Why do ppl always rant about it on the Internet after the fact. If the guy is being a dick or giving you attitude call him out on it.
There becomes a time when it's not worth buying some of the lower end gear from the other places. You pay for what you get means a lot when motorcycling gear is concerned.
Buying the cheap joe rocket stuff in year one, means you'll be replacing it with the higher end stuff by year 3.
Save the initial purchase cost and buy the good stuff right away.
People are ranting about it after the fact because it is the Review section. People are posting their experiences in the place....so others know about it. Had I seen this thread, I would have had to deal with......
......my experience shopping there. I went in for my first jacket, great prices as some sale was going on. John showed me around and tried to talk me into the high-end stuff but I knew my budget and even knew the jacket I wanted, so that didn't work. I don't see my jacket as lower end, it's a $350 Icon but it's no $700 Dainese jacket. So here we are trying on the sizes and John insists I try on the S, even though I felt the M was tight enough and fit well. So, I stuff myself into the small, it felt tight but John said it'll open up. So I asked him if I can mount one of the two Ducati's there to see how it felt in riding position and he said no. Said they belonged to someone...but assured me that I am a S. Then I asked him for an all black and he brings me one that's black with some silver in it. I asked him if he had that in all black, as I recall seeing a picture during my research, and he said that was the black one. So I make the purchase and get home, stuff myself back in it, mount my bike and it's a mission to get a decent riding position in that thing, and a mission so impossible, even Tom Cruise couldn't tuck in that jacket.
Following day, I head out to GP to get another opinion. Two sales people helped me fit in the same jacket, told me that the M fits me perfectly and let me mount one of the many bikes there. They also had an all black in stock...it's called the Stealth. So I am more than willing to buy here, just had to make sure RC will accepts returns. Call RC, RC says they will provide store credit. I ask them if they have the Stealth in M in stock as that's what I wanted in exchange. The guy said no but it'll be in tomorrow. RC is quite the drive for me so I called in again the following day, different guy answers, I ask him for the jacket in stealth size M....he says yup, come on in....so I head there and guess what....they did not have it. They did not even have the black and silver one in M. Being upset, I ask who answered the phone and told me it's in stock less than two hours ago and the two sales people there start playing the blame game and they said they're not sure and that the new guy had just left for a coffee break so it may be him and what not. I ask for a full refund and they refuse. Offered store credit again...so I just waited another week and went in and exchanged for the black and silver one in M when they got it in stock (they did not order the stealth one that I wanted and said it would be a month). It said goodbye to the place for good.
I did not receive the attitude that people speak of. He did try to talk me to the high end stuff but did not respond rudely when I said I was looking for the specific Icon jacket. But, the guy did sell me a wrong size, then someone there lied to me about the right size and color being in stock which costed me an extra trip there. That's enough for me to not go there again, regardless of their sales and discounts and stock on Dainese stuff that students cant afford anyways.
Many places across the GTA have the same stuff for comparable prices and better service. If the price is higher at these places, tell them and most will match or come close to it, which is enough for me to go there.
End rant. Hopefully people see this and consider not going there.
