Bike shop that will order in bikes

Daniel S · 09-04-2018 11:43AM #1

Hi,
Does anyone know of a bike shop that could/would order in a Calibre Bossnut V2 or Jamis Dakar A2. Would like to use the bike to work scheme but have to buy a bike in store with a cheque. :getlost:

Thanks!

godtabh · 09-04-2018 11:55AM

A lot of the independent bike shops will do this. I got my LBS to order in a cannondale for me in Jan. I know what I wanted and they got it for me.

HugoMyBoss · 09-04-2018 12:48PM

Neither of those links in your post work.

Daniel S · 09-04-2018 01:03PM

HugoMyBoss wrote: »

Neither of those links in your post work.

Should be sorted now, brackets were messing with it.

magicbastarder · 09-04-2018 01:14PM

were you hoping your LBS could order that calibre bike based on the RRP or the sale price there?

Daniel S · 09-04-2018 01:15PM

I think it's always been at the sale price, never seen it at RRP.

Hungrycol · 09-04-2018 05:30PM

I would say you'd want a good relationship with the bike shop for them to go to the bother of them to order a bike that they're not the authorised reseller of and not part of their existing stock!

godtabh wrote: »

A lot of the independent bike shops will do this. I got my LBS to order in a cannondale for me in Jan. I know what I wanted and they got it for me.

- Genuine question, what's in it for the bike shop, i.e. how do they make money from this transaction?

Daniel S · 09-04-2018 05:33PM

Hungrycol wrote: »

I would say you'd want a good relationship with the bike shop for them to go to the bother of them to order a bike that they're not the authorised reseller of and not part of their existing stock!

godtabh wrote: »

A lot of the independent bike shops will do this. I got my LBS to order in a cannondale for me in Jan. I know what I wanted and they got it for me.

- Genuine question, what's in it for the bike shop, i.e. how do they make money from this transaction?

I'd happily pay €50-100 to get €520 off.

Kaisr Sose · 09-04-2018 08:59PM

I would agree with Weepsie. Buying from a distributor at trade price is different than buying from a retailer and then reselling with a slight mark up.

There would not be a lot in it for the shop and they may never see you again for spare parts or servicing. Under the sale of goods act they would be involved if there was a warranty issue.

C3PO · 09-04-2018 09:07PM

Daniel S wrote: »

I'd happily pay €50-100 to get €520 off.

There is no way that a bike shop would go through that grief for €50 ... they would be nuts to do it!

magicbastarder · 10-04-2018 12:31AM

to be fair, i was humming and hawing over what i wanted a couple of years back, and was up in humphries once or twice, asking about steel frames. they'd nothing in stock in my size (a few nice frames a bit too big for me) but old man humphries (jimmy?) said to me if i knew what i wanted, they'd order it in for me.
i ended up buying a secondhand genesis through a poster here.

Bike shop that will order in bikes

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