Ordering from the UK.

flickerx

Wow. Never thought I'd read this:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/dec/14/euro-economic-policy-currencies-europe

Good time to get stuff. Christ, if I was back home, I'd even get the boat & bus to brick lane bicycles and stock up on some nice stuff.

blorg

Now really is the time to buy- there is a margin of opportunity there with current stock, as the GBP prices will all be going up in the near future.

short circuit

blorg wrote: »

Now really is the time to buy- there is a margin of opportunity there with current stock, as the GBP prices will all be going up in the near future.

OMG ... I am torn now ... I had an eye on one of the following ... but was going to wait to see if my employer joined the cycle to work scheme or not ... will they accept a receipt from 2008 ...


Don't mind the list below ... its just a hint for Santa .. .. though I don't think I stand a chance just yet.
Focus Variado Expert ... 2008 .. as the 2009 seems a lower spec
Felt Z70
Focus Culebro ... the value of that thing now
Kona Zing Deluxe ... got to love that paint job
Felt Z65
Felt Z35
Kiron Scandium .. top of my list

flickerx

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/1218/breaking21.html?via=mr

Anyone taking advantage of this?

TinyExplosions

Nope, though as I'm off to NY in January, I'm waiting for the Dollar to hit $1.50

Planet X

Assos Airjack 851, Wiggle Euro204, £176.

Should be Euro 186. They're not giving you the benefit it seems.

Chips Lovell

Yep, now's the time to buy. Probably a false economy to wait for further falls as the cost of inputs for British retailers will start to rise once current stocks run out.

Chips Lovell

Planet X wrote: »

Assos Airjack 851, Wiggle Euro204, £176.

Should be Euro 186. They're not giving you the benefit it seems.

I think they still bill your card in sterling, so you should get whatever the official rate is??

Planet X

In that case, I think I'll go ahead and order.
Thanks.

blorg

Wiggle do bill in sterling, their displayed rate is just a bit out of date it would seem. Sterling is very volatile at the moment.

TinyExplosions

Also, they charge 21% VAT on goods to ireland...

Chips Lovell

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Also, they charge 21% VAT on goods to ireland...

Good point. They may be factoring that in to their display pricing.

The wheels I want have gone down around €150 in the past few months. Still a bit too early for me to make that purchase though. Sigh.

Planet X

Just hit the "Buy" button. No mention of 21%vat.
Correct, it said I'd be billed in GBP.

blorg

el tonto wrote: »

Good point. They may be factoring that in to their display pricing.

No, they display the sterling price including the Irish VAT if you have selected that you are from Ireland. Hence the frequency of "funny looking" (non-rounded) prices in sterling.

hobojojo

blorg wrote: »

Now really is the time to buy- there is a margin of opportunity there with current stock, as the GBP prices will all be going up in the near future.

without going to much into it, the ECB have said they will not lower rates any time soon, while the Bank of England are due to reset rates again in early jan, lowering them again. all in all this will further strengthen the euro against the pound, maybe even above parity for us. so the next few weeks (maybe months) will be excellent for buying bikes, or anything, from the uk

Chips Lovell

hobojojo wrote: »

without going to much into it, the ECB have said they will not lower rates any time soon, while the Bank of England are due to reset rates again in early jan, lowering them again. all in all this will further strengthen the euro against the pound, maybe even above parity for us. so the next few weeks (maybe months) will be excellent for buying bikes, or anything, from the uk

Yes, but UK retailers have to source most of their stock abroad. So, once current stocks run out, Wiggle will have to get their Assos jackets from Switzerland for a higher price than they were paying. You'll only get the low prices for short while.

blorg

el tonto wrote: »

Yes, but UK retailers have to source most of their stock abroad. So, once current stocks run out, Wiggle will have to get their Assos jackets from Switzerland for a higher price than they were paying. You'll only get the low prices for short while.

This is indeed the case; Wiggle for example had a string of price rises last April (on the Focus bikes in particular) after the last big Sterling fall. They adjusted the RRP in accordance with the new exchange rate but then ate some of it in the form of discounts. You need to get the current stock before it runs out!

niceonetom

my creditors demand this thread be closed immediately.

unionman

niceonetom wrote: »

my creditors demand this thread be closed immediately.

Yes indeed. The Charge Plug (which I really want to get) is down from €455 to €436 (that's inclusive of my platinum discount). I think they were about €500 a few months back. Very tempting but :eek: cannot :eek: spend:eek:more:eek:money this month!!!

Hopefully Santa is bringing Wiggle vouchers...

Chips Lovell

niceonetom wrote: »

my creditors demand this thread be closed immediately.

Meh, just get a your credit limit increased.

Slightly related to the topic, I got a delivery from CRC today and they threw in some hard sweets (with CRC on them). Thought it was a nice touch.

TinyExplosions

Myth wrote: »

Slightly related to the topic, I got a delivery from CRC today and they threw in some hard sweets (with CRC on them). Thought it was a nice touch.

Same here... I like sweeties!

Chips Lovell

I got the sweeties too this week.

cgf

Wiggle used to do that with small bags of jellies but I haven't seen them in a while

kenmc

think you need to spend a certain amount i got some with my edge705

TinyExplosions

I didn't, and I ordered a Focus bike off 'em!

Chips Lovell

TinyExplosions wrote: »

I didn't, and I ordered a Focus bike off 'em!

Maybe you'll get some if you order Lightweights?

TinyExplosions

el tonto wrote: »

Maybe you'll get some if you order Lightweights?

I have all the wheels I need at the moment.... saving my pennies for New York -may come home with a groupset though

Chips Lovell

Let me guess, Sram.

TinyExplosions

el tonto wrote: »

Let me guess, Sram.

And why not

I think I will order one of these, and get it sent to my hotel -125 bucks for an assos airjack 851, yes please!

Signal_ rabbit

I ordered my rollers from Wiggle and saved a fortune £127 (£5 off with caroline.ie's code) and paid €144. A word of advice though always pay in GBP if paying by credit card as the credit card companies usually give a more up to date and most of the time the best exchange rate.
Now just going back to between the door frame........!

Lumen

Myth wrote: »

Slightly related to the topic, I got a delivery from CRC today and they threw in some hard sweets (with CRC on them). Thought it was a nice touch.

Wiggle chucked in a free multitool with my last order (which included a bike). Ironically, the order also included....a multitool.

So now I am awash with allen keys.

TinyExplosions

Lumen wrote: »

Wiggle chucked in a free multitool with my last order (which included a bike). Ironically, the order also included....a multitool.

So now I am awash with allen keys.

I got a nice set of allen keys with my bike -a really nice touch I thought!

Raam

TinyExplosions wrote: »

And why not

I think I will order one of these, and get it sent to my hotel -125 bucks for an assos airjack 851, yes please!

Oh dude, get me one!

Planet X

@blorg. Read you were interested in a Litespeed a while back. Icon Euro 1900 in Wiggle. Got a quote in Dublin for 3+

TinyExplosions

Planet X wrote: »

@blorg. Read you were interested in a Litespeed a while back. Icon Euro 1900 in Wiggle. Got a quote in Dublin for 3+

That's only the frameset though, but you would also get a $300 rebate (they've just announced it pdf link), making it even cheaper!

Chips Lovell

TinyExplosions wrote: »

That's only the frameset though, but you would also get a $300 rebate (they've just announced it pdf link), making it even cheaper!

eh...

Offer valid only in North America

TinyExplosions

el tonto wrote: »

eh...

It didn't say that yesterday! I got the story from bikeradar, and checked... hmmmm

Planet X

Ordered a Castelli Spunto jacket and Castelli Leggerezza bib tights.
The Fred'ism is that I wear a pair of dhb overshoes (practical and good) but I have to upgrade to make the top ten Freds? No?

Raam

Planet X wrote: »

Ordered a Castelli Spunto jacket and Castelli Leggerezza bib tights.
The Fred'ism is that I wear a pair of dhb overshoes (practical and good) but I have to upgrade to make the top ten Freds? No?

Are overshoes frowned upon?

Planet X

In this weather.......freezing for the last few weeks, certainly not. Frost bitten toes? You must be only .........

It's hard enough to get the fingers working never mind the toes.

blorg

Thanks for the heads up Planet X but I'm afraid I'm a bit ahead of you

Wiggle wrote:

We've just processed order no: XXX.

The following items have been packed and are ready for despatch.

1 x Litespeed Archon 2008 With Dura Ace Group Set Titanium 58cm Large
1 x Wiggle Complementary Bike Tools -

They will be picked up from Wiggle within one working day and should be delivered to you 1-2 days after that.

TinyExplosions

blorg wrote: »

Thanks for the heads up Planet X but I'm afraid I'm a bit ahead of you

Jaysus!

Go you.... selling your cayo now?

unionman

List price €4,089.89
SAVE 30% = €1,226.96
Your Wiggle price:
€2,862.93

:eek:*

Fair play blorg, happy Christmas!!

*Way out of my league, the technology would be wasted on me

blorg

@unionman- that is just the frameset, I got the last! built one for around the €3,500 mark. Cracking deal though considering cost of the DA build in the US is $7,600, in Europe around €7,200. I shudder to think what it would cost in little old .ie. For the extra money over the frame alone I'm getting:

- Full Dura-Ace 7800 groupset
- Mavic R-SYS wheels (wouldn't be my top choice, but hey, 1350g)
- Ritchey WCS finishing kit (inc carbon bars & seatpost)

So I will be moving onto 39/53 as required to be a real bike snob in this forum. I look down on all you guys with compacts.* Triple, never heard of it.

Not sure about the Cayo but probably keeping it for the moment, not sure I would get the money for it that would justify parting with it. May revise opinion when I have the new bike for a while.

*Will probably do the W200 on the double but would plan on fitting a compact for the Marmotte

Raam

Blorg, that's gonna be a sweet build when you get it. Any ideas when she'll be ready?

Chips Lovell

Savage bike. How many bikes to you actually have now?

Be interested in hearing how you get on with the R-Sys.

Signal_ rabbit

blorg wrote: »

@unionman- that is just the frameset, I got the last! built one for around the €3,500 mark. Cracking deal though considering cost of the DA build in the US is $7,600, in Europe around €7,200. I shudder to think what it would cost in little old .ie. For the extra money over the frame alone I'm getting:

- Full Dura-Ace 7800 groupset
- Mavic R-SYS wheels (wouldn't be my top choice, but hey, 1350g)
- Ritchey WCS finishing kit (inc carbon bars & seatpost)

So I will be moving onto 39/53 as required to be a real bike snob in this forum. I look down on all you guys with compacts.* Triple, never heard of it.

Not sure about the Cayo but probably keeping it for the moment, not sure I would get the money for it that would justify parting with it. May revise opinion when I have the new bike for a while.

*Will probably do the W200 on the double but would plan on fitting a compact for the Marmotte

I only have a Trek 1000 with a triple (though have upgraded the wheels and the drivetrain) and I now feel suddenly inadequate, i feel i am not worthy to post here........................

Caroline_ie

Signal_ rabbit wrote: »

I only have a Trek 1000 with a triple (though have upgraded the wheels and the drivetrain) and I now feel suddenly inadequate, i feel i am not worthy to post here........................

The Trek 1000 is a very descent bike.

blorg

The Archon will be #6.

To be honest the R-SYS wheels would probably not have been my first choice and I doubt I would have bought them if I was shopping around for a ~€1,000 wheelset. Despite getting some good reviews they don't seem to have really taken off and the aerodynamics are reportedly terrible (don't know if I would be going fast enough for this to make a major difference mind.)

Having said that though all the stuff you get in the build seemed like a bargain overall for the price difference between the build and the (even similarly discounted) frameset. Full Dura-Ace group, the wheels and the WCS finishing kit made sense for that money.

@Signal_rabbit- as everybody's favourite cycling hero (:D) says, it's not about the bike; I doubt this purchase will make me any faster! My first road bike was also a Trek 1000 BTW and I found it very fast and nippy.

Raam

Blorg, you know you can't wear the sandals on that bike, right?