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  • August 13, 2017 at 7:47 pm #899287
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    don simon fbpe

    You want it explaining again?

    You want it explaining again?  FFS!

    If you don’t even understand the point from a very, very, very simple title then I ain’t going to do it for you.

    Chao!

    August 13, 2017 at 7:42 pm #899285
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    alansmurphy

    To bring things somewhere
    To bring things somewhere back near a topic Don, who do you see it smarting, why and when?

    August 13, 2017 at 6:44 pm #899283
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    don simon fbpe
    Leviathan wrote:
    don simon wrote:
    quack, quack. 

    Nice back pedalling. Fine, you said so little in the first place, you can say you meant something else. It just seems other people agree with me, you are a snob, own it.

    Play thye ball, not the man.

    Unfortunately you made a mistake, there is no backpedalling by me as my position hasn’t changed. You misunderstood and decided to have a pop at me.  I do accept your apology, in all its grace, though. That little misquote up there…. Come back when you’ve grown up.

     

    August 13, 2017 at 6:33 pm #899281
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    Leviathan
    don simon wrote:
    quack, quack. 

    Nice back pedalling. Fine, you said so little in the first place, you can say you meant something else. It just seems other people agree with me, you are a snob, own it.

    August 13, 2017 at 5:51 pm #899279
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    VeloUSA
    don simon wrote:
    VeloUSA wrote:
    Last quarter Walmart’s total revenue was $118.8 (£ 91.2866) billion. Just think if RZC Investments took 1% of that money and put into expanding Ralpha, lower mfg cost, and maintain product quality how it would make Ralpha accessible for many.

    I suspect that lowering the manufacturing costs won’t actually maintain product quality (it never does in the long run) and making Rapha accessible for many is exactly my point and glad you got it.

    Rapha is an expensive and relatively exclusive brand which is about to be made cheaply for the masses. Current customer base will move onto the next exclusive brand.

    😉

    Worldwide, manufacturers have moved to overseas production to lower manufacturing costs whether it be bike frames, parts, accessories, or clothing. Product quality has not diminished, that is, unless you’re buying the lower end of their line where quality is second nature to pricing.

    Whether current customer base moves onto the next exclusive brand is up for speculation as we don’t know if RZC will leave Rapha alone as an exclusive brand run by their management team, or chose the path of mass market.

    We can speculate all we want, the proof will be in the pudding in the next couple of years when we, as consumers, see what Rapha is producing. Until then I wait and not speculate.

    August 13, 2017 at 5:30 pm #899277
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    don simon fbpe
    Leviathan wrote:
    don simon wrote:
    VeloUSA wrote:
    Last quarter Walmart’s total revenue was $118.8 (£ 91.2866) billion. Just think if RZC Investments took 1% of that money and put into expanding Ralpha, lower mfg cost, and maintain product quality how it would make Ralpha accessible for many.

    I suspect that lowering the manufacturing costs won’t actually maintain product quality (it never does in the long run) and making Rapha accessible for many is exactly my point and glad you got it.

    Rapha is an expensive and relatively exclusive brand which is about to be made cheaply for the masses. Current customer base will move onto the next exclusive brand.

    😉

    Don, I don’t know why you keep digging a hole for yourself. The people who bought Rapha are not Walmart or Asda, it won’t change Rapha’s market positioning. Your OP said it had to ‘smart’ as in to hurt, as if the owner/founder was hurt by being given millions of pounds because the money might be associated with ‘downmarket’ brands. No amount of post-rationalisation is going to change your sneering opening comment.

    Except the bit where you’ve totally misunderstood the point, yet still steamroller on in your error. I ain’t digging a hole, friend, it’s you. Even after it’s been spelled out for you. 

    August 13, 2017 at 11:47 am #899275
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    Leviathan
    don simon wrote:
    VeloUSA wrote:
    Last quarter Walmart’s total revenue was $118.8 (£ 91.2866) billion. Just think if RZC Investments took 1% of that money and put into expanding Ralpha, lower mfg cost, and maintain product quality how it would make Ralpha accessible for many.

    I suspect that lowering the manufacturing costs won’t actually maintain product quality (it never does in the long run) and making Rapha accessible for many is exactly my point and glad you got it.

    Rapha is an expensive and relatively exclusive brand which is about to be made cheaply for the masses. Current customer base will move onto the next exclusive brand.

    😉

    Don, I don’t know why you keep digging a hole for yourself. The people who bought Rapha are not Walmart or Asda, it won’t change Rapha’s market positioning. Your OP said it had to ‘smart’ as in to hurt, as if the owner/founder was hurt by being given millions of pounds because the money might be associated with ‘downmarket’ brands. No amount of post-rationalisation is going to change your sneering opening comment.

    August 13, 2017 at 11:13 am #899273
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    alansmurphy

    Why are people only looking
    Why are people only looking at their relation to Walmart, because it’s the biggest? They wouldn’t buy a large ‘exclusive’ manufacturer to suddenly want to sell shirts at a fifth of the cost…

    August 13, 2017 at 10:14 am #899271
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    don simon fbpe
    VeloUSA wrote:
    Last quarter Walmart’s total revenue was $118.8 (£ 91.2866) billion. Just think if RZC Investments took 1% of that money and put into expanding Ralpha, lower mfg cost, and maintain product quality how it would make Ralpha accessible for many.

    I suspect that lowering the manufacturing costs won’t actually maintain product quality (it never does in the long run) and making Rapha accessible for many is exactly my point and glad you got it.

    Rapha is an expensive and relatively exclusive brand which is about to be made cheaply for the masses. Current customer base will move onto the next exclusive brand.

    😉

    August 13, 2017 at 3:03 am #899269
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    VeloUSA

    Last quarter Walmart’s total

    Last quarter Walmart’s total revenue was $118.8 (£ 91.2866) billion. Just think if RZC Investments took 1% of that money and put into expanding Ralpha, lower mfg cost, and maintain product quality how it would make Ralpha accessible for many.

    August 10, 2017 at 11:31 am #899267
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    don simon fbpe
    DoctorFish wrote:
    don simon wrote:
    Nick T wrote:
    Is this like when everyone laughed at Lamborghini drivers because VW bought them

    Yes, a little bit. Lambo used to be a marque of distinction and seldom seen except on posters. For the love of god, we’ve even got them up north.  So yes, another devalued brand.

     

    The quality tractor manufacturer

    Fixed.

    August 9, 2017 at 7:02 pm #899265
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    DoctorFish
    don simon wrote:
    Nick T wrote:
    Is this like when everyone laughed at Lamborghini drivers because VW bought them

    Yes, a little bit. Lambo used to be a marque of distinction and seldom seen except on posters. For the love of god, we’ve even got them up north.  So yes, another devalued brand.

     

    The tractor manufacturer

    August 9, 2017 at 5:28 pm #899263
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    Nat Jas Moe

    Surely this should read “By

    Surely this should read “By George its Rapha”, still can’t justify their cost IMO

    August 8, 2017 at 6:46 pm #899261
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    drosco

    Riff Rapha.
    Riff Rapha.

    August 8, 2017 at 5:58 pm #899259
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    Anonymous

    Nick T wrote:

    Nick T wrote:

    Is this like when everyone laughed at Lamborghini drivers because VW bought them

    It’s just like that. I bought a Hyundai instead of the Lambo.

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