Anybody bought from www.discounted.bike ?

Cionn · 2019-01-29 12:03:56

Hi, On my eternal search for my N+1 bike, I came across the site below http://www.discounted.bike/. Some of the prices look too good and that has made me nervous. I am wondering if anyone has used them before, they seem to take paypal which gives me some comfort. Any experiences that can be shared would be appreciated…

29-01-2019 01:03PM

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Cionn

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Hi,

On my eternal search for my N+1 bike, I came across the site below
http://www.discounted.bike/.

Some of the prices look too good and that has made me nervous. I am wondering if anyone has used them before, they seem to take paypal which gives me some comfort.

Any experiences that can be shared would be appreciated

Cheers

Cionn

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#2 29-01-2019 01:54PM

magicbastarder

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first thing that i spotted - the site claims it's 'Kraken Germany GMBH' and gives a +48 number at the top.
49 is the german international dialling code. 49 is poland. minor enough, maybe their callcentre is outsourced to poland, but it wouldn't have cost much at all to get a german number for a supposedly german company.

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#3 29-01-2019 02:02PM

droidus

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It's a con. Same crowd outlined here:

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=105847453

Avoid like the plague.

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#4 29-01-2019 02:04PM

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Avoid - https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?t=113660

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#5 29-01-2019 02:09PM

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cool,

thanks for the info, glad my gut feel is correct. the prices are set to be almost believable. Not a bad con job in fairness. I will move on so.

Cionn

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#6 29-01-2019 03:13PM

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Add something to your cart and go through to buy. They ask you for a picture of your passport and a copy of a recent bill. Holy **** that is dodgey, there's some identity theft for your troubles.

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#7 29-01-2019 04:36PM

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Sounds like they're trying to appear like Bikediscount.de who are a very good online supplier - https://www.bike-discount.de/

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