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Message: [QUOTE="2stroke, post: 617546, member: 25668"] Jeez. What I meant about Walmart is not that its the same as the dealers....what I meant was the pure purchasing power that Walmart has enables it to deal so chealpy. In the same way, the lack of overhead that the Internet provides, as well as the ability to do business across the world instantly has given the consumer that type of "wal mart esque " power. Also, I understand the difficulty in stocking a variety of parts. BUt beyond that fact, Im sure that If I can get the cable for $11.99, then Cycle World can get it at least that cheap. $37.50 is a BIG markup! I used to work retail part time some years ago, and generally the mark up ran 15 to 20 percent. THe sale prices would put them very close to our cost on items. Its a weird world now, but I admit, maybe the high prices are a sign of a booming industry, and I am happy at least for that. Prices are that high at the dealers because they can be. That means there is a large demand feeding it. that or they make so much selling a $30,000 "big dog" chopper that they dont care to sell many parts heh heh. I have always been such a cheap SOB anyway. Id be casting my own parts if I had the room and equipment lol. It pains me to pay anyone to do anyhting to my stuff. Like tires. I read in another post about getting a tire changed at a shop. Come on guys remember that line from On any Sunday? "If you cant change a tire in about 4 minutes theres no way you will be competitive" heh heh, well it tales me more like 20 minutes but I do it. And with homemade irons no less. Im not really cheap in that sense, just broke. There is a difference. If I hit the lottery, Ill buy a new bike and pay someone to work on it I promise. [/QUOTE]

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