Conference noted::bicycle

1229.0. "Caveat Nashbar" by ATREUS::BUERSCHAPER () Wed Jun 28 1989 12:55

    Last night I had a disappointing experience at the Nashbar outlet in
    Needham.  Nashbar has recently adopted a policy of pricing some items
    higher in the store than in the catalog.  When I tried to purchase a
    Campy Chorus rear derailleur (see note 1198 for that story) I was
    informed that the instore price was 79.95 versus the catalog price of
    69.95.  To register my protest I called Perfromance and under their
    price matching policy bought it for the Nashbar price and saved the
    sales tax as well.  Nashbar catalog shipments to Mass must now pay the
    state sales tax since they opened the outlet store.  It is with some
    disappointment that I have watched Nashbar drop brand names as they
    grow their own label while I have begun to do business with Colorado
    Cyclist and others.
    
    So the morale of my story is check the store price before you make the
    drive to Needham.
    
    Bob