| p>I bought a cheap bike today. It was about $200. I am | | | | for someone to come and sell one to me. |
| sure it's not the greatest bike in the world, but it is new | | | | But they didn't. |
| and clean, it has two wheels, a seat and gets me | | | | You see I wanted to be sold. I wanted a full service |
| where I am going, which was the whole reason I | | | | sales experience. I wanted a knowledgeable |
| wanted one in the first place. | | | | professional to talk to me and ask me what kind of |
| To be honest, I don't know much about the differences | | | | bike I was looking for and suggest to me the best one. |
| between a cheap bike, an average one or an | | | | Oh and I didn't just need a bike, mind you. I needed a |
| expensive one, other than well... price really. I even | | | | lock too, some reflectors to make it legal, and who |
| checked around online looking for average prices, | | | | knows... maybe there is a whole lot of other related |
| which were anywhere from $100 to $1000, so I | | | | stuff I needed, that I still don't know if I needed, but |
| assumed I could find something somewhere in the | | | | since there was nobody around to tell me I needed it, I |
| middle that was good enough. | | | | still don't have them. |
| The problem though was that I had NO IDEA, and still | | | | I most definitely would have needed a service |
| don't about what exactly a good bike is. I was hoping | | | | agreement, because since I don't know anything about |
| to find someone to tell me. | | | | bikes, if it broke, I would need someone to fix it and I |
| So, I decided to go to an actual "bike store" where I | | | | certainly would have been willing to pay for that too. |
| expected to find a knowledgeable bicycle salesman | | | | But I didn't get that either. |
| who could tell me all about them and sell one to me. | | | | Unfortunately, nobody at the "bike store" thought to |
| That's why people go to bike stores usually. They are | | | | ask me if I needed help, and as a result, failed to sell |
| looking to buy a bike and get information about them. | | | | me a bike, at their bike store. So... I walked around the |
| They have a need, (they want a bike) and the bike | | | | corner to the Wall Mart and bought a cheap one for |
| store has the solution (BIKES!) | | | | $200. As I mentioned, it's an ok bike. At least I think it is... |
| Well, so one would think. | | | | I couldn't tell you for sure though, because there was |
| The first store we walked in to was this huge, popular | | | | nobody around to tell me so. |
| specialty bike store with a large selection of high priced | | | | I guess I'll have to go to a bike store and find out. Oh |
| models, lots of accessories, what seemed like 3 | | | | wait... |
| service desks with lots of tools and people standing | | | | To summarize, I am always surprised when I hear |
| around talking about, you guessed it, bikes. | | | | people describe how hard sales is. To me sales isn't |
| We walked around for a while, checked out some | | | | really so hard as long as sometimes, you are just |
| models, noticed some prices, high and low and waited | | | | willing to be there to take a customer's money. |