Re: [CR]Campy dumped surplus inventory?

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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 20:53:42 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Campy dumped surplus inventory?
References: <00db01c2180d$98481ee0$02b41b41@cinci.rr.com>


Steve Neago wrote:
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> Hi Chuck,
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> I do not know Campy's inventory arrangements thirty years ago. I recall that Richard Stirino mentioned that Campy had to dump many NR/SR Group sets into dumpsters because they were taking up space in the mid-1980s.
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> For the vintage Campy afficionadoes, did Campy USA have a central inventory and shipping warehouse they eventually closed? This may be the location where the surplus inventory was dumped that Richard mentioned!

I remember there was a SR/NR blowout amongst wholesalers in the mid/late 1980s and I bought a bunch of stuff. Campy USA did not dump anything of value! Makes a good story, but not true...

Chuck Schmidt
SoPas, SoCal