Comments on: Better by Bike? http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/better-by-bike/ From the edge of Zone 1 to the middle of nowhere... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:20:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: disgruntled http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/better-by-bike/#comment-11990 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:25:51 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=3397#comment-11990 iTrousers?

]]> By: Dom http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/better-by-bike/#comment-11989 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:49:44 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=3397#comment-11989 “There’s got to be a role somewhere for a showroom for expensive items like laptops where the physical object still counts as much as the specification (see also, trousers). Maybe staffed with actual helpful knowledgeable people who aren’t hampered by the need to flog a useless insurance policy to make up for the fact that the internet has stolen their employer’s business.” – they’re called Apple Stores :)

]]> By: Frits B http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/better-by-bike/#comment-11983 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:06:49 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=3397#comment-11983 That’s because most people get paid peanuts after taxes nowadays.

]]> By: disgruntled http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/better-by-bike/#comment-11981 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:16:00 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=3397#comment-11981 Well, who knew I had such a large monkey readership?

]]> By: emma c http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/better-by-bike/#comment-11979 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:41:37 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=3397#comment-11979 * No, you are not the only one. A day in town fills me with horror, and can only be got through with large coffees or sometimes even beer. Latter makes for faster decision-making too.. ;-)

]]> By: Bob http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/better-by-bike/#comment-11978 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:35:22 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=3397#comment-11978 Yes, I in particular took offence at the “drunk monkeys” comment. I mean, sheesh, some of us once had to make a living.
Other than that minor issue, I’m in full agreement.
Soldier on!

]]> By: Nick http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/better-by-bike/#comment-11967 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:46:02 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=3397#comment-11967 Hey, what is it, exactly, that you’ve got against drunk monkeys (hic)?

]]> By: The Paper Boy http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/better-by-bike/#comment-11966 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:45:24 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=3397#comment-11966 Whilst I’m a dyed-in-the-wool online shopper (since I placed my first order by 300 baud modem in 1983, first order via t’internet in 1989), even I recognise that the shops have their place. There are times when you need/want the instant gratification of buying something over a counter… I’m even prepared to pay a premium to do so.

My issues are (a) lack of choice (b) lack of stock (c) the size of the premium demanded.

If I want to buy an article, I want the one I selected not the one that is deemed to be the *one* the retailer selects to sell. I don’t want to get to the counter and be told “we can order it in” (sure, so can I from home, get it delivered to home for less and not have to come back here 3 times because you can order it in but they won’t deliver it) and finally the premium I’m prepared to pay: Over Christmas No. 1 son decided he would spend some of his money on a console game. Before we left I looked online and it was £15. Went into a troubled music & games shop £42. He’s 9 and even he spotted that he’d rather not have the instant gratification and buy 2 games instead… If it had been £20 he’d have bought it. Oh and the £15 online game… ordered it from the car park, delivered next morning from a UK retailer not some CI-based one.

]]> By: Kim http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/better-by-bike/#comment-11964 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:12:48 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=3397#comment-11964 I am not sure that cycling is the issue here, more one of poor service from a business which deserves to go bust…

]]> By: welshcyclist http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/better-by-bike/#comment-11963 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:57:31 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=3397#comment-11963 As I’ve just explained to my better half! OW!

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