[RBW] Re: Good Error Resolution from Alex's Cycle in Japan
The main reason is that the Yen has plummeted -- in 2012 one dollar traded at 76 yen and now it's at 125, a 64% increase. If you buy directly you get the benefit of the exchange rate. I'm guessing the domestic wholesalers and retailers are hesitant to adjust prices down, betting that they will rise again and thus confusing consumers. Also, if they are carrying inventory, they may have purchased at a higher price. The duty on most bike parts is not high and on some pieces it's zero (e.g. cranksets). Greg On Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 3:41:17 PM UTC-7, Lungimsam wrote: What?!?!? Some of their prices are like wayy cheaper than what stuff costs in the US. I wonder how they can sell Pearl stems for only 60-something bucks. Maybe no import fees, like a USA vender has? Sometimes I wonder if places that sell stuff for so cheap are selling off manufacturer's seconds. Not saying Alex's is doing that. Just saying that the thought crosses my mind when I see a vendor with cheap prices on so many things. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Good Error Resolution from Alex's Cycle in Japan
I'll add to the sentiment . .. . buying Local need not mean your physical home anymore . I consider buying Like country manufactured stuff from Like country Local . In fact as I have no physical source anywhere near my home for such things , having them sent in the mail is far more efficient than driving a car an hour or more each way to a random location where I would never go otherwise. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Good Error Resolution from Alex's Cycle in Japan
I buy my tires and my tubes (Schwalbe and latex) in bulk from Wiggle or whichever UK bike shop has the best deal going. On Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 8:51:47 PM UTC-5, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, buy Japanese stuff from Japanese retailers, German stuff from the Germans. Deduct the importer's markup, the NA distributor's, and the US retailer's. Schwalbe tires are nearly 50% less expensive when purchased direct from Germany. I think Schmidt hubs are the same. On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Ron Mc bulld...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: cuz they buy them locally. The only Nitto item I found an equivalent price in the US was the R12 rear bag support. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/Viner/aP4250003.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/Viner/aP4250007.jpg the Ostrich bag was $58 v. $140 ifrom US suppliers. On Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 5:41:17 PM UTC-5, Lungimsam wrote: What?!?!? Some of their prices are like wayy cheaper than what stuff costs in the US. I wonder how they can sell Pearl stems for only 60-something bucks. Maybe no import fees, like a USA vender has? Sometimes I wonder if places that sell stuff for so cheap are selling off manufacturer's seconds. Not saying Alex's is doing that. Just saying that the thought crosses my mind when I see a vendor with cheap prices on so many things. -- 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-bun...@googlegroups.com javascript:. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com javascript:. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Cheers, David Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride. - Seth Vidal -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Good Error Resolution from Alex's Cycle in Japan
Ah, yes; but which option did you take? The 27R (AKA 700c rear Campee w/detachable lowrider racks) for $110 is a crazy-cheap deal. Peter Adler who has fantasized about 27F+27R for years, but has yet to win Publisher's Clearinghouse Berkeley, CA/USA On Monday, August 17, 2015 at 8:45:48 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: They turned that right back around, offering me my choice of two options. Option A, they send me the right rack at their expense, and I return the wrong rack at their expense. Option B was they'd send me my rack with the lowriders at their expense, and sell me the wrong rack with the lowriders, for $110. So, that's a good business making an honest mistake and making it right when given the opportunity to do so. It's only a slight bummer that I need to wait another couple weeks for my rack to come in, but I'll live -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Good Error Resolution from Alex's Cycle in Japan
Yep, buy Japanese stuff from Japanese retailers, German stuff from the Germans. Deduct the importer's markup, the NA distributor's, and the US retailer's. Schwalbe tires are nearly 50% less expensive when purchased direct from Germany. I think Schmidt hubs are the same. On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Ron Mc bulldog...@gmail.com wrote: cuz they buy them locally. The only Nitto item I found an equivalent price in the US was the R12 rear bag support. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/Viner/aP4250003.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/Viner/aP4250007.jpg the Ostrich bag was $58 v. $140 ifrom US suppliers. On Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 5:41:17 PM UTC-5, Lungimsam wrote: What?!?!? Some of their prices are like wayy cheaper than what stuff costs in the US. I wonder how they can sell Pearl stems for only 60-something bucks. Maybe no import fees, like a USA vender has? Sometimes I wonder if places that sell stuff for so cheap are selling off manufacturer's seconds. Not saying Alex's is doing that. Just saying that the thought crosses my mind when I see a vendor with cheap prices on so many things. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Cheers, David Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride. - Seth Vidal -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Good Error Resolution from Alex's Cycle in Japan
What?!?!? Some of their prices are like wayy cheaper than what stuff costs in the US. I wonder how they can sell Pearl stems for only 60-something bucks. Maybe no import fees, like a USA vender has? Sometimes I wonder if places that sell stuff for so cheap are selling off manufacturer's seconds. Not saying Alex's is doing that. Just saying that the thought crosses my mind when I see a vendor with cheap prices on so many things. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Good Error Resolution from Alex's Cycle in Japan
cuz they buy them locally. The only Nitto item I found an equivalent price in the US was the R12 rear bag support. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/Viner/aP4250003.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/Viner/aP4250007.jpg the Ostrich bag was $58 v. $140 ifrom US suppliers. On Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 5:41:17 PM UTC-5, Lungimsam wrote: What?!?!? Some of their prices are like wayy cheaper than what stuff costs in the US. I wonder how they can sell Pearl stems for only 60-something bucks. Maybe no import fees, like a USA vender has? Sometimes I wonder if places that sell stuff for so cheap are selling off manufacturer's seconds. Not saying Alex's is doing that. Just saying that the thought crosses my mind when I see a vendor with cheap prices on so many things. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Good Error Resolution from Alex's Cycle in Japan
LMAO! Of *COURSE *I chose the extra rack. On Monday, August 17, 2015 at 11:43:07 PM UTC-7, Peter Adler wrote: Ah, yes; but which option did you take? The 27R (AKA 700c rear Campee w/detachable lowrider racks) for $110 is a crazy-cheap deal. Peter Adler who has fantasized about 27F+27R for years, but has yet to win Publisher's Clearinghouse Berkeley, CA/USA On Monday, August 17, 2015 at 8:45:48 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: They turned that right back around, offering me my choice of two options. Option A, they send me the right rack at their expense, and I return the wrong rack at their expense. Option B was they'd send me my rack with the lowriders at their expense, and sell me the wrong rack with the lowriders, for $110. So, that's a good business making an honest mistake and making it right when given the opportunity to do so. It's only a slight bummer that I need to wait another couple weeks for my rack to come in, but I'll live -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Good Error Resolution from Alex's Cycle in Japan
i'm going to guess that Bill took the additional racks :) This is a great example of a small company doing something that makes sense. Not sure if option A or B is better financially for Alex's (i.e. they lose less money on one or the other), but both are worth tons of customer good-will. On Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 2:43:07 AM UTC-4, Peter Adler wrote: Ah, yes; but which option did you take? The 27R (AKA 700c rear Campee w/detachable lowrider racks) for $110 is a crazy-cheap deal. Peter Adler who has fantasized about 27F+27R for years, but has yet to win Publisher's Clearinghouse Berkeley, CA/USA -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Good Error Resolution from Alex's Cycle in Japan
I recently ordered a nitto rack from them that I couldn't get elsewhere. It arrived from Japan so quickly I couldn't believe it, and the shipping wasn't THAT expensive, either. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Good Error Resolution from Alex's Cycle in Japan
I was beginning to wonder... On Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 9:05:49 AM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: LMAO! Of *COURSE *I chose the extra rack. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
