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dodsi
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PostPosted: 02:00 - 02 Nov 2005    Post subject: Is this true Reply with quote

The owner of a localish pub whom used to run a hein gericke store said that a company policy is that you can ask them to clean your helmet for you.

Is this true?

Would love to walk into a hein gericke and say "polish my helmet darling"

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PostPosted: 02:20 - 02 Nov 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Worth a shot, but they might polish your face for you instead! Razz
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PostPosted: 03:56 - 02 Nov 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can ask them but it doesnt mean they will do it.

I could ask them to give them the contents of the till but unless I was appropriately threatening, I think they'd be inclined to say no.

An old woman at the bike show today polished my bike boots for free in an attempt to sell me some bike polish waterproofing wax. I didn mention that I didnt want to buy it until she had polished both Smile

Ive had them a year and never polished them and they could easily go another year./
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PostPosted: 10:22 - 02 Nov 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think Arai do it...we're trying to get them down to the meet for some helmet polshing Very Happy
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PostPosted: 14:01 - 02 Nov 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

COLINWALL wrote:
An old woman at the bike show today polished my bike boots for free in an attempt to sell me some bike polish waterproofing wax. I didn mention that I didnt want to buy it until she had polished both Smile


Renapur, they are there every year. Excellent stuff, but I've still got 2 thirds af a pot left I bought form last years show. They still tried to sell me some more though, they work on commission.
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PostPosted: 17:21 - 02 Nov 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

It is silicone based though isn't it?

I have had many an argument with the folks on those stands. "Let me polish your boots for you."

"No thanks"
"but this stuff is really good."
"I don't care, they already have wax proofing agent on them."
"Go on, it's free."
"Yes, but it will remove the wax already on there"
"Ah, but this stuff is better"
"What, better than totally waterproof?"
"We have it on special offer, today only three pots for a tenner"
"*expletive deleted*"

They lost any chance of selling it to me at any point now or in the future when they continued after "No thanks."
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fuzz
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PostPosted: 18:14 - 02 Nov 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes they are a little on the pushy side of things. It does get kind of irritating after a while. I have learnt that the definition of free is expensive.
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colin1
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PostPosted: 22:24 - 07 Nov 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

COLINWALL wrote:

Ive had them a year and never polished them and they could easily go another year./


I ended up going to the show the following day so I could have had them shined twice in one year but I declined.
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PostPosted: 22:42 - 07 Nov 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hein Gericke do discounts if you ask for them though!
Got my leathers there, and Chriss blagged me £50 off the whole lot! Wink
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dodsi
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PostPosted: 23:10 - 07 Nov 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yep, I got £35 off the stuff I was buying by simply asking.
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PostPosted: 11:48 - 08 Nov 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's all part of my having a haggling old woman for a boyfriend Wink
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