As a new, independent fitter, I've been thinking about how I can acquire a reasonable amount of saddle options for my fit sessions without investing too much. I'm not a shop, so I don't want to necessarily carry a large inventory, but I acknowledge the sales opportunity of helping my customer identify a comfortable saddle and being able to sell it to them as well.
I'd like to discuss the distinction that fitters make between demo saddles and those intended solely for sale. Specifically, do you as a fitter only utilize demo saddles during fittings, and only sell your customers the new-in-box version? Do you tape the rails on an inventory saddle and use it for fittings? Do you comfortable and ethically sell that saddle to your customer(assuming no visible signs of wear)?
My primary goal is to have a wide selection of saddles my customer can test, while they are already consuming my services, even if I do not have that saddle to sell them. My secondary goal is to be able to offer that saddle for sale if they so choose to purchase. Obviously I would like to do that with the lowest investment, while still abiding my customer expectation and dealer pricing guidelines.
I'd like to discuss the distinction that fitters make between demo saddles and those intended solely for sale. Specifically, do you as a fitter only utilize demo saddles during fittings, and only sell your customers the new-in-box version? Do you tape the rails on an inventory saddle and use it for fittings? Do you comfortable and ethically sell that saddle to your customer(assuming no visible signs of wear)?
My primary goal is to have a wide selection of saddles my customer can test, while they are already consuming my services, even if I do not have that saddle to sell them. My secondary goal is to be able to offer that saddle for sale if they so choose to purchase. Obviously I would like to do that with the lowest investment, while still abiding my customer expectation and dealer pricing guidelines.