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<font size="-1"><font face="Verdana">They're nice bikes. A co-worker of
mine picked one up off ebay (I assume that's where you got yours) and
for that price, it's great. $1000; No. If they were to sell in a retail
shop, they would go for around $500 to $600; they're comparible to an
IRO frame built up with mid-range components.<br>
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Yep, the interweb is great, but if everyone were to buy everything from
the interweb, the only people with jobs left would be dudes in their
basement running online shops who drop-ship all their merchandise so
they don't even need to pay for a warehouse, some 13 year old in China
welding these things, and the folks at UPS.<br>
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Bike shops have a pretty thin profit margin. They don't charge the
prices they charge in order to make a killing; they're just trying to
make a living and stay in business. Retail space is REALLY expensive.<br>
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. nevele wrote:
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not that everyone cares, but i'm really excited about this.
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$327 for a bike that in any bike shop in this town would cost nearly
$1k. but thanks to the amazing interweb i don't have to deal with the
frakkin stupidly highly priced non-deals the shops in this town have to
offer. frak, even BNB charges $400 for a used fixed gear! how the hell
are we going to get more folks in to riding bikes if they can't afford
them!? bleh!!
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....mmm.. rummm. ;D
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