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2008 Focus Cayo - Price Drop

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    #2
    Lumen
    Registered Users Posts: 31,021 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    rflynnr wrote: »
    Incidentally, sterling is taking a pounding today

    Not really. It's not been much above 1.26 (€/£) for months.


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    rflynnr
    Registered Users Posts: 984 ✭✭✭rflynnr


    Eh? But the man in the paper, he say...


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    #4
    Lumen
    Registered Users Posts: 31,021 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    rflynnr wrote: »
    Eh? But the man in the paper, he say...

    It's the Guardian.

    As the graph shows, not much been happening for the last six months. I get paid in sterling, so I care!

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    #5
    rflynnr
    Registered Users Posts: 984 ✭✭✭rflynnr


    A pretty compelling refutation. I concede.


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    blorg
    Registered Users Posts: 15,989 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    rflynnr wrote: »
    Edit: Actually, having looked at some stuff I've been thinking about for a bit on wiggle, the euro price seems to have become more expensive. Perhaps it takes a day for currency changes to filter through to their website?
    Rflynn- could this be because you also changed your delivery address to Ireland? They add Irish VAT in that case; it adds on 4% to the UK price.

    I am considering a Focus MTB myself, maybe something like the Focus Raven 2008.

    I have a Cayo myself and am very happy with it, note the prices have gone up massively in the new range and a 2009 Cayo Ultegra (most comparable to the 2008 Cayo) is priced at over €2,000, almost twice what they are selling the 2008 at. So get in now I reckon if you want one.


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    Bambaata
    Registered Users Posts: 4,086 ✭✭✭Bambaata


    yeah saw these myself. think i got the cayo at a good time! Would these price increases have anything to do with their bikes officially being the bikes of Milram for 2009 and 2010?


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    unionman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭unionman


    Bambaata wrote: »
    yeah saw these myself. think i got the cayo at a good time! Would these price increases have anything to do with their bikes officially being the bikes of Milram for 2009 and 2010?

    More likely a reflection of the prevalence of the 08 among us boardsies*:D

    *I have one too

    @blorg - nice MTB. Are we losing you to the trails?


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    scottreynolds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,001 ✭✭✭scottreynolds


    Lumen wrote: »
    I get paid in sterling, so I care!

    me too......................................... and it sucks


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    penexpers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,038 ✭✭✭penexpers


    Bambaata wrote: »
    yeah saw these myself. think i got the cayo at a good time! Would these price increases have anything to do with their bikes officially being the bikes of Milram for 2009 and 2010?

    No it's a reflection of increased costs of bike manufacture. Prices are going up across the board, or in some cases prices are staying the same but with cheaper components instead.


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    blorg
    Registered Users Posts: 15,989 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    penexpers wrote: »
    No it's a reflection of increased costs of bike manufacture. Prices are going up across the board, or in some cases prices are staying the same but with cheaper components instead.
    It's also due to the decline of sterling against the Euro. Things have settled in the last six months but there was a significant drop starting a little over a year ago:

    5y?gbpeur=x

    Focus are German and Wiggle had sorted out the pricing for the 2008 range before this drop happened; they were very keen to stick to the £999 price point on the Cayo in particular. They actually did raise the price of the Cayo in April, on the very same day I bought it, I just got in on time :D
    Order Date Monday, April 14, 2008
    Order Time 12:00 AM

    I got the Cayo for ~€1,300 - saw it advertised on continental European sites for €1,899 and €1,999 so Wiggle's revised pricing on the Ultegra Cayo is actually pretty much in line with this.

    Reckon now is a good time to be buying stuff from UK stores who are offloading stock purchased based on the old GBP-EUR exchange rate.


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    rflynnr
    Registered Users Posts: 984 ✭✭✭rflynnr


    blorg wrote: »
    Rflynn- could this be because you also changed your delivery address to Ireland? They add Irish VAT in that case; it adds on 4% to the UK price.

    I am considering a Focus MTB myself, maybe something like the Focus Raven 2008.

    I have a Cayo myself and am very happy with it, note the prices have gone up massively in the new range and a 2009 Cayo Ultegra (most comparable to the 2008 Cayo) is priced at over €2,000, almost twice what they are selling the 2008 at. So get in now I reckon if you want one.

    Sadly, I purchased a new road bike in September so for now the Cayo must be filed amongst the "if onlys" of my life. (Actually I'm pretty happy with the new bike so I'm not that sad.)


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