Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Columbia's only Segway dealer has closed

["Christian M. Cepel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Oh.. it's in a fairly obvious location.   The only clients I know of were the Columbia Police Dept (they ride them in the parades) and the Hearnes Center (one of their staff members lives on my street and brings his home every once in a while.   They use them to zip around the rather large facilities.)  I wouldn't be surprised to learn that parks and recs had a few too.   I agree however.   I think they probably achieved market saturation in the first couple of weeks... and then what??   I'm surprised they stayed with it as long as they did.   Maybe they will sue Weird Al for "White and Nerdy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw for creating the premise that riding a segway is uncool.

Jonathan King wrote:

According to the Tribune:

  

The Segway dealership in the Broadway Shops has closed. The owners could not be reached for comment.
The store, which was an authorized dealer for Bedford, N.H.-based Segway Human Transporter, opened in
December 2005.
    

OK: so how many of you out there knew there even *was* a Segway dealer
in Columbia? I knew there was, but I always thought that was about the
wackiest retail idea for the market I had ever heard of.

jking

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