Re: lickton's gets no more business from me!

Tim McNamara wrote:

> I'm baffled by buying a lock ring by mail order and not just riding down

> to the LBS to get one.  Unless you only have LBSes with worse customer 
> service than Lickton's.

I'm sure that driving or riding or calling around looking for a shop 
that has this item in stock would have cost him far more than $6 worth 
of time, fuel, etc. OTOH, some on-line stores do offer very low-priced 
****pping for items they can stick in a padded envelope which is nice of 
them. They don't have to go to the post office to do this, their mail 
carrier will pick them up.

> As a customer, of course, you certainly have the right to no longer do 
> business with them if their service was unsatisfactory from your 
> perspective.

I'll order more stuff from Lickton's to make up for Walter!

I've ordered Lone Peak stuff from them, as it's nearly impossible to 
find locally. Lone Peak has one of the only trunk bags that doesn't use 
funky velcro straps to hold it onto the rack. Lickton's charges $50 for 
it, another on-line store charges $70 for it.

"http://www.lickbike.com/productpage.aspx?PART_NUM_SUB='3648-01'"
"http://www.gaerlan.com/bikeparts/acc/bag/bag.html"

Another item I've found at Lickton's are the elusive Ciussi Elite VIP 
Universal Cage Mount. He charges $7.95. Harris Cyclery charges $15.95 
for the same item. It's a very unique item not found in any bicycle 
shop, but that's quite a difference in mark-up!

"http://www.lickbike.com/productpage.aspx?PART_NUM_SUB='3242-00'"
"http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/accessories.html"