lickton's gets no more business from me!

"Tim McNamara" wrote in message
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Lickton's is a brick and mortar shop that has been in business for at
least 30+ years, since I first did business with them in 1978 and they
were well-known then. Bob Lickton is notorious cranky and, from a
customer service perspective, that's not a particularly good thing as
you point out. On the other hand, he's managed to be in business for a
long time and to develop a reputation as one of the better shops in the
Chicago area. So he's done something right.

I'm baffled by buying a lock ring by mail order and not just riding down
to the LBS to get one. Unless you only have LBSes with worse customer
service than Lickton's.

As a customer, of course, you certainly have the right to no longer do
business with them if their service was unsatisfactory from your
perspective.

i don't know but this is a good story...but that has no turning point about
animals





----- Original Message -----
From: "marika"
Newsgroups: uk.people.fathers,alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 9:23 PM
Subject: f 4 takes on the world


a few weeks ago at about 4:50 they came on the loudspeaker to tell us that
a
suspicious package demanded our departure in an orderly fashion

Fortunately I ride the bus with other people so I got the whole as much as
available to public story

17th floor mail room, .

They had been silently evacuating the tower
then came on the loudspeaker and evacuated the other tower

observed -- 7 cop cars, k9 vehicles

and someone digging in the soil, a tried and true method of keeping
explosives in check

don't know if there was a bomb but it felt like a movie

I love to see movies in theaters but can't bear paying for something I've
already seen for free

that's the medium that movies were made for anyway


This is just a wild ass guess.

mk5000

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"Carl Sundquist" writes:

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Tom Keats wrote:
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Zoot Katz writes:

[snip Walter's anti-Lickman's rant]

Tell ya what, Walter, go get me a shiney sharp object from your
kitchen drawer.

I recommend a grapefruit knife.

I've ridden all over town in my quest for the Perfect
Grapefruit Knife. I want an old-style one, with
wooden scales + brass rivets on the handle, like an
old-style paring knife (of which I have plenty.)

"http://www.ablekitchen.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=BH-573815&Click=8779"

$34.93 for 12 of them.

How much is shipping?

I'd rather ride there and get it myself.

And I only need one.

Chances are I'd have to pay customs/duty on it, too.

Oh, well.

A good grapefruit knife is worth it.

So's a good, adventurous ride.


cheers,
Tom

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In article ,
Donald Munro writes:
Tom Keats wrote:
What's so special about a /Campy/ lockring anyways? (I'm assuming bottom
bracket, not headset.)

Cassette presumably ?

ISTM Ritchey makes Campagnolo-compatible stuff,
and there're plenty of Ritchey on-line/mail-order
suppliers.

I dunno what they'd charge for S & H.

cheers,
Tom

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