A perfect reason to make purchases from your LOCAL bike shop instead of mail-order.
Steven L. Sheffield stevens at veloworks dot com veloworks at worldnet dot ay tea tee dot net bellum pax est libertas servitus est ignoratio vis est ess ay ell tea ell ay kay ee sea aye tee why you ti ay aitch aitch tee tea pea colon [for word] slash [four ward] slash double-you double-yew double-ewe dot veloworks dot com [four word] slash
> This is a little off topic but everyone buys parts.
\r?\n> I ordered some lizard skin patches to keep my frame pump from
\r?\n> rubbing paint off my frame on rotten roads. I got them from Branford
\r?\n> Bikes. The website said use the secure order form for Free expedited
\r?\n> processing. It also said that orders up to $100 would be shipped for
\r?\n> $5.50 and shipped UPS ground or least expensive carrier. My invoice
\r?\n> said UPS ground shipping to zone 7. The 4"x6" padded envelope came
\r?\n> USPS first class mail at a cost of 60¢. There was no insurance, the
\r?\n> envelope cost 11¢ and the $4.90 was handling.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Two or three emails later and it comes down to a deal is a deal.
\r?\n> When they say least expensive shipping it is their savings not
\r?\n> yours. Free expedited order processing is exactly what it says, they
\r?\n> run your order through in a hurry. The patches took a week to get here.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I am refraining from some of the more colorful comments that come to
\r?\n> mind and just trying to state the facts. I was stupid to order
\r?\n> something so inexpensive with such dear shipping. In my excitement
\r?\n> for the trip I was heading out on I neglected to read carefully
\r?\n> before ordering and if I feel like a fool it is mostly my own fault.
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\r?\n> Curtis Whatley
\r?\n> Mission, Texas