My mom was looking for xmas ideas, so I sent her to the new bike shop that just moved into my neighborhood in SoCal. (Long-time local shop, relocating to my hood.) She trekked over there and got me a $50 gift certificate. I lost it, and figured it was probably a lost cause. I finally wandered in there a week ago (7 months later).
"My mom got me a gift certificate around xmas--do I need to have the hardcopy?"
"No...$50, right?"
I just needed some small stuff at the time--I came back to the counter with $25ish worth of stuff (Park FR-1.2, SCW-22, and shifter cable). The guy glanced at it, said "OK, that's $20, you have $30 left," and sent me on my way.
This is apparently a one-man shop: owner, salesperson, mechanic, accountant, Rainman, anachronism. And so not a dick! Thankfully it's mostly road bike stuff, so I can still buy cheap MTB parts online without massive guilt.
Aug. 4, 2017, 12:02 a.m. - phile
My mom was looking for xmas ideas, so I sent her to the new bike shop that just moved into my neighborhood in SoCal. (Long-time local shop, relocating to my hood.) She trekked over there and got me a $50 gift certificate. I lost it, and figured it was probably a lost cause. I finally wandered in there a week ago (7 months later). "My mom got me a gift certificate around xmas--do I need to have the hardcopy?" "No...$50, right?" I just needed some small stuff at the time--I came back to the counter with $25ish worth of stuff (Park FR-1.2, SCW-22, and shifter cable). The guy glanced at it, said "OK, that's $20, you have $30 left," and sent me on my way. This is apparently a one-man shop: owner, salesperson, mechanic, accountant, Rainman, anachronism. And so not a dick! Thankfully it's mostly road bike stuff, so I can still buy cheap MTB parts online without massive guilt.