I know this isn’t a fancy shock, and I once was shopping around for much nicer shocks for still significantly less money. Even the MSRP is listed on SRAM’s website at $257.
Is there something I don’t understand about the total cost of buying a new shock, or was this guy just trying to sell me a $300 rebuild?
by ambigymous
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That’s a mid-low budget shock. I had one on a Giant Stance 1. He’s trying to scam you, or adding installation and tuning….maybe ??
Scam
You can buy and install for less, a bike mech would charge $50-100 plus the shock – depends on complexity/adjustment.
Maybe you look like a fool + money. Maybe he is a bike thief, picks up bike to fix and deliver back to you – gets the $$ = gone in 60 seconds.
All of these are possible.
That’s crazy. I bought a top-of-the-line shock two years ago on sale for about five. I got a good deal but just a little bit of mechanical knowledge and a super easy install and tune.
Take your bike and leave a shitty review fuck that
What shop? What bike?
I try and shop local most of the time but not if the shop tries to fool its customers.
The LBS hustle. Some are great, many are jerks.
Benefit of the doubt, he could have just been wrong? It looks like most of the Monarchs that shop [carries](https://www.hangar15bicycles.com/sitesearch.cfm?search=Rockshox.+Monarch+) is in the $400-$500 range.