I'm sure this place is great, most of the time for most people. Unfortunately we just had such a poor experience that I feel compelled to write a review.
We took an electric bike in on Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 to get a flat tire fixed. We were told by Colton (he's actually really nice, the owner or manager we talked to several times, not so much.) that the tire was "on order" and would "be ready Monday". He informed us of that via voicemail, and that would be one of only two calls we would receive in 32 days.
Monday comes and goes, no call from Danville Bike. We call that week and are told they can't find the tire but will keep looking, and they will get back to us. Odd, since it was on order! Another week goes by, no call, no communication. We call back, and offer to find the tire. They say no, they will keep looking and call us back. Guess what? No call, no communication for another week.
We call back and say we will find the tire and bring it in, they accept. We find the tire (wasn't very hard mind you), order it, receive it within days and take it to Danville Bike. They tell us they will call when it's ready.
We get a call on Friday, December 2nd 2022 informing us that the bike is ready. Again, this is a full month since bringing it in the first time, 28 days past the "mythical Monday" ready date we first got. My son happens to be getting his wisdom teeth out this same day but my wife said she would come grab it. We couldn't make that happen, and probably should have let the guy know but we didn't. Our bad (see rude Mr. Manager guy, that's how you take accountability for crappy behavior). My kid was in terrible pain, it was raining all weekend, and we just didn't do it. We figure "this thing has been sitting there a month, probably not a big deal".
Well I guess we were wrong because today, Sunday, December 4 2022, not even 48 hours after the call informing us it is ready (again only the second call in 32 days) my wife receives a very rude call from the manager/owner of the shop asking why we haven't picked it up yet, and telling us we need to pick it up or it will "get wet out in the rain". Up until now we've been very understanding. We haven't complained about the ridiculously elongated timeline or complete lack of communication at all. I get it, things happen. But to cap all of that off with a rude phone call insinuating that we are dragging OUR feet picking the bike up is absolutely ridiculous.
So we go pick up the bike. I confront the manager/owner guy about his super rude behavior and everything else. Instead of showing a bit of humility he insists he has called more than he did, says he wasn't rude, tells us not to come back, says there was never a commitment to get the bike finished on mythical Monday, etc etc.
So Mr. Manager/owner guy if you're reading this and preparing a response with some rewrite of history just know that I'm willing to share the voicemail and call logs backing this all up. Two calls from you in 32 days. Many more from us to you. You have a great business, that's why we went with you. Maybe you were having a bad day/week/month, whatever. As a formal small business owner for a decade, I was prepared to fall on my sword even when I wasn't in the wrong. Whether you want to admit it or not, you absolutely were in this scenario and all you did is lose a loyal customer in the way to handled it. Danville and the surrounding area is not hurting for Bike shops. read more