First post: Apr 29, 2005
Total posts: 371
Location: worcester/Morzine
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I kind agree with the 'whole support uk retailers & uk scene' by buying in the uk.
Lets face it... you get back back what you put in.right?
You buy from uk retailers and push the uk scene the more comps, availability of product etc you might see.
But if its cheaper to buy somewhere else then you'd be foolish not to buy it cheaper.
I dont have a lot of money especially funding seasons. so if i can get cheap kit from uk, abroad or ebay then i'll buy it from the cheapest.
In an ideal world I would buy everything from uk retailers.
First post: Oct 25, 2004
Total posts: 3055
Location: Verulamium
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I imagine my local shop can only order-in so much stock, and then only the stuff they're sure they'll sell throughout the season.
As I was looking for a bargain board for next year, had my local shop had a 06/07 T6 in stock, then I might have bought it from them.
But they didn't, so they never lost out on a sale.
But as it's only the larger retail chains that buy in lots of stock (like TSA), and have such things as T6s left over at the end of the season to sell at a reduced price (and seeing as they make so much money the rest of the year!), I don't feel too bad by depriving them of a few quid by buying my T6 from BlueTom in Austria. (Like I did with my Burton Custom, and P1 Carbon bindings the year before.)
At the beginniing of the 06/07 season I did buy a new board (a Ride DH), at full price. Locally.
Not everyone looks to buy new kit at the beginning of the season, and only a few shops will have the kit people want, when they want to buy it. I called maybe a dozen UK shops to try to find my P1 bindings - not one had any (despite what their websites might have said...)
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Post subject:Posted: Aug 01, 2007 - 02:54 PM
First post: Jun 12, 2007
Total posts: 739
Location: Northampton, Nottingham, Solihull, Leamington, Peterborough, Cambridge, Worcestor, Leicester
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O.K, thanks bartsimpsonhead, Was just interested in feedback......
P.S with access to things like the Burton B I N and having a good relationship with suppliers we can get in what we have not ordered as part of regular stock. If they make it we can get It...
First post: Feb 20, 2007
Total posts: 4691
Location: That snowboarding hotbed, Norfolk
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To be honest I don't think I'd buy from anywhere where I can't chat to someone and have a feel of the boards before. It's a hell of a lot of money to send off to someone not knowing whether it's gonna get dinged in the post or not, or knowing what it feels like!
And as said before, the more you go in, the friendlier everyone is and the more they're gonna give you in terms or advice, help and possibly discounts!
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