Even though I don't live in the city, I enjoy supporting Toronto bike shops because they carry brands that my local shops don't.
I've purchased several items from Urbane, and just saw that they are having a sale for their 28th anniversary. Cool!
One of the items I was looking at was the Apidura packable musette bag.
Urbane lists it at $81, but on sale for $60. This didn't seem right, because I've seen it for around that price at other shops, so I looked again:
- La Bicicletta Toronto: $56 (regular price).
- Dismount Bike Shop (Toronto): $66 (regular price).
- Cyclesmith (Halifax and Dartmouth): $56 (regular price).
- The Cyclepath (Toronto): $66 (regular price).
Look, I can appreciate that "sales" can drive sales, but I know they've done this with other items, and have done it in the past during other sale events.
Is there any reasonable explanation why they would want to damage trust like this? I want to support them, but I don't want to be ripped off in the process.
EDIT: formatting