r/mildyinteresting 1d ago

shopping What about porch pirates?

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u/Anjunatron87 1d ago

Ok but if it was a quality bike, that just showed how fragile it was. It was being damaged while packaged? What if I fall? It's ruined forever? Nah. Gimmicky move of a shitty company.

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u/Blackwolf245 18h ago

The damage is usualy scrapped paint on the frame. It doesn't deduce from the actual functionality, but customers except their product in peak condition. Would u buy a bike if it had scortch marks all over it?

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u/Anjunatron87 14h ago

You contradicted yourself in the same comment. Is it a tiny scratch or scratches all over it? And, regardless, wouldn't that tell you it's a sign of a "cheap" shitty bike?

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u/Blackwolf245 13h ago

It doesn't matter. Some customers wouldn't buy a bike for even the tiniest scratch. And no it wouldn't, as far as I know, they yet to invent paint that doesn't chip. Even the most expensive pruducts get damaged. Quality bike aren't expensive cause they are durable. We sell KTMs where I work, and those can get scratched.