Nice one that's very useful to know, saves me farting about trying to contact him. Like I say, can't afford one at the moment, but if I can save £60 a month for a year, I'll get on to the dealership. Sounds like a fair scheme to me really, probably saves him having to put up with English bike nerds speaking bad Italian to him too...
Richard - the technical term is "Channel Conflict". Tommasini benefit from having dealerships because dealers help customers choose the right bikes, and the right sized bikes. This is important for items that cost several thousands of pounds. It wouldn't be very fair then for Tommasini to undercut their dealers with lower Internet prices. A thousand pounds seems like a lot of money for a bicycle frame but to put that into perspective that is the cost of a set of tyres for a half decent motor. Good luck saving that is how I buy mine!
Richard - the technical term is "Channel Conflict". Tommasini benefit from having dealerships because dealers help customers choose the right bikes, and the right sized bikes. This is important for items that cost several thousands of pounds. It wouldn't be very fair then for Tommasini to undercut their dealers with lower Internet prices. A thousand pounds seems like a lot of money for a bicycle frame but to put that into perspective that is the cost of a set of tyres for a half decent motor. Good luck saving that is how I buy mine!