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It was taking them 1 month to get in stock product out the door this year to dealers, if customers ordered directly it was shipped within a few days. Grossly over charging for shipping also appears to be common in the last 9 months. We just got a notice that shops will be charged a Covid fee of $5-8 per tyre ordered, we are NOT expected to pass this increase along to customers and MSRP will remain the same.
I'm not a huge fan of Jan, but you sound particularly bitter for some reason?
On an non business front, his blog has become nothing more then schilling for his own company. He gives backhanded compliments to others in the industry. And the change of name from Compass Cycles to Rene Herse is complete “bicycle-reenactment.”
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WTF is a 'Covid fee'?
I'm not sure that JH shills in the normal sense; I get the impression that JH genuinely believes in the stuff he sells/has drunk his own kool-aid, and through luck or design has found an customer base willing buy his reassuringly expensive wares. Even with those fans, not sure that hacking off your dealers is the best way forward...
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I'd argue those tyres were never originally intended to be retailed wholesale. I'm guessing they were low margin for dealers to begin with, let alone once you overlay the current global supply issues and skyrocketing shipping costs.
If it's only a 'suggested' retail price then what's stopping you from passing on the increase? At the end of the day they either make commercial sense for dealers or they don't. Sounds like they don't.
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