Since my original posting I seem to have had a lot of response to my question. Some of it I appreciate and some of it I found to be offensive. Sorry very thin skinned.I now have a better understanding and others comments on being a skin flint given their experiences and in some instances agree with what has been said.
Thankfully like you really appreciate my LBS and LBS 's everywhere. If we ever lose them we will be lost.
They supply a service that neither the internet or bigger outlets can provide.
Just as an illustration of what I am saying. two years ago my eldest grandson wanteda BMX bike so my daughter wanted me to go with them when they brought it. Against my better judgement she wanted to go to
Halfords and would not listen to my protestations that is where we went.Thankfullythey did not have one in stock that he liked and so I was able to persuade her for us to go into the LBS which we had passed on the way to Halfords.
Well guess what when we went in there the grandson immediately saw one that he liked and given it was within the price bracket we had, we brought it.
So naturally when we took it home to see whether we had paid over the top for it we went on the net to check it out.The good news was that we could not have brought it cheaper anywhere else and in fact we had been given a bargain.
Rather than keep this good news to ourselves I wrote a letter to the local paper about our experiences which they published to the following week.I am pleased to say that two years later and in these times of recession that little shop is still trading so hopefully others have had the same experience I have had.
Finally at that same shop I can buy consumerables ie tyres inner tubes at a lower cost than Halfords so why would I want to go anywhere else.
