Originally Posted by
Rider_1
Sounds like a rip off. No one should willingly bend over. If a store can't afford to stay in business, then maybe it shouldn't be in business. It's a privilege, not a right. Who cares if it's a labour of love? Wouldn't it be nice if we could all do what we want instead of what is required? They can find something else to do.
I'd rather see fewer shops that do well and offer reasonable prices than an overcrowded marketplace where everyone is eating into each other's bottom line and constantly crying poor.
So I guess you don't understand capitalism. The fewer producers there are, the closer it comes to a monopoly. Which means higher prices. And you don't understand bike shops. They are on a shoestring budget. you just want to exploit them? What do you do would you like to be exploited also?
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