| I don't see this as necessarily a bad thing. Nowhere does it say that a retailer can't order to build personal inventory. JIT makes sense. How many
kite stores are left and of the ones that closed how many closed because they had $1000s of unpurchased kites sitting as overhead on their shelves and
accounting books. This is a super niche market where you can't go to Target and browse through hundreds or dozens or even a few kites. Though I
admire the stores that do, its crazy to think they should be able to stock all kites in all sizes for all level fliers when really they sell but a
few. I hope this leads to better pricing and availability to all fliers and no more crippled retailers who have to back door one or two year old
unused stock in order to carry current product when previous product didn't sell. I tend to think this sport has sort of peaked with restrictions
becoming more common, the price to enter is going through the roof and the manufacturers all seem focused on water or pure speed. If this helps the
common man, get what they want without relying on a starving retailer, even if they have to wait a bit, its still a good thing. If people don't like
it, switch to HQ or some other more readily available kite brand, if you can find one in a store or e-tailer near you. |
