Hey all,
I've been chatting with a lead sales rep from JBI regarding the troubles some bike collectives have in securing whole sale accounts. He was super sympathetic and wanted to see how he could help smooth over the process.
Any of you all needing help in this regard? Is this still an issue? I know QBP is hard, but has anyone ever tried JBI and had issues?
Feel free to DM me. I can send your contact to the rep so he can help facilitate an account creations.
Cheers, -Momoko
The Rockville Bike Hub in Rockville MD has a JBI account. Our treasurer set this up, so I don't know all the details, but one of the concerns they had was that we make a commitment to sell any parts at normal market prices. They were concerned about non-profit shops selling things below commercial shops and making it difficult for those shops to (JBI's other customers) to compete. I don't recall whether they needed a formal signed agreement to that effect or not.
We don't sell parts to a significant extent right now. Most of the stuff we buy goes into fixing bikes for various programs. Also, we want to maintain the positive relationship we have with area shops, so this seemed like a reasonable thing to do. Of course, on a case by case basis, you could decide to help a client out, but large-scale undercutting of commercial shops is a bad idea.
Steve Andruski
On Mon, Jan 6, 2020, 6:23 AM momoko saunders analyst@bikefarm.org wrote:
Hey all,
I've been chatting with a lead sales rep from JBI regarding the troubles some bike collectives have in securing whole sale accounts. He was super sympathetic and wanted to see how he could help smooth over the process.
Any of you all needing help in this regard? Is this still an issue? I know QBP is hard, but has anyone ever tried JBI and had issues?
Feel free to DM me. I can send your contact to the rep so he can help facilitate an account creations.
Cheers, -Momoko ____________________________________
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BRW has had an account for over 10 years. I think the fact that we are a c-Corp makes it easier to convince them.
Loconte
On Jan 6, 2020, at 05:09, Stephen Andruski swandruski@gmail.com wrote:
The Rockville Bike Hub in Rockville MD has a JBI account. Our treasurer set this up, so I don't know all the details, but one of the concerns they had was that we make a commitment to sell any parts at normal market prices. They were concerned about non-profit shops selling things below commercial shops and making it difficult for those shops to (JBI's other customers) to compete. I don't recall whether they needed a formal signed agreement to that effect or not.
We don't sell parts to a significant extent right now. Most of the stuff we buy goes into fixing bikes for various programs. Also, we want to maintain the positive relationship we have with area shops, so this seemed like a reasonable thing to do. Of course, on a case by case basis, you could decide to help a client out, but large-scale undercutting of commercial shops is a bad idea.
Steve Andruski
On Mon, Jan 6, 2020, 6:23 AM momoko saunders analyst@bikefarm.org wrote: Hey all,
I've been chatting with a lead sales rep from JBI regarding the troubles some bike collectives have in securing whole sale accounts. He was super sympathetic and wanted to see how he could help smooth over the process.
Any of you all needing help in this regard? Is this still an issue? I know QBP is hard, but has anyone ever tried JBI and had issues?
Feel free to DM me. I can send your contact to the rep so he can help facilitate an account creations.
Cheers, -Momoko ____________________________________
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The Mechanical Gardens hasn't tried to set up a JBI account yet; the steps on their website seem onerous and it feels like we aren't a match for what they're looking for (e.g. the requests for an "Occupational License for sale or repair of bicycles" and photos of our storefront ... in our case, a church). We'd love help getting this going.
Josh Bisker 914-500-9890 New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op http://bikecoop.nyc/ 596 Acres http://596acres.org/ Bindlestiff Family Cirkus http://bindlestiff.org/
On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 6:23 AM momoko saunders analyst@bikefarm.org wrote:
Hey all,
I've been chatting with a lead sales rep from JBI regarding the troubles some bike collectives have in securing whole sale accounts. He was super sympathetic and wanted to see how he could help smooth over the process.
Any of you all needing help in this regard? Is this still an issue? I know QBP is hard, but has anyone ever tried JBI and had issues?
Feel free to DM me. I can send your contact to the rep so he can help facilitate an account creations.
Cheers, -Momoko ____________________________________
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My experience with Midway is that they require a shop to carry liability insurance. We dont have liability insurance and our application was refused.
On Mon, Jan 6, 2020, 11:48 PM Bk Mk panamahvac@mail.com wrote:
There is a small company in St. Paul, MN called 'Midway Bike' ( midwaybike.com) I have spoken with them, they are a bike collective friendly distributor and have attended Bike!Bike! conferences in the past. I don't want to speak on their behalf, but basically they require a shop to be legitimate (have a 501c3 or business license) to open an account and will ship orders to whatever address you choose (so it can be a house, if the shop doesnt have regular mail service.) Midway has a bike collective background, so they are aware of what non-profit shops needs are.
They will be attending the CABDA expo (bicycle industry trade show) here in the San Diego area that will also take place in Chicago, New Jersey, and Florida, so they may be available to meet at those events as well.
Olympic Supply is another I have heard of, but I think they have a minimum order of $600 or something.
Mike Bicis Disidentes Tijuana, BC *Sent:* Monday, January 06, 2020 at 9:09 AM *From:* "Josh Bisker" jbisker@gmail.com *To:* "The Think Tank" thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org *Subject:* Re: [TheThinkTank] Whole Sale Accounts - JBI The Mechanical Gardens hasn't tried to set up a JBI account yet; the steps on their website seem onerous and it feels like we aren't a match for what they're looking for (e.g. the requests for an "Occupational License for sale or repair of bicycles" and photos of our storefront ... in our case, a church). We'd love help getting this going.
Josh Bisker 914-500-9890 New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op http://bikecoop.nyc/ 596 Acres http://596acres.org/ Bindlestiff Family Cirkus http://bindlestiff.org/
On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 6:23 AM momoko saunders analyst@bikefarm.org wrote:
Hey all,
I've been chatting with a lead sales rep from JBI regarding the troubles some bike collectives have in securing whole sale accounts. He was super sympathetic and wanted to see how he could help smooth over the process.
Any of you all needing help in this regard? Is this still an issue? I know QBP is hard, but has anyone ever tried JBI and had issues?
Feel free to DM me. I can send your contact to the rep so he can help facilitate an account creations.
Cheers, -Momoko ____________________________________
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