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They've been a bit naughty with two independent bike shops I know of in Edinburgh, selling a whole lot of stock then having an online sale at Vulpine.cc not long afterwards. This was on two separate occasions, a few years apart, so not just a one-off fuck-up. It left one shop - a small business who can make good margins on clothing rather than bike builds/repairs - with a whole load of stuff they couldn't shift at full price, or simply hoping .cc would sell out of certain things, resulting in them never stocking it again. The 2nd time was very recently, so you had brand new stock on the sales floor that was in some cases 70% more expensive than from Vulpine directly. I like their stuff, am happy to support UK-based indies but it's clear something's up somewhere in the supply chain.