Belkin gear thread

PaddyFagan · 21-01-2015 1:58pm #1

Not sure how good this is, but spotted this on hduk and thought I'd share - Belkin team gear heavily reduced: http://www.belkin.com/uk/factory-store/

BIB Shorts £79.99 down to £14.99
Jersey £49.99 down to £4.99
Jacket £137.99 down to £29.99

Site size guide suggests it's made by Santini - thoughts?

Paddy

PS Postage is free (perhaps UK only, so may need Parcel Motel) for orders over £40.

Kinet1c · 21-01-2015 2:19pm

PaddyFagan wrote: »

Not sure how good this is, but spotted this on hduk and thought I'd share - Belkin team gear heavily reduced: http://www.belkin.com/uk/factory-store/

BIB Shorts £79.99 down to £14.99
Jersey £49.99 down to £4.99
Jacket £137.99 down to £29.99

Site size guide suggests it's made by Santini - thoughts?

Paddy

PS Postage is free (perhaps UK only, so may need Parcel Motel) for orders over £40.

Came up before, think you need mainland UK address or CC has to be in UK. A number of us tried and failed to process it using PM.

PaddyFagan · 21-01-2015 2:40pm

Kinet1c wrote: »

Came up before, think you need mainland UK address or CC has to be in UK. A number of us tried and failed to process it using PM.

Oh, damn. For what's it's worth I tweeted @BelkinCares asking if there was an way to use their online store from Ireland....

Paddy

pats22b · 21-01-2015 2:46pm

just tried belkin site IRL cc still no good

Macy0161 · 21-01-2015 2:46pm

PaddyFagan wrote: »

Oh, damn. For what's it's worth I tweeted @BelkinCares asking if there was an way to use their online store from Ireland....

Paddy

Just tried there using, and it wasn't having it. Credit Card failing because of the address I think.

Rita1 · 21-01-2015 2:51pm

Macy0161 wrote: »

Just tried there using, and it wasn't having it. Credit Card failing because of the address I think.

It works if you're using Northern Ireland address.

mathie · 21-01-2015 2:52pm

I tried last time and had the funds "held" for a few days then refunded.
No email from Belkin at all.
Just be warned if you're trying.

Masala · 21-01-2015 3:31pm

Will an Irish credit Card and a Parcel Motel address work???

They charging £5.99 delivery on shorts and with PM at €3.95..... the euro cost is close to €32 +/-. Might be bothered if the process is not over-complicated!

Midnight64 · 21-01-2015 3:36pm

Masala wrote: »

Will an Irish credit Card and a Parcel Motel address work???

They charging £5.99 delivery on shorts and with PM at €3.95..... the euro cost is close to €43 +/-. Don't know if I am really bothered if the process is over-complicated!

Parcel Motel is very easy to use once you have set-up an account and they give you a Dublin and Belfast address to use.

Watch out for parcel sizes though. There are three maximum sizes that fit into their boxes. Anything outside the dimensions has to be collected from a main depot.

Macy0161 · 21-01-2015 4:13pm

Managed to get an order through, with a sterling card and parcel motel. Shouldn't have to wait long to find out if it worked, if their delivery times are to be believed.

PaddyFagan · 21-01-2015 4:50pm

pats22b wrote: »

just tried belkin site IRL cc still no good

OK - Just a brief update - @BelkinCares, told me to ring UK customer care - they directed me to leave the country as UK, but enter my full address (I entered Ireland as my post code) - the order went through on the web site (including redirecting to Verified By Visa, with my irish bank). I'll just wait and see if it works, based on some of the comments here - I'm half expecting it to be cancelled in a few days.

Paddy

G1032 · 21-01-2015 6:53pm

PaddyFagan wrote: »

Not sure how good this is, but spotted this on hduk and thought I'd share - Belkin team gear heavily reduced: http://www.belkin.com/uk/factory-store/

BIB Shorts £79.99 down to £14.99
Jersey £49.99 down to £4.99
Jacket £137.99 down to £29.99

Site size guide suggests it's made by Santini - thoughts?

Paddy

PS Postage is free (perhaps UK only, so may need Parcel Motel) for orders over £40.

Thanks for this. Got two pairs of shorts and a jersey. Jacket was sold out by the time I got to it and the polo shirt was only left in XL which is too big for me but I'm delighted to get the bib shorts. Have a pair of Santinis already and find them to be great quality

clog · 21-01-2015 6:55pm

PaddyFagan wrote: »

Not sure how good this is, but spotted this on hduk and thought I'd share - Belkin team gear heavily reduced: http://www.belkin.com/uk/factory-store/

BIB Shorts £79.99 down to £14.99
Jersey £49.99 down to £4.99
Jacket £137.99 down to £29.99

Site size guide suggests it's made by Santini - thoughts?

Paddy

PS Postage is free (perhaps UK only, so may need Parcel Motel) for orders over £40.

I got some of the stuff a while ago when it was on clearance (had to get it sent to Belfast), it's good quality gear and well worth the money for general use. I found the pad on the shorts very good you certainly will not get any better at this price.

Kavrocks · 21-01-2015 9:36pm

PaddyFagan wrote: »

OK - Just a brief update - @BelkinCares, told me to ring UK customer care - they directed me to leave the country as UK, but enter my full address (I entered Ireland as my post code) - the order went through on the web site (including redirecting to Verified By Visa, with my irish bank). I'll just wait and see if it works, based on some of the comments here - I'm half expecting it to be cancelled in a few days.

Paddy

Just tried there with several different credit cards all were declined after getting past Verified By Visa, etc. Did you use PM as the shipping address and an Irish address as the billing address?

PaddyFagan · 21-01-2015 9:59pm

Kavrocks wrote: »

Just tried there with several different credit cards all were declined after getting past Verified By Visa, etc. Did you use PM as the shipping address and an Irish address as the billing address?

Used my Irish address for both billing and shipping (belkin support assured me they'll dispatch direct to here). I filled in my address as normal, with ireland as the post code. For me that matches my actual address with a UK after ireland - I suspect this may be key to passing the cc verification.

Paddy

Macy0161 · 21-01-2015 10:04pm

PaddyFagan wrote: »

Used my Irish address for both billing and shipping (belkin support assured me they'll dispatch direct to here). I filled in my address as normal, with ireland as the post code. For me that matches my actual address with a UK after ireland - I suspect this may be key to passing the cc verification.

Paddy

I did this, but got an email this evening saying there's an issue and call support. Will phone in the morning.

poochiem · 21-01-2015 10:08pm

Declines mine every which way. Belkin say they're looking into it. Ah well.

flying11 · 21-01-2015 10:15pm

I got an order submission email and they have taken the money from my account so fingers crossed it worked.

I left United Kingdom as the country (in the drop down menu) but i used IRELAND as the postcode.

padjo5 · 21-01-2015 10:15pm

Tried as you advised Paddy and the order was accepted, for now. Thanks for posting offer, it'd be nice to get a decent set of bibs for that price.

ted1 · 21-01-2015 10:20pm

Kavrocks wrote: »

Just tried there with several different credit cards all were declined after getting past Verified By Visa, etc. Did you use PM as the shipping address and an Irish address as the billing address?

Same here

padjo5 · 21-01-2015 10:22pm

ted1 wrote: »

Same here

I used IRL address, same for posting and billing, and put Ireland in the postcode. It was approved, but may get an email later to say its not.

Alek · 21-01-2015 10:56pm

Used Parcel Motel's Antrim address for both shipping and billing, payment went through. Waiting for confirmation....

Kavrocks · 21-01-2015 11:14pm

Still no luck no matter what address or credit card combination, always the same declined message

iwillhtfu · 21-01-2015 11:22pm

I feel a sense of deja vu here.

Have we not been down this road more than once.

Jim Stynes · 21-01-2015 11:22pm

Ive that Belkin stuff sitting in my basket ready to hit pay but I think i would feel like a full kit wanker wearing it. I have a full tinkoff saxo kit in the house and I always feel silly wearing it now. £31 for santini gear is hard to turn down.

Alek · 21-01-2015 11:26pm

Still no luck no matter what address or credit card combination

Visa or Mastercard?

It worked with my Mastercard issued by BOI.

Kavrocks · 21-01-2015 11:31pm

Alek wrote: »

Visa or Mastercard?

It worked with my Mastercard issued by BOI.

Tried both. AIB Visa and AvantCard Mastercard.

NBar · 21-01-2015 11:32pm

Gave up as no matter what I tried it didn't work, and I used 2 Dublin address for delivery

greenmat · 21-01-2015 11:38pm

Using Parcel Motel but saying CREDIT CARD DECLINED. I presume it's because the billing address is not matching the credit cards details because you can't pick Ireland as country.

NBar · 21-01-2015 11:45pm

greenmat wrote: »

Using Parcel Motel but saying CREDIT CARD DECLINED. I presume it's because the billing address is not matching the credit cards details because you can't pick Ireland as country.

I tried everything including the same billing and postal address just no joy, maybe they don't want an Irish Invasion, probably better off that it didn't work for me

Alek · 21-01-2015 11:46pm

i would feel like a full kit wanker wearing it.

I had that moment of hesitation alright ;-)

Its all fine if you do not wear bib and jersey together. Now click that button, you know you want to

Alek · 21-01-2015 11:47pm

Using Parcel Motel but saying CREDIT CARD DECLINED. I presume it's because the billing address is not matching the credit cards details

It went fine for me - its not about the billing address.

greenmat · 21-01-2015 11:52pm

Alek wrote: »

It went fine for me - its not about the billing address.

Can't figure it out?? Even made an account with them but alas no.

12 element · 22-01-2015 12:05am

Alek wrote: »

Visa or Mastercard?

It worked with my Mastercard issued by BOI.

Wont seem to work with mine though. Using PM address too. Were you getting an error: 'No record of your shipping address was found. Please enter a valid address or choose to move forward anyway.'

Alek · 22-01-2015 12:08am

'No record of your shipping address was found. Please enter a valid address or choose to move forward anyway.'

Click the button directly below this text to proceed - on the next page both addresses are correct. Got me confused too.

12 element · 22-01-2015 12:15am

Alek wrote: »

Click the button directly below this text to proceed - on the next page both addresses are correct. Got me confused too.

Thanks but when I do that and confirm the order then it sends me to verified by mastercard and then when it sends me back to the belkin site it says 'Card declined'

How did you enter the PM address?

Alek · 22-01-2015 12:21am

12 element · 22-01-2015 12:31am

Thanks Alek copied that exactly but still no joy! Thanks for the help though.

Macy0161 · 22-01-2015 10:43am

12 element wrote: »

How did you enter the PM address?

Just off the phone to them - they won't deliver to a freight forwarding company apparently...

flying11 · 22-01-2015 8:14pm

Anyone have an update re the belkin gear? Mine is still showing as order submitted but not confirmed...

stecleary · 22-01-2015 9:13pm

Has anyone tried using a 3V card for the belkin gear

Unknown Soldier · 22-01-2015 10:00pm

flying11 wrote: »

Anyone have an update re the belkin gear? Mine is still showing as order submitted but not confirmed...

This all happened last year.

Credit cards must have some sort of IP address like thing that a country/company can turn on, to decline a sale. All this was here last year?

I have a couple of UK addresses verified to my CC and I couldn't buy the stuff the last time, even though it looked like it went through, and that was after a lot of pain using an Irish address and parcel motel

ted1 · 22-01-2015 10:12pm

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

This all happened last year.

Credit cards must have some sort of IP address like thing that a country/company can turn on, to decline a sale. All this was here last year?

I have a couple of UK addresses verified to my CC and I couldn't buy the stuff the last time, even though it looked like it went through, and that was after a lot of pain using an Irish address and parcel motel

The first few digits are bank and country code

Macy0161 · 22-01-2015 10:26pm

flying11 wrote: »

Anyone have an update re the belkin gear? Mine is still showing as order submitted but not confirmed...

Had one order cancelled, as above, because they won't ship to frieght forwarding company. Just had an email saying there's an issue with my second attempt, which was delivery to a relation in Britain!

seanin4711 · 22-01-2015 11:54pm

just when I decide to buy bibs!
bummer!

alaimacerc · 23-01-2015 4:43am

Jim Stynes wrote: »

Ive that Belkin stuff sitting in my basket ready to hit pay but I think i would feel like a full kit wanker wearing it.

Totally empathising with -- and chortling at! -- the "full kit wanker" bit. I must admit after being a "shirt and jeans" cyclist I still feel a fraud even in Aldi (and maybe some token Lidl and other bits and bobs) cycling gear...

Is there some cycling sumptuary law relating how fast you're going to how fancily you're entitled to be dressed?

PaddyFagan · 23-01-2015 10:15am

alaimacerc wrote: »

Is there some cycling sumptuary law relating how fast you're going to how fancily you're entitled to be dressed?

The only rules I've ever seen are these ones - see rule 17

Paddy

ednwireland · 23-01-2015 11:23am

flying11 wrote: »

Anyone have an update re the belkin gear? Mine is still showing as order submitted but not confirmed...

Got an email this morning saying order confirmed and will be shipping soon. All addresses show Ireland on the email.

dexty · 23-01-2015 11:36am

Hi all, did anyone buy that Belkin gear last time it was on offer and find it dodgey? I got the bib shorts and replica team jersey and the bib shorts are completely flimsey and see through and the jersey is badly sized with the sleeves in particular you could put an elephants trunk through them! Not cycling kit at all. SO much so that one of us that got it were in Mallorca and went into a pro shop there and they laughed at them for wearing fake kit and showed them the real stuff! So i'm convinved it was fake! anyone else? i know 4 of us that got it and all the same! And trying to get support from the Belkin website is impossible, even the support phone number in the uk is useless

ednwireland · 23-01-2015 11:55am

If I get fake gear from belkin I would be onto santini. I'm sure that they would be interested

Bambaata · 23-01-2015 12:28pm

Ive ahd the amount for te Belkin gear taken from my debit card but expecting it to be refunded. Despite it saying "declined" when i was going through the process i saw it took the money yesterday. I have a feeling if i really want the kit id manage to get it sorted through their twitter Belkin Cares account. They seem to be very helpful but im not going to push it following the comment on kit quality above

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