Re: [TheThinkTank] Thethinktank Digest, Vol 91, Issue 27
I just want to give props to QBP for being an incredible ally over the years, to the bike advocacy movement in general, and to community bike shops in particular. While I don't doubt the validity of other people's issues regarding ordering, in my experience QBP has been a truly incredible ally and partner in our work. They've provided tens of thousands of dollars of unrestricted, general operations donations to community bike shops (with primary focuses on investing where they have warehouses in MN, PA, and UT). And they've donated surplus product to us when they can't sell it. Anyways. Just wanted to give them props for being awesome (and they have always accommodated our eccentricities in ordering and such). We order stuff from J&B too - but QBP rocks.
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- Re: Beware of Quality Bike Parts and their inflexibility with co-ops (Leslie Peteya)
- Re: Beware of Quality Bike Parts and their inflexibility with co-ops (wormsign@gmail.com)
Message: 1 Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:14:03 -0400 From: Leslie Peteya lesliepeteya@gmail.com To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Beware of Quality Bike Parts and their inflexibility with co-ops Message-ID: < CAAAZz6NBbAe_mL-Ck6D+h_fOZFH5NQLxapRRgocsp5ZuMTP8PA@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
"They will take action to shut down accounts that are abused to protect their products, even for seemingly minor PR offenses"
Yeah, I know that's been happening lately in the third party supplier industry, but unfortunately we're taking the hit for it.
We're not open during normal business hours because we're volunteer run, so our hours are precisely opposite of that (most volunteers are 9-5 types, hospital workers or grad students).
Best, Leslie
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Bobby Brown bobby@sopobikes.org wrote:
Sopo has been using Hawley forever but I've never been in charge of dealing with them directly. Being in Atlanta, we tend to receive
shipments
next day from them to our PO box offsite with no problems.
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Luke Box lukebox@gmail.com wrote:
One more for J&B. I'm not sure of their stance on supporting non-profits but they've worked for us. We've ordered a couple of thousand dollars
worth
of parts from them over three years and as far as I know there haven't
been
hiccups.
theBrokeSpoke Lexington, KY
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Wm Dakota Callaschai < mylifeinthenow@gmail.com> wrote:
J&B Importers inc!! They have a warehouse like 30 miles from you!! 919-877-1002 give them a call. Troy Bike Rescue has been gettin our stuff from them for almost 10 years!! Its been great! On Mar 25, 2014 2:08 PM, "Leslie Peteya" lesliepeteya@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi all, Wanted to warn y'all of dealing with QBP.
After 7 years of having a dealer agreement with QBP for your basic small potatoes shop stuff, we decided to shut down our account with them over their new inability to ship to a new ship-to location. I succinctly explained the nature
of
our shop (volunteer, limited shop hours, etc.) and necessity of shipping to a different location, but it fell on deaf ears.
Damn shame, because they said we were an excellent account with good financial management.
I also wasn't pleased that they said they denied other new co-ops an account based on similar issues.
This comes after their corporate policy of tightening up on third
party
suppliers, designed to keep the local bike shop in business.
Ironically,
we're still around after multiple for-profit local bike shops in our
area
have failed, and as a local community bike shop, we're now being hurt
by
the very policy designed to protect LBSs.
We still have an account with United Bicycle Supply, and I'm exploring new accounts with Cyclone and Seattle Bike Supply.
Can anyone recommend other suppliers that support our shops with community missions?
Thanks, Leslie Durham Bike Co-op
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