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Vibram Bikila Ls

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  • 20-06-2012 11:39pm
    #1
    MadMardegan
    Registered Users Posts: 461 ✭✭


    Looking for a brick and mortar shop in Dublin to go try on a pair of these.

    Anyone know anywhere that sells a wide range of vibrams?


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    Ultegra
    Registered Users Posts: 77 ✭✭Ultegra


    53 degrees north in carrickmines should have them


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    dazed+confused
    Registered Users Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭dazed+confused


    If you're going to try them on there then have the decency to buy them there! Shops can't survive if people keep using them as internet showrooms.


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    Gurgle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,064 ✭✭✭Gurgle


    dazed+confused wrote: »
    If you're going to try them on there then have the decency to buy them there! Shops can't survive if people keep using them as internet showrooms.
    Shops have a major advantage over websites: you can get the product immediately. They just need to bring their prices in line and they'll survive just fine. If they can't do that then they've no business being in business in the first place.


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    dazed+confused
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    Unfortuantely the rent is ever so higher on Henry Street then some blokes garage in Jersey where some internet retailers are based. Shops have to recoop this somehow.

    A shop owner told me recently that a guy came in, tried out a few motorbike helmets on and left again. He then returned two weeks later with an internet bought helmet and tried to exchange it for a larger size! The helmet he had tried on was a European size L and when he bought it online an American size L arrived. He had some neck though!


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    Gurgle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,064 ✭✭✭Gurgle


    dazed+confused wrote: »
    Unfortuantely the rent is ever so higher on Henry Street then some blokes garage in Jersey
    The guy in Jersey has to pay for shipping, and if a shop can't be profitable at Henry Street rents, they shouldn't be on Henry Street.
    dazed+confused wrote: »
    A shop owner told me recently that a guy came in, tried out a few motorbike helmets on and left again. He then returned two weeks later with an internet bought helmet and tried to exchange it for a larger size!
    :D Classic


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    Gillo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭Gillo


    dazed+confused wrote: »
    If you're going to try them on there then have the decency to buy them there! Shops can't survive if people keep using them as internet showrooms.

    Very true but with money tight for a lot of people it's very hard not to buy online, that said I'm actually looking at buying a pair of Bikila's myself and have heard to sizings can be a bit funny so figured I'd try them on in a retail store but then buy them there too. If I replace them down the line at that stage I might buy online.

    I'm just curious how people have found them, tbh I don't think I'd use them on the mountains much unless it was a light trail.


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