exsanguinator

Most are phantom sellers and watches are shipped from o/s...just like ebay...no pickup...not that theres anything wrong with that.... I'd try haggle a local retailer...or look for a local seller that has pickup/showroom etc

7 pages and counting...Just to remind the issue...Regardless of whos in the wrong or the outcome..The problem was the LBS tried to get a 5% restocking fee...instead of just smiling and saying"Sure..No Probs Mate,Anything else I can help you with?LOL..and my reply would've been..."Not today thanks,but you owe me R20 for petrol next time ey?"

Nah,they'll just have to adapt to conditions like o/s shops.. Life is too easy here...and labour is too cheap... A well earned visit o/s to see how its done,will open ones eyes,quickly...

Well..I have to agree with you on that..It is South Africa....after all..LOL To see free postage online here..and retailers matching online prices...(by everybody)would be a dream come true..LOL I predict in 10 years time,the market here will be doing both,or there wont be a market...

No such thing as 5% handling fee. Hes probably got "No Refunds on Sale Items" as well in his shop? or 3 months warranty only..bla bla bla etc etc etc Lay a complaint with the CPA...they will suss his place out and advise to remove those signs and give him a copy of the CPA agreement Those type of shops rely on the % factor that the customer never complains like a lot of restaurants...

I dont know about bicycles,but for vehicles the UK and OZ,has a law that any vehicle brought in for service has to have a minimum basic 20 point check up,free of course... you cant just go in and say replace my oil please, actually you can,but on your invoice the check up has to have been done, and if brakes have a tick ok,and you have an accident,youre automatically covered for repairs and any other costs and that goes for other things in the check up,like clutch cables,etc etc A good example o/s,if a cop pulls you over as you drive out of the service place,and your hooter is faulty and issues you fine,guess whos liable?not you.. the mechanics business But here,if your car has no brakes,and you take it in for a lube,thats all they are legally obliged to do, You can drive right out of there...hooter or not..LOL

Thats life..technology hasnt changed that quickly,improvements have, If something has changed drastically,then a new seminar is due or not? dont the manufactures make enough money to do this? There should be a budget for this... I meant its 2013 not 1993... Doesnt toyota,mercedes,ford etc etc.. do it regularly? Because its a bicycle,it doesnt matter? The LBS should insist on it,put a certificate up in the workshop,and be accountable if something like this happens... promoting a cleaner to tea boy to techie is not good enough, If hes been around in the shops employ for that long,surely paying extra too train him(actaully seminars would be to the manuf costs anyway) is the least that could be done..

Ok ...not good..I hate that So what is the shops details? i'm nowhere near you,but i still want to know and i'll email a link of this to them,and ask them if i should bring my bike in... i havent been back in the country long enough to know if a Bicycle mechanic here in RSA is an actual registered trade ,or even a certified occupation... I mean brakes are brakes...etc If I drive out the shop and my brakes fail and go through a red light and a car cripples me,who do I sue? A car repairer/business?easily done,but would take ages a bicycle repairer/LBS?Whats the deal there? I think its the manufaturers duty to train bike mechanics on repairing their brands when sold, Like have a seminar for all dealers to send their tech staff,get a certificate etc etc

thanks anywhere else anyone?

Hi everybody,where in durban can one get an honest correct sizing done and try out of mens and womens saddles?