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Sjs only did well on Bromptons because we had 120 in stock prior; Brompton have completely fucked shops and customers by selling direct, factory build is poor, shops loose out, people buying the wrong bike because lack of test ride etc.
We went months with no bikes in stock at all.
sbbohr-
Somehow I guess we are an exception to this as we've constantly got stock of them coming in and and selling.
Also accepting cycleschemes and it not making us lose money.
Have seen some questionable bikes come in from Brompton - currently sitting on a P Line with a bent triangle and gonna have to wait months for it to be sorted, also had to redo quite a few seat sleeves on new bikes.
Also get a fair few people bringing their bikes to us after getting then straight from Brompton to have safety checks done.
Standards at the factory seem to be all over the shop.
Crop
They do now, just make sure you get the bike checked thoroughly when you get it.
Them offering C2W is not a good thing, good for them only, their margin on bikes are so low, after the C2W commission cut, shops loose money.
Pretty much squeezing out small independents and going direct BUT happy to let Evans and Halfords sell in bulk.
This is not new, in the height of the pandemic, we got our allocation slashed to 3 for the year (Yup, 3 for the year!) and I sent a customer to +sbbohr to get their bike.
3 bikes a year, let that sink in.