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Again, Danni, you give people a lot less credit than they are due.
It seems you market bikes for fashion conscious people who don't know arse from elbow and that coming on here to 'get feedback' is really about being very conscious that this thread is no.3 on a google search for foffa, but the point I was making is that the price tag on that bike is fucking stupid from any angle you look at it, and that in attempting to justify it you had to quote massively inflated 'RRP' prices on EVERY COMPONENT, which is not realistic when buying a complete bike from any other retailer be it Brixton Cycles or Evans.
So to simplify it: anyone who knows anything about bikes and has 3 grand burning a hole in their pocket would not buy that, and if you don't know this then there's an issue.
And also-you accuse me of killing independent retailers because I quote internet prices?
I accuse you of doing far better in that regard as you are selling a product at a 'bespoke' boutique price when (as I pointed out before but you chose to ignore) for the same cash you could get a fucking incredible custom build from any number of independent workshops based in the UK that I'd be happy to support and aren't just about spanking out colour co-ordinated builds to sell to card-happy junior architects. Every pound spent with you is a pound not spent elsewhere, be it independent retailer or no, and I daresay from what I've seen on your website that elsewhere the same pound would buy a lot more.
You can moan about workshop costs and yadda yadda but at the end of the day the world doesn't owe you a living and you are being quite fairly judged on the products and prices on your website, and if your business model won't allow you to be more competitive then you need to question how sound it is and change it accordingly.
I'm sorry if you find this incredibly unfair but I think you've got a nerve trying to come on here and play Mr Reasonable as if we're a bunch of mugs who can't recognise a shit deal when we see one.