Why I cycled a hundred miles to meet my first customer

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  • Cheshire Cat
    Cheshire Cat Posts: 309
    That's brilliant...erm, did you charge for postage? ;0)
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  • stinger53
    stinger53 Posts: 135
    thats great :) would of been annoying tho if you bought the wrong size...
  • A KIRK
    A KIRK Posts: 64
    What a great read that's what you call going the extra mile for your customers.
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  • thefd
    thefd Posts: 1,021
    Very good - but I can't help noticing the publicity something like this can bring to the business. Still good on him would have been interesting to see if he would have done it if the distance was 300 miles??
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  • Markjaspi
    Markjaspi Posts: 729
    Great story, love it.
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  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,157
    love that!

    Would be great if he did it again every so often (ie, 500th customer, 1,000th, etc)
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    TheFD wrote:
    Very good - but I can't help noticing the publicity something like this can bring to the business. Still good on him would have been interesting to see if he would have done it if the distance was 300 miles??

    Agreed, why not get a little publicity for the effort it involved :)
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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Great story - I just wish I had been the first customer :shock:
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • 3stripe
    3stripe Posts: 40
    Hi folks,

    It's James from CycleLove here, thanks for all the kind words re the story.

    One idea I have is to turn the London-Peterborough route I did into an annual event (as I think a relatively flat century ride would be a popular target distance for people), and possibly even make it a charity fundraiser too.

    If I do make it to 1,000 tshirts, then I love the idea of doing that delivery by bike too... wherever in the world it might be... (famous last words) :)
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