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Re: When You Hear The Heavy Accent & The Poor Phone Connection... HANG UP!! ----- FBD0MvLyVB07

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  1. with all due respect i think you are [censored] up the wrong tree my misguided
    friend. on line and telephone sales is what is driving the prices up at out
    local bike shops. when you buy from online component sales places, you are
    also taking food off the table of local bike shop companies. any time you
    buy with out touching, feeling and smelling what you're buying you run the
    risk of poor, little or no support. some people are willing to companies
    quality service to save a dime. personally, i'm sick of paying shipping and
    not saving anything at all in the long run...i'd rather drive to the bike
    shop.
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    When You Hear The Heavy Accent & The Poor Phone Connection... HANG UP!!
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    I think you must know what I'm talking about. Together, a heavy foreign


    accent,

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    coupled with a lousy phone connection can only mean one thing... An


    outsourced

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    operation, in a place like India, China, The Philippines, etc.; where some
    greedy American corporation is saving a few pieces of Silver and


    displacing

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    American workers in the process.
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    The best thing you can do is hang up... look for the companies' on-shore


    counterpart

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    and complain! Tell them you're sick and tired of sub-standard services by


    people

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    who speak English so poorly that you can hardly communicate... are most


    often

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    poorly trained... have little accountability for the advice they give


    you... often can't be

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    heard clearly because of a poor satellite phone connection... conveniently


    block

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    their caller-ID... give themselves phony names like 'Tina' or 'Jimmy' (to


    deceive you

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    into thinking they're local) and most often provide no avenue to escalate


    an issue

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    to someone who can really help.
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    Corporations will only end this practice if they see they're losing their


    customer

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    base as a consequence. Let's start doing our part by starting a


    grass-roots

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    movement...
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  2. "Brian" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    with all due respect i think you are [censored] up the wrong tree my misguided
    friend. on line and telephone sales is what is driving the prices up at out
    local bike shops.

    how does this drive prices up ?

    Quoted message said:

    when you buy from online component sales places, you are
    also taking food off the table of local bike shop companies.

    why is the profitability of someone else's business my priority ?

    Quoted message said:

    any time you
    buy with out touching, feeling and smelling what you're buying you run the
    risk of poor, little or no support.

    what, like having the 16 yr old kid in the backroom install a derailler for me ?

    Quoted message said:

    personally, i'm sick of paying shipping and
    not saving anything at all in the long run...i'd rather drive to the bike
    shop.

    do it, if it saves you money or actually gets you decent service.

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