I'll also add that as an owner of a Waterford Tig'd Milwaukee frame and a Taiwanese Tig'd Rivendell Clem Smith both have equally clean looking welds with no perceptible differences as far as my untrained eye could tell. I trust that the imported fully lugged Riv's are just as reliable and well made as the MUSA options and as long as all the models differ enough to warrant a model vs model and sizing debate if I were in the market for another I'd rule out an imported "in stock" one (SH/Appa/Chev) first before considering the expense and wait for a made to order MUSA version. I'm all for supporting local MUSA business but only so far as I could realistically and comfortably afford and an imported Riv is still supporting Riv and imported parts from the LBS (or Riv) still supports the LBS (or Riv.)
On Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 4:23:24 PM UTC-5, Coal Bee Rye Anne wrote: > Either the price of your product needs to be adjusted to reflect it, or > your product needs to be adjusted to reflect your target price... off topic > but kinda reminds of Haagen Dazs reducing their "pints" from 16 to 14oz > rather than raise their pint price. I recall this happening a while > back when spotting Ben&Jerry's pints being packaged with added text that > read "STILL A PINT!" and I remember thinking to myself "well, duh, of > course it's still a pint" and thinking nothing more of it until a later > date when I happened to see them side by side only to discover Haagen > Dazs pints had shrunk so they could keep the price from changing. > > I certainly don't see Riv shrinking their bikes (especially with the > recent lengthening of chainstays) just to keep costs down deceptively. > They also already went with imported TIG models at a much more > affordable price point for those of us that remain just out of reach of > fully lugged models (unless chasing one down on the used resale market) and > the reason I finally was able to purchase one (a 65cm Clem.) I'm grateful > that the stars aligned at the time so I could pick up the mega Clem, > especially now that it's been mentioned they are very unlikely to be > replenished. > > Brian Cole > > On Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 3:24:24 PM UTC-5, Mark in Beacon wrote: > >> I would imagine because Grant wants a new car. Just kidding. I suspect >> the usual reason, which is that the cost of doing business is going >> up--factories charging more, shipping costs, labor, insurance, etc. These >> things are generally always inching up, and after a while, the price of >> your product needs to reflect this, or after another while, you are out of >> business. >> >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
