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Originally Posted by G
i ought to have said in my post that I hate middle men, as it sounded like i was all for them and giving them my support.
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I think it comes down to whether they add something other than cost. If they don't then they don't have a business.
I bought a lid the other week in my local bike shop. I could have got it cheaper online and he gets loads of people trying them on in his shop then doing just that. If everyone does that there soon won't be anywhere local to try on lids.
I'm in that shop often for the craic, free advice and to get the **** taken out of me. I also get my bikes MOT'd without any tiresome replacing of baffles and numberplate.
His prices are higher because the costs of running a physical shop are higher. The utility of that relationship is worth £20 or £30 on the price of a lid or a quid or so on a bottle of fork oil every now and then.