I agree with resident IP Attorney Charles and his "tone" about this perpetual sale at "Jack's Bicycle Closeouts" website!
If "Poor Ol' Jack" is not maintaining his website with up-to-date pricing and product availability, the website starts to look like a "bait and switch" trap since a lot of items are advertised for $1 that cannot be obtained. What good is advertising a low price when there is no product to stand behind it? I emailed their web address several weeks ago regarding price/availability and have yet receive a response from Jack...
Some people may stand behind Jack's years in the bike biz, but I wonder if Jack will stand behind his word that these products are supposed to be available now... He last updated his website 2.5 months ago.
Regards, Steve Neago
Cincinnati, OH
>
> ""This may be swell bikes, and you can't beat the price. But fwiw a
check
> of
> dejanews indicates poor ol' jack has been running his going out of
business
> sale since at least 1998.
>
> - Charles""
>
> I must publicly take issue with the tone of this post.
>
> Jack van Gent and his family have made significant contributions to the
> bicycle business, and to the sport of bicycling in Colorado. "Poor ol'
Jack"
> actually must be at least somewhat elderly by now -- he was middle-aged,
with
> an adult daughter, when I was racing in the '70's.
>
> It's obvious to me from the website that the van Gents haven't been trying
> particularly hard to get rid of their modest inventory, much of which is
made
> up of rather miscellaneous bits and pieces, and I don't think that they're
> getting rich -- or taking advantage of anyone -- selling frames fifteen
bucks
> at a time. Or fifty.
>
> They deserve better than wisecracks.
>
> Peter Bridge
> Denver, Colorado