i wonder how the advertiser feel about p members being able to turn the advertising off 😐

yunki, i think we need to see pics of your dog? 😀

So what about progressive, on one etc etc etc who do/did it all the time under your noses?

I don’t remember starting threads (maybe once?) about the stuff i sell?

Yeah but your login is the name of your business! 😆

Another side of this argument is; what about smaller companies what possibly can’t afford advertising cos their profit margins are too small? How do they generate enough business to survive, without being somewhat ‘parasitic’?

And small indy outfits like CBM can often get hold of stuff the larger chains don’t stock, thus giving us, the consumers, greater choice. Isn’t that important?

I have nothing to do with Yeti bikes. I think they’re shit.

A lot of usernames do feature the names of bikes though.

well you ain’t even a real elf!

Yeah well you don’t ride a Tandem and you name’s not Jeremy!

Oh….

And mine’s the name of a fruit juice.

But I’m not connected to them, your point?
EDIT:

what about smaller companies what possibly can’t afford advertising cos their profit margins are too small?

If the product is good and there is a market, word of mouth will help until they learn how to price it correctly. It’s a business not a charity, no?

pro-capitalist neo-liberal anonymous forum anarchist consumers of the world unite!

It’s a business not a charity, no?

Granted, but isn’t there also a sense of ‘community’ within the bike industry? I mean, shouldn’t companies and organisations try to work together for the benefit of all? And if that means the big guys do the little guys a favour now and then, isn’t that a good thing?

Or should out and out dog eat dog capitalism reign?

El socialismo puede llegar solo en bicicleta

Granted, but isn’t there also a sense of ‘community’ within the bike industry? I mean, shouldn’t companies and organisations try to work together for the benefit of all? And if that means the big guys do the little guys a favour now and then, isn’t that a good thing?

LOL at that.

Sticker ambivalent.

And if that means the big guys do the little guys a favour now and then, isn’t that a good thing?

Or should out and out dog eat dog capitalism reign?
No and No, you’re going from one extreme to the other when a happy middle ground can or should be found.
Why should Charlie get the advertising for free, especially when classified sellers are asked to contribute?
Why should STW, when trying to develop a business, be seen as out and out dog eat dog capitalists when the forum is essentially free?

In keeping with the tags.. one for the pedants

But being pedantic, that’s not a gorilla. Or a guerilla. 😀

Ta for the Dreadzone tip BTW, just had a listen.

Yeah well, in keeping with the tags I’ve just finished my ironing and I’m very disappointed there aren’t more sticker pics 😥

now the tags have been removed? stw/mods you really need to get a sense of humor!

But being pedantic, that’s not a gorilla. Or a guerilla

Chimpanzee the Bikemonger says ‘stop monkeying abaaht…’

huh?

@crikey,

you’re missing an important point. CTBM is a specialist shop, run by a genuine enthusiast who loves cycling/singlespeeding and anything bikes.
Without independent shops like his the cycling community would be a MUCH poorer place.
If we all took your attitude then we would all end up riding Specializedzzzz with matching gloves/lids/you name its.

IMO Charlie can advertise (read: send free stuff) as much as he damn well likes.
IYO, just what should the promotional stickers read? ”come to my bike shop”? ”we all like bikes alot”?
No, they need to raise a smile and show that we dont all take life too seriously.
They are perfect promotional ideas. Of course we wont all like them slogans (thats life), but why bother telling everyone that you think they are crap ?(unless your life is that crap?).

Besides, you need something to stock on your tool box..

Long live CTBM.

Can’t wait…

..Wunundred! 😀

thats cheating elf!

Don’t care. Cooduv bin up all bloody night waiting to get it, and an Elf needs his sleep.

😀

I don’t remember starting threads (maybe once?) about the stuff i sell?

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/chumba-hx2-updated

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/new-bike-36

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/help-with-the-content-of-my-next-banner-ad-please

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/wifes-new-bike

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/all-white-chumba-xcl

just for starters! BTW I have absolutely NO PROBLEM with bike importers, designers and shops coming on to tell us about their stuff. Just don’t like the double standards thats all.

Cool and fun.

Just don’t like the double standards

double standards, on here? never 😆

To summarise “crikey’s” points….

Please note: tacky cheap nasty tawdry vulgar shoddy shabby vaguely cycling products are also available from other retailers, probably.

That’d make a good sticker

and doubling back to comments on Mint Sauce… I am afraid I am biased on that one…

who dat?

dat…? its the corner of a Mint Sauce strip from around 10 years ago.

Duck and cover… the reality bombers are coming.

free advertising for mint sauce now as well?

No shame some people.

“Duck & cover; the reality bombers are coming”.

Genius quote and sticker of the year 😉

Of course, to be really cool, you need one of these stickers, and a broken frame.

Trailquest graham… shocking behaviour… I am surprised at you… sur(e)ly that is a….

(no offense intended by the first picture, reference to TV show, not intending to give you the V’s)

Things is Graham is putting people off orienteering.

Where as your shop seems pretty cool, although you like mint sauce and make crap stickers.

Can you do me a ‘This is a sticker’ sticker?

is that TJ?

TSY… we have “This sticker is meaningless” stickers…

How about an ‘I’m not advertising…’ sticker?

that is a great sticker… “Not Advertising”. I like it.