For installing a hub dynamo in a bicycle wheel I need bespoken spokes in specific length. I asked a specialized bike shop to order those spokes for me. The boss, a licensed international cycling tournament referee, said it's impossible to order small quantity of specific length spokes.
I know his shop provides parts upgrade service for customers. It's hard to imagine he couldn't find the spokes I need. I asked then how could he upgrade hub for customers without different length spokes. He said he only uses hub with standard diameter, he never used a spoke in non-standard length.
So I had to buy those spokes from foreign country again. But the postage would be several times the price of the cheap spokes I'll buy. So I decided to buy some additional parts to spread the postage, though those parts were not needed immediately, but the good quality of German parts was also an attraction.
Seven days later upon receiving my purchase a strong feeling of services differences between local and German bike shops stroke me hard. Is this also the distinction between developing country and developed country?
為了在腳踏車輪子安裝輪軸發電機,我需要使用特定長度的輪幅鋼絲。我請一家專業腳踏車店的老闆幫我訂購,那位老闆-一位合格國際自由車裁判,說不可能訂購數量不大的特定長度鋼絲。
我知道他有在幫顧客升級更換零件,很難想像他無法訂購我需要的鋼絲。我問沒有不同長度的鋼絲,他怎麼為顧客更換輪軸。他說他只使用標準直徑的輪軸,沒有用過非標準長度的鋼絲。
所以我只好再從外國買進來了,可是郵費將數倍於我要的便宜鋼絲的價格,因此只好多買一些另外的零件來分攤郵費,雖然那些零件沒有立即的需用性,不過德國零件的優良品質實在很具吸引力.
七天後,收到我購買的東西時,本地和德國腳踏車店服務水準不同的感覺強烈浮現,這也是開發中國家和已開發國家的區別吧?
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