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Not sure this is in the right forum.
I bought a childs rear seat from Decathlon a few weeks back (Hamax Siesta). The seats have footrests that have a rubber strap and a plastic hook to keep the childs foot secured. The plastic hook broke (they are quite weak but that's another story).
The footrests can be purchased separately for about a tenner.
I took the seat back to Decathlon and asked them to exchange the footrest. They initially said that they don't sell the footrests as spares but they would take one off another seat. After doing a bit of browsing I went back to the reception desk to be told they were going to exchange the whole seat as it was easier for them to do this
Fine by me.
What I then witnessed was one of the bicycle mechanics take a stanley knife to my original seat, completely ruining it. I asked him why they do this and the reply was along the line "we have to, to stop anyone using it". I implied that to mean either a) a member of staff walking off with it through the back door, or b) someone picking it out of their waste bin.
I said it was such a shame and a complete waste of a perfectly servicable seat. He then said they had to do the same with returned bikes![Sad :sad: :sad:](/styles/default/xenforo/smls/sad.gif)
It saddens me that things like this get wasted. I'm no environmentalist but I don't like unnecessary waste. Surely they could donate to a charity?
Is this common and can anything be done about it?
Thoughts.
I bought a childs rear seat from Decathlon a few weeks back (Hamax Siesta). The seats have footrests that have a rubber strap and a plastic hook to keep the childs foot secured. The plastic hook broke (they are quite weak but that's another story).
The footrests can be purchased separately for about a tenner.
I took the seat back to Decathlon and asked them to exchange the footrest. They initially said that they don't sell the footrests as spares but they would take one off another seat. After doing a bit of browsing I went back to the reception desk to be told they were going to exchange the whole seat as it was easier for them to do this
![Wacko :wacko: :wacko:](/styles/default/xenforo/smls/wacko.gif)
What I then witnessed was one of the bicycle mechanics take a stanley knife to my original seat, completely ruining it. I asked him why they do this and the reply was along the line "we have to, to stop anyone using it". I implied that to mean either a) a member of staff walking off with it through the back door, or b) someone picking it out of their waste bin.
I said it was such a shame and a complete waste of a perfectly servicable seat. He then said they had to do the same with returned bikes
![Sad :sad: :sad:](/styles/default/xenforo/smls/sad.gif)
It saddens me that things like this get wasted. I'm no environmentalist but I don't like unnecessary waste. Surely they could donate to a charity?
Is this common and can anything be done about it?
Thoughts.