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RANT - Don bankrupt your local running shop

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♣BelleVueRacer♣ of Beartown Jan 2013 11:59pm, 17 Jan 2013 5,797 posts	Quote Pin ♣BelleVueRacer♣ of Beartown Heard a rumour that Bourne Sports will go under soon. Been in oplenty of times, great shoip great service and a great website. Independent too. I hope the rumours are false. I've met runners who try shoes on in shops, then buy them from the web for a cheaper price. For people who do this... where will you try your shoes on when the only place you can buy them is Amazon? Where will be your one stop shop for race entry forms, local running knowledge, injury advice, advice on shoes.... I know Sweatshop is all over the place, and was a bit gutted when they took over Ron Hills old Up n Running shop (http://www.upandrunning.co.uk/) but the staff at that shop (Hyde) remain the best I know. These people do a lot to support local races, including organising them (voluntarily I might add). So, please, if you want running shops to end up like Blockbusers (OK, Blockbusters had it coming, their staff didn't) PLEASE don't order stuff from the internet unless it's from one of those great independent stores (Pete Bland, Running Bear, Bourne Sports, Start Fitness, Alexandra Sports... please add your own suggestions). Otherwise buying your running kit will be an online pot luck lottery, funding a tax dodging corporate entity that doesn't give a shite about you. Rant over. Please don't confuse this rant as a rant against all online shops - faster-feet.com is a goodun For now.
Duchess Jan 2013 6:46am, 18 Jan 2013 2,521 posts	Quote Pin Duchess applauds
Fitz Jan 2013 8:47am, 18 Jan 2013 325 posts	Quote Pin Fitz I tried. I really, really tried. I visited three branches of Sweatshop in London and ALL of the online stores listed at the bottom of the home page of Fetch and none of them had both the items of compression clothing I wanted in my size (no, not XXXL or XXXS but good old fashioned boring common as muck Medium). Some had one or the other, none had both. So I bought them from Amazon. However, I have to completely agree about going in to shops to try stuff on, then going home and buying online. Not nice
eL Bee! Jan 2013 8:53am, 18 Jan 2013 18,277 posts	Quote Pin eL Bee! [sigh] Too late for some!
plodding hippo Jan 2013 8:56am, 18 Jan 2013 46,419 posts	Quote Pin plodding hippo My local running shop also doesnt stock the only make of shoe I run in
AngusClydesdale Jan 2013 8:58am, 18 Jan 2013 4,135 posts	Quote Pin AngusClydesdale I bought mudrocs from faster-feet.com Really great online shop with excellent ante and après sales service and advice. If you were going to try on a shoe in a local shop and then buy from fasterfeet that'd be OK!
AngusClydesdale Jan 2013 8:59am, 18 Jan 2013 4,136 posts	Quote Pin AngusClydesdale You can NEVER have enough kit, right?
Battlecat Jan 2013 9:07am, 18 Jan 2013 2,971 posts	Quote Pin Battlecat Here, here. We get the high street we deserve. As for people who go into the running shops, try everything on and then go home and buy their shoes on line - one word - arseholes. I read something the other day saying that in 10 years time our high streets will consist of a Post Office where you go to pick up the stuff Amazon tried to deliver when you were out and a Starbucks
Little Nemo - slightly broken Jan 2013 9:11am, 18 Jan 2013 2,016 posts	Quote Pin Little Nemo - slightly broken I was talking to a colleague at work who had just started running. He was plannng on going to his local shop to find the trainers he needed and then buy them online I told him that was shocking and he should buy them from the shop otherwise it wouldn't be there next time! I think I shamed him into it
Ness Jan 2013 9:12am, 18 Jan 2013 5,109 posts	Quote Pin Ness Must admit, I'm not their greatest customer, but I do use Coventry Runner for all my running shoes now. Nearest local independent. Very helpful staff. coventryrunner.co.uk