Old 55t Hammerman
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: North Beach, San Francisco, CA USA
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Bikes: 1982 Colnago Mexico, 1990 Colnago Spiral Conic, 1971 Masi "Special" Pista, 1977 Colnago Super, 1982 Trek 560, 1981 Raleigh SC, 1985 Merckx GS, 1993 RB-1/8, 1993 X0-2, 1981 Miyata Gold Commuter
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One more thing.
As many of you have said, some "flippers" are out to make just a buck and will sell just about anything. Selling an unsafe bike is wrong. I think all here will agree.
In these tough times we find people in our shop who can not afford any of the bikes we have. Rather than sending them to Walmart for a POS we give them our card and say "Check out Craigslist" and if you find something you like give us a call and we will tell you what we think.
Crazy? Well at first we thougt so. But so far in the past few months we have gained more than a few customers this way. Fixing bikes bought by customers through Craigslist (after our quick "blessing") have been quite a boon. Most of the charge is for non-taxable labor plus the various small parts, cables, pads, tires, chains. Oh.. then a lock of course.
Best part is when the customer comes in with a great "catch" and so far over the last few months we have been suprised with some cool finds.
1982 Specialized Allez. Mint. All Campy and built by... guess who.
79 Bianchi, Celeste with the original matching pump and bottle
Mid 80's Masi with full DA
A few cool Miyata's, old school Treks and of course Pre-Cult Bridgestones.
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1971 Masi "Special" Pista, 77 Colnago Super, 81 Miyata Gold Commuter 1982 Colnago "President", 82 Trek 560, 90 Colnago Spiral Conic, 1994 Motorola Merckx , 2008 Surley LHT