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So people know, there's more than 1 UK distributor for Zipp
Indeed. This is common. The UK distro model boggles my mind.
From an lbs point of view, it makes sense for them to charge for it, £40 is a bit steep mind, but still, if you buy a pack of Fox's biscuits from Tesco, and go for a warranty replacement at Sainsbury's they'd tell you to go back to Tesco.
If they want to sell biscuits, they should sell biscuits :)
The shop's obligations will be detailed in the contract they have with the distro, but like I said, they often won't honor the obligations because messy / chummy / incestuous UK bike trade.
Howard
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So people know, there's more than 1 UK distributor for Zipp, Raleigh can do as well. From an lbs point of view, it makes sense for them to charge for it, £40 is a bit steep mind, but still, if you buy a pack of Fox's biscuits from Tesco, and go for a warranty replacement at Sainsbury's they'd tell you to go back to Tesco.
There will also be a huge amount of spite involved with that £40 fee though, Zipp trade prices are all over the shop