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On Oct 22, 6:29 pm, "Mike Jacoubowsky" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> > Last week I posted a message about breaking an REI frame and wondered if
> > it was worth repairing. One of the responses was that REI frames had a
> > lifetime warranty.
>
> > On Friday night I went to the local REI retail location and discussed the
> > situation with a couple of employees. The first told me that REI didn't
> > make bikes. The second had no idea about warranty and the third told me
> > "We will take care of you." When I asked what that meant he said that if
> > I brought the bike in on Saturday the repair shop would give me a new
> > frame and switch my old parts for free.
>
> > I brought the bike in on Saturday and was told that the shop manager would
> > have to make the decision and would not be in until Monday morning and
> > would call me so after they opened.
>
> > When I didn't hear from them I called. A bike shop employee told me that
> > the guy who makes decisions isn't. I asked to be transferred to the store
> > manager. After I told her the story she said that the bicycling manager
> > would be able to make a decision today.
>
> > I just received another call and she said that the correct person will be
> > in sometime tomorrow and will call me. It seems that there is no clear
> > warranty policy and it will be interesting to see what they tell me
> > tomorrow.
>
> So until Saturday nobody at REI had even seen the bike, and yet someone
> there told you it would be covered as a warranty? That seems strangest of
> all. You can't assume something's a warranty based solely on the description
> given by a customer over the phone. Perhaps half the time there's something
> left out, if you know what I mean (for example, bikes that we're told never
> hit anything, but somehow the rim or downtube became buckled).
>
> The quality of the bike departments at REI varies tremendously.
So does the quality of bike shops in general, and Trek dealers are
included in that lot.
> Some are
> great, others much less so. I'm not sure where the decision is made
> regarding how much focus to place on the individual bike departments, but
> obviously there's no company-wide edict that says they want very high
> quality bike departments as a rule.
>
> --Mike Jacoubowsky
> Chain Reaction Bicycleswww.ChainReaction.com
> Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
>
> "Frank Drackman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > Last week I posted a message about breaking an REI frame and wondered if
> > it was worth repairing. One of the responses was that REI frames had a
> > lifetime warranty.
>
> > On Friday night I went to the local REI retail location and discussed the
> > situation with a couple of employees. The first told me that REI didn't
> > make bikes. The second had no idea about warranty and the third told me
> > "We will take care of you." When I asked what that meant he said that if
> > I brought the bike in on Saturday the repair shop would give me a new
> > frame and switch my old parts for free.
>
> > I brought the bike in on Saturday and was told that the shop manager would
> > have to make the decision and would not be in until Monday morning and
> > would call me so after they opened.
>
> > When I didn't hear from them I called. A bike shop employee told me that
> > the guy who makes decisions isn't. I asked to be transferred to the store
> > manager. After I told her the story she said that the bicycling manager
> > would be able to make a decision today.
>
> > I just received another call and she said that the correct person will be
> > in sometime tomorrow and will call me. It seems that there is no clear
> > warranty policy and it will be interesting to see what they tell me
> > tomorrow.
wrote:
> > Last week I posted a message about breaking an REI frame and wondered if
> > it was worth repairing. One of the responses was that REI frames had a
> > lifetime warranty.
>
> > On Friday night I went to the local REI retail location and discussed the
> > situation with a couple of employees. The first told me that REI didn't
> > make bikes. The second had no idea about warranty and the third told me
> > "We will take care of you." When I asked what that meant he said that if
> > I brought the bike in on Saturday the repair shop would give me a new
> > frame and switch my old parts for free.
>
> > I brought the bike in on Saturday and was told that the shop manager would
> > have to make the decision and would not be in until Monday morning and
> > would call me so after they opened.
>
> > When I didn't hear from them I called. A bike shop employee told me that
> > the guy who makes decisions isn't. I asked to be transferred to the store
> > manager. After I told her the story she said that the bicycling manager
> > would be able to make a decision today.
>
> > I just received another call and she said that the correct person will be
> > in sometime tomorrow and will call me. It seems that there is no clear
> > warranty policy and it will be interesting to see what they tell me
> > tomorrow.
>
> So until Saturday nobody at REI had even seen the bike, and yet someone
> there told you it would be covered as a warranty? That seems strangest of
> all. You can't assume something's a warranty based solely on the description
> given by a customer over the phone. Perhaps half the time there's something
> left out, if you know what I mean (for example, bikes that we're told never
> hit anything, but somehow the rim or downtube became buckled).
>
> The quality of the bike departments at REI varies tremendously.
So does the quality of bike shops in general, and Trek dealers are
included in that lot.
> Some are
> great, others much less so. I'm not sure where the decision is made
> regarding how much focus to place on the individual bike departments, but
> obviously there's no company-wide edict that says they want very high
> quality bike departments as a rule.
>
> --Mike Jacoubowsky
> Chain Reaction Bicycleswww.ChainReaction.com
> Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
>
> "Frank Drackman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > Last week I posted a message about breaking an REI frame and wondered if
> > it was worth repairing. One of the responses was that REI frames had a
> > lifetime warranty.
>
> > On Friday night I went to the local REI retail location and discussed the
> > situation with a couple of employees. The first told me that REI didn't
> > make bikes. The second had no idea about warranty and the third told me
> > "We will take care of you." When I asked what that meant he said that if
> > I brought the bike in on Saturday the repair shop would give me a new
> > frame and switch my old parts for free.
>
> > I brought the bike in on Saturday and was told that the shop manager would
> > have to make the decision and would not be in until Monday morning and
> > would call me so after they opened.
>
> > When I didn't hear from them I called. A bike shop employee told me that
> > the guy who makes decisions isn't. I asked to be transferred to the store
> > manager. After I told her the story she said that the bicycling manager
> > would be able to make a decision today.
>
> > I just received another call and she said that the correct person will be
> > in sometime tomorrow and will call me. It seems that there is no clear
> > warranty policy and it will be interesting to see what they tell me
> > tomorrow.