you are in the know... I paid
    for two day shipping, a week and a half later the wrong item
    arrives (first bad sign). I try to call them (because the
    invoice says they refuse returns w/o an RA number), their
    phone number on the return form was disconnected (second bad
    sign). I sent them a couple of emails and left a few
    voicemails on their order line asking for an RA number to
    return the thing. All of this was over a few weeks, they
    never replied, not even once. All I wanted was an RA number
    to return the product they sent me which was different than
    what I ordered.

    Your post implied there was some kind of dialog and that I
    was trying to get something for free. There was no dialog
    and I didn't want (or ever ask for) anything for free.

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