Originally Posted by
Sy Reene
Any thoughts though if doing any of this (either delivered to store or to home which is only available currently) though does cut out any of the LBS profit on a bike sale?
I dont have the specific details and my info is old and so may not be relevant, but way back when, Specialized used to be very good at trying to help their dealers. It wasnt all one-way - they would pressure dealers to drop other brands, carry more inventory, etc., but along with the stick, they also had the carrot of supporting the dealer as much as they could, by trying to encourage shopping at the dealer (this is in terms of overall policy and approach - not at the individual transactional level).
So it wouldnt surprise me that they would throw a cut the dealer's way for fulfilling the order.