Why blame wiggle or hate on them?

sigorman85

I'm fairly new to cycling and have seen the blame wiggle or people not liking them could some explain to me why?

Sorry if I have missed the point

rnath

Well... have to say I've had nothing but excellent service from them over the years. I guess it's the way of the web that the negatives will always seem louder than the positives. I dunno... they're a shop - if you don't like what they do or how they do it (for whatever reason) you can shop elsewhere :roll:

bendertherobot

It's a long story. There was a thread by Speedking where he had a go at Wiggle. I think, most, if not all, sided with Wiggle in relation to the thing complained of. If I could find it on the search I would.

That begat the phrase "I blame Wiggle." So now whether it's Wiggle involved, or not, their fault, or not, you should always blame Wiggle.

letap73

Et viola:

viewtopic.php?f=30005&t=12692260

Ber Nard

viewtopic.php?t=12692260&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

There you go.

Edit: beaten to it.

DKay

bendertherobot wrote:

It's a long story. There was a thread by Speedking where he had a go at Wiggle. I think, most, if not all, sided with Wiggle in relation to the thing complained of. If I could find it on the search I would.

That begat the phrase "I blame Wiggle." So now whether it's Wiggle involved, or not, their fault, or not, you should always blame Wiggle.

I made this meme ages ago, specifically for use on all retailer-based moans where people register on the forum, just for the sole reason to prove how in the wrong they are and to invite redicule from all and sundry.



P.S. I've always had great service from Wiggle and I've bought A LOT of stuff from them over the years.

Buckie2k5

The whole i blame wiggle thing really damaged there rep, thats why they give us haribo now. All is forgotten.

sigorman85

Ah haha I see ... Reason I asked on here is that I asked if anyone at my lbs club (mud sweat n gears weymouth) was doing the wiggle &uk cycling events bitter beast at bovington on the 16th November but one of the staff said oh I'm not and nore is so n so ..I asked why not and the reply was its a wiggle event isn't it? Yeah oh he hates wiggle that's why he isn't doing it ....thought it was a bit strange as a cycling shop owner not to do a big event close to town

metronome

sigorman85 wrote:

Ah haha I see ... Reason I asked on here is that I asked if anyone at my lbs club (mud sweat n gears weymouth) was doing the wiggle &uk cycling events bitter beast at bovington on the 16th November but one of the staff said oh I'm not and nore is so n so ..I asked why not and the reply was its a wiggle event isn't it? Yeah oh he hates wiggle that's why he isn't doing it ....thought it was a bit strange as a cycling shop owner not to do a big event close to town

Your LBS owner has a good reason not to like wiggle!

surrey_commuter

slightly off message but what is the origin of "that chain looks a bit slack"

chippyk

A Triathlon shop not too far from here shut down a few weeks ago claiming that they can't compete with the stack 'em high web retailers, that is why your LBS doesn't like them. Mind you I got 2 Castelli Gabba at 70% off in their closing down sale.

MountainMonster

It's the whole story of the big retailers making mistakes (as every shop does), and people shaming them. It seems worse though, because of huge number of orders they process, inevitably with some unhappy customers in there. You just hear from the unhappy customers more.

DavidJB

A triathlon shop?? *Shudders*

Paul 8v

DavidJB wrote:

A triathlon shop?? *Shudders*

Paul 8v

Barstewards:
http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/wiggle ... ism/017031

alex_luhrs

Honestly can't fault Wiggle. Never had a problem, excellent service and they give you harribo!