your friend is wrong
if a person gets one of the junkers from you and starts riding they will need new stuff or a new bike later and go to a bike shop, spending money, If you replace a car driver with a bike rider the new rider will spend money in bike shops.
no instead of diluting the market, even if you give the bikes away you are adding to the cycling world and creating more chances for the bike shops to do business.
--- On Sun, 5/10/09, Liza Mattana <pedals2people@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Liza Mattana <pedals2people@gmail.com>
Subject: [TheThinkTank] diluting the market
To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank@bikecollectives.org>
Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009, 8:13 AM
Hey, I have a question about reselling bikes and what to charge people. We're located in Spokane, WA and the bike "boom" is just starting to hit us. Those great deals on craiglsist and at Goodwill don't exist any more. We accept some quality bike donations from people, mostly older mtn bikes, and we sell some as-is and some refurbished. We sell these bike for around $75-100. A friend of ours who works at a bike shop in town said that with our low prices, we were diluting the market. Do you all think this is right? In our defense, we feel these bikes are donated and we want to pass on a good deal. We don't want to squeeze people for every penny. thanks, Liza -- Liza Mattana president www.pedals2people.orgSpokane, WA
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