Custom UNi pricing - etiquette?

General
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The Steve Howard MUni thread gave me this question:

What’s the etiquette for asking about pricing of custom Uni’s and frames on the newsgroup? Or is there one?

Are such questions better left for emails?

I am not sure what is more appropriate.

Thanks:)

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Re: Custom UNi pricing - etiquette?

In article <teachndad.pusca@timelimit.unicyclist.com>,
teachndad <teachndad.pusca@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote:
>
>The Steve Howard MUni thread gave me this question:
>
>What’s the etiquette for asking about pricing of custom Uni’s and frames
>on the newsgroup? Or is there one?
>
>Are such questions better left for emails?
>
>I am not sure what is more appropriate.
>
>Thanks:)

I saw a hand-built frame for $640.

If that’s typical of what you’d pay for custom equipment, then etiquette
is whatever the guy spending the money wants it to be.

–
“Is that plutonium on your gums?”
“Shut up and kiss me!”
– Marge and Homer Simpson

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the etiquite should definatly be: make sure its worth their while, even if they do love doing it.

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Make these inquiries by e-mail. It would be bad form to put a designer or builder on the spot by asking in a public forum what kind of financial arrangement was made for a certain product. Some of these things are done gratis as gifts or to be tested by agressive riders. This is kind of a preliminary review process which has been done for many items on this forum.

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Greg,

Your points are well taken and they validated my concerns.

Email it is!

Thanks Gregory and Evilewan, also.