# Bike shop owners/employees: What're the odds of leveraging your employment to pull off a QBP GB?
**URL:** https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283
**Category:** Bikes
**Created:** [March 23, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283 "2009-03-23T19:09:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Captain\_Gnarlock](https://tarck.cc/u/Captain_Gnarlock)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283/1 "2009-03-23T19:09:48Z")
I’m thinking specifically of a Nitto GB, but if we could do something through QBP, I imagine we could open it up beyond just Nitto.
In any case, is there anyone here who would let us use their QBP account to coordinate a group buy? I’d be willing to handle all the logistics, and just send you a check and a completed order form. QBP ships to you, you ship to me, you’re done and all your expenses are covered.
Let’s discuss.
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### Author:  [@EivlEvo](https://tarck.cc/u/EivlEvo)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283/2 "2009-03-23T23:26:32Z")
This would be EXCITING!
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### Author:  [@hambeki](https://tarck.cc/u/hambeki)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283/3 "2009-03-23T23:30:58Z")
I would order the most absolute ridiculous shit if there was a “buy whatever you want” group buy.
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### Author:  [@GRHebard](https://tarck.cc/u/GRHebard)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283/4 "2009-03-24T00:41:41Z")
^^that
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### Author:  [@LADY\_GAGA](https://tarck.cc/u/LADY_GAGA)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283/5 "2009-03-24T00:54:06Z")
not to shit on anyone’s toast, but undercutting every bike store dude out there would be a bit of a dick move
or would this be a legit group buy and not just going through the catalogue and picking stuff up for wholesale prices
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### Author:  [@curiousincident](https://tarck.cc/u/curiousincident)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283/6 "2009-03-24T01:25:17Z")
> [@stever](#):
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> not to shit on anyone’s toast, but undercutting every bike store dude out there would be a bit of a dick move
Seriously. If I can’t afford LBS prices I go online or to eBay, I don’t ask my (or somebody elses) LBS to just let me order what I want at wholesale prices.
I also don’t really know the details of the terms QBP has for its dealers, but I’m sure if there are any this would violate them. QBP depends on the success of bike shops to keep moving product, I’m sure they don’t want to allow their customers to lose on business by shipping bogus orders.
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### Author:  [@Endpoint](https://tarck.cc/u/Endpoint)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283/7 "2009-03-24T01:28:39Z")
Yeah… for real. Fuck this.
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### Author:  [@Elderbear](https://tarck.cc/u/Elderbear)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283/8 "2009-03-24T01:32:10Z")
> [@bradencbc](#):
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> Yeah… for real. Fuck this.
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### Author:  [@Matthew\_Trujillo](https://tarck.cc/u/Matthew_Trujillo)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283/9 "2009-03-24T01:38:35Z")
in for some cheap stuff
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### Author:  [@Tail\_Hook\_Lengthener](https://tarck.cc/u/Tail_Hook_Lengthener)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283/10 "2009-03-24T02:34:35Z")
> [@Elderberry](#):
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> [quote=bradencbc]Yeah… for real. Fuck this.[/quote]
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### Author:  [@spaghetti](https://tarck.cc/u/spaghetti)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283/11 "2009-03-24T02:40:14Z")
lolled.
will lol again.
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### Author:  [@Captain\_Gnarlock](https://tarck.cc/u/Captain_Gnarlock)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283/12 "2009-03-24T02:43:20Z")
Easy, people.
Nitto referred me to EAI; we’ll see what they’ve got to say.
Isn’t capitalism wonderful?
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### Author:  [@Tail\_Hook\_Lengthener](https://tarck.cc/u/Tail_Hook_Lengthener)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283/13 "2009-03-24T03:01:54Z")
EAI doesn’t do group buys.
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### Author:  [@Captain\_Gnarlock](https://tarck.cc/u/Captain_Gnarlock)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283/14 "2009-03-24T03:05:18Z")
> [@bonechilling](#):
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> EAI doesn’t do group buys.
Well I guess that settles that.
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### Author:  [@Char\_Aznable](https://tarck.cc/u/Char_Aznable)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283/15 "2009-03-24T03:05:23Z")
I love bonechilling’s sig
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### Author:  [@Elderbear](https://tarck.cc/u/Elderbear)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283/16 "2009-03-24T03:12:34Z")
I guess I don’t even really understand how I would “leverage my employment” at a shop to try n’ finaggle a deal for my interweb buddies. I reacted to what seemed like a bogus scheme to get cheap stuff, but can you explain what you meant in the OP in more detail?
EDIT: There was more detail in the OP than I originally noticed. While it would undeniably be one sweet hookup, this is an idea that would both endanger any employee’s job security and compromise any owner’s credibility.
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### Author:  [@Captain\_Gnarlock](https://tarck.cc/u/Captain_Gnarlock)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283/17 "2009-03-24T03:13:40Z")
Elder, to be honest, I didn’t reallly think it through thoroughly. I found out QBP distributed Nitto; QBP wouldn’t sell to me; I wondered aloud (on this forum) if anyone could help. I’m not interested in taking food out of anyone’s mouth or whatever, I just want some handlebars.
Sounds like it’s moot at this point anyway.
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### Author:  [@skipbrakes](https://tarck.cc/u/skipbrakes)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283/18 "2009-03-24T03:13:51Z")
Was just about to say that i’d be a bit pissed if they did, we nearly had to s their d to get our account set up when we first opened. I will offer helping out with a discounted order but I think most people into the group buy thing mostly are looking for wholesale(or as close as possible) which I certainly don’t give out unless you are s’ing my d.
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### Author:  [@Ashes\_Dust](https://tarck.cc/u/Ashes_Dust)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283/19 "2009-03-24T03:16:56Z")
It’s ok. You can say “sucking my dick”.
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### Author:  [@Dickason\_Daniel](https://tarck.cc/u/Dickason_Daniel)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-shop-owners-employees-whatre-the-odds-of-leveraging-your-employment-to-pull-off-a-qbp-gb/13283/20 "2009-03-24T03:17:21Z")
ITT Ian takes the food out of bike shop employees’ children’s mouths and inserts his d.
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