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11-13-2004, 08:20 PM

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:20:58 -0500, Matt Hoyle
<mzwzhzozyzlze@ieee.org> wrote:

>Greetings,
>
>Are there any Team Performance (the buying club at
>www.performancebike.com) members out there? If so, would you mind
>commenting on your impressions of the club? Worth it?
>
>I've been considering joining and was curious as to what others thought.

I was a member for three years, and let it lapse two years ago. I
"joined" Team Performance (hereinafter TP, for a reason!)
http://www.css.edu/users/tboone2/asep/Robergs2.pdftoo soon -- it took
Performance two years to get their web site working reliably with TP,
and I never got customer service satisfaction for points that weren't
credited, "discounts" that weren't given, not to mention when they
debited my TP account but charged my credit card for it anyway. The
last year everything was working, finally, but I finally figured out I
didn't spend much over $200 a year at Performance anyway.

All my gripes aside, it really depends on your spending habits. If
you're going to make a big purchase at Performance, get the
membership. If you're going to make many smaller (but not too small)
purchases, it may be worthwhile. Frankly, I renewed the last year
just for the shipping upgrade -- Performance's surface shipping option
is SLOW, and I don't usually mail-order things I need in a rush! So
if you're going to place 4 $50 orders per year, you can get upgraded
shipping for free by spending your TP vouchers on next year's
membership.

I found I like Voler's shorts better, and Nashbar has better prices on
most tools and components I would have ordered from Performance. The
only thing left is Performance's nice house brand jerseys, and I can
arrange to swing by one of their stores every year or so, so I don't
need the TP membership anymore.

Pat

Email address works as is.

11-13-2004, 08:20 PM	#65 (permalink)
Patrick Lamb Posts: n/a	Re: opinions on Team Performance membership? On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:20:58 -0500, Matt Hoyle <mzwzhzozyzlze@ieee.org> wrote: >Greetings, > >Are there any Team Performance (the buying club at >www.performancebike.com) members out there? If so, would you mind >commenting on your impressions of the club? Worth it? > >I've been considering joining and was curious as to what others thought. I was a member for three years, and let it lapse two years ago. I "joined" Team Performance (hereinafter TP, for a reason!) http://www.css.edu/users/tboone2/asep/Robergs2.pdftoo soon -- it took Performance two years to get their web site working reliably with TP, and I never got customer service satisfaction for points that weren't credited, "discounts" that weren't given, not to mention when they debited my TP account but charged my credit card for it anyway. The last year everything was working, finally, but I finally figured out I didn't spend much over $200 a year at Performance anyway. All my gripes aside, it really depends on your spending habits. If you're going to make a big purchase at Performance, get the membership. If you're going to make many smaller (but not too small) purchases, it may be worthwhile. Frankly, I renewed the last year just for the shipping upgrade -- Performance's surface shipping option is SLOW, and I don't usually mail-order things I need in a rush! So if you're going to place 4 $50 orders per year, you can get upgraded shipping for free by spending your TP vouchers on next year's membership. I found I like Voler's shorts better, and Nashbar has better prices on most tools and components I would have ordered from Performance. The only thing left is Performance's nice house brand jerseys, and I can arrange to swing by one of their stores every year or so, so I don't need the TP membership anymore. Pat Email address works as is.