I just wanted to formally thank them for allowing us to make 2% margins on your product. Thank you.
You should run a shop then. I can make more than that picking up cans. lthumbsdown:$2 on every $100 isn't bad lthumbsdown:
sarcasm missed/miss conveyedYou should run a shop then. I can make more than that picking up cans. lthumbsdown:
I don't think it's right to divulge the costs, but suffice it to say that with one of my better deals, I yield less than 10%, which makes it impossible to want to handle. I like the stuff, but high end product that yields little to no margin makes no sense.I don't get it... more information please.
Maybe you should try selling shoes, my current YTD GP is 43% which is par for the retail end of things.
Which shoes?I don't get it... more information please.
Maybe you should try selling shoes, my current YTD GP is 43% which is par for the retail end of things.
QBP or J & B. I guess I could get it from Oshner's as well.I'm confused. Who do you buy Campy from?
Nike, Rebok, Adidas, Rockport, Florsheim, Clarks, Bostonian and most national brands are in the high 20s, house brands in the high 50's together yield 47%Which shoes?
Do you own a bike shop? I thought you worked there part time for the discounts?Seriously. My cost at QBP is more for a Chorus cassette than Colorado Cyclist is selling them for.
You need a new supplier or higher volume... my LBS was able to buy all my campy - a full chorus 10 speed kit, drive train, shifters, wheel set (hubs), seat post, ergo brain, BB, and pedals. We worked the numbers to a 30% margin and I paid the shipping. The deal was LESS than colo cyclist and I got my build thrown in. I am pretty sure most of the kit was ordered from quality.Seriously. My cost at QBP is more for a Chorus cassette than Colorado Cyclist is selling them for.
Not own, but manage. I've shopped online plenty as well, but these numbers are insane to me.Do you own a bike shop? I thought you worked there part time for the discounts?
QBP gives some rebates at year's end, but the price is just that. I think the Euro has some huge bearing on things right now though. I would have to defer to Just James to see what he thinks, but that's my speculation.You need a new supplier or higher volume... my LBS was able to buy all my campy - a full chorus 10 speed kit, drive train, shifters, wheel set (hubs), seat post, ergo brain, BB, and pedals. We worked the numbers to a 30% margin and I paid the shipping. The deal was LESS than colo cyclist and I got my build thrown in. I am pretty sure most of the kit was ordered from quality.
I could stomach $740. $549 is tough to do though.SM - your kit could've been purchased through an OEM supplier. that's who our kits come from. prices are a lot cheaper...and the more your buyer orders, the cheaper he gets the parts for.
our list price for Record UT is $740.
Thats possible but I am fairly certain its was quality.SM - your kit could've been purchased through an OEM supplier. that's who our kits come from. prices are a lot cheaper...and the more your buyer orders, the cheaper he gets the parts for.
our list price for Record UT is $740.
The Euro is HAMMERING us this year, it's f'n horrible; our margins went in the toilet. We lock our currency conversion in at the beginning of our selling season, and take adjustments at the end of the year. Just about all of the people we deal with are in Europe, so we pay in Euros for most of it obviously. That's part of it, and another part is the convoluted discount structure of a lot of places.QBP gives some rebates at year's end, but the price is just that. I think the Euro has some huge bearing on things right now though. I would have to defer to Just James to see what he thinks, but that's my speculation.
Dura Ace works so amazingly well, it's hard not to be happy with it. Actually, a Campy bike is the one thing missing from my stable, I've never had one. It'd be nice though.I am perfectly happy with my FSA kits and dura-ace stuff untill the smoke settles.
maybe then when there isnt so much drama, I get my stuff discounted anyways, I cant through campy.
I'm lucky in that regard. Unfortunately the other side of that coin is that I don't really have much time to ride them...I run the crap out of one nice bike and then get another when i need to.
unlike you, a bike for every occasion, day, condition, mood, digestive tract condition, etc
You are a much luckier man than I. Maybe one of these days when I have a bit more riding under my belt we can hook up for a ride...but with clothes.fortunately i have all the time in the world, enough time to even ride the naked crit in vermont at nationals this year, lol
that was one night i wish i didnt have the time
I'm not so sure about that. He has time cuz he's living off of injury pay.You are a much luckier man than I.
No, I know that, but it sounds like from his posts that he's able to go out and do a lot of exciting things. Riding with the Wounded Warriers, etc, I have a lot of respect for that.I'm not so sure about that. He has time cuz he's living off of injury pay.
The dude got blown up in Iraq.
At least you were polishing something worthwhile.No, I know that, but it sounds like from his posts that he's able to go out and do a lot of exciting things. Riding with the Wounded Warriers, etc, I have a lot of respect for that.
Pretty much no matter what I write here it's going to sound trite, he was over there risking life and limb while I was sitting here polishing my bikes. So thank you.
But I do wish I had more time to ride.