arendoog Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 Ordered at 12:00 on Wednesday from Pro Bike Shop in France.Delivered in less than 48 hours. Faster than what most of the SA online retailers can do something and cheaper. Even with duties and shipping being quite a bit. Local... Never again So now the instuctions are in french ,from france you see! .Now you have to take a DRC french speaking lady out for a date so she can translate the instructions for u after an expensive dinner .You are complicating your own life bru
DR ◣◢ Posted October 25, 2013 Author Posted October 25, 2013 So now the instuctions are in french ,from france you see! .Now you have to take a DRC french speaking lady out for a date so she can translate the instructions for u after an expensive dinner .You are complicating your own life bru Click on South Africa as your location and suddenly it is in English. Imagine that, a clever website. Hairy 1
FondyMig Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 I don't know about the rest of you but I only order at CRC if my order makes it to the "free shipping" level. If I don't have enough on the order I email free friends and am up to free shipping within hours ;-) I have only ever ordered using free shipping and after ~20 orders I've never had a problem. I had one late parcel but that was during SAPO strikes. CRC and the rest of the online stuff can't be beaten on choice - I like "different" stuff and dabble with SSer/MonsterCross bikes so a lot of the stuff I simply can't find in SA (or I'd have to phone 10 shops and get the ususal "we'll phone you back with a price bollocks). Day to day stuff and some specialist service stuff I get don locally. Everybody deserves their place in my wallet. +1. Exactly my experience. Variety, Risk free, Good service.
arendoog Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 (edited) At your LBS you can skinner for free and solve the countries problems and it will only cost you a few ZAR more .You can even make friends that way ! Edited October 25, 2013 by Blitzer
Li Mu Bai Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 CRC has been slipping due to DHL and Parceforce. PBS uses UPS. Consistent shipping. Hold-up is normally at customs due to incompetence.I preferred it when customs was incompetent. Clothing and shoes used to slip through without duties. Now those buggers check every damn package, and delay everything quite a bit. got to love our postal and customs system, usually adds 1.5 times the shipping time on any order. #real efficiency
DR ◣◢ Posted October 25, 2013 Author Posted October 25, 2013 At your LBS you can skinner for free and solve the countries problems and it will only cost you a few ZAR more .You can even make friends that way !Not talking about online vs LBS. I support my LBS. I'm talking about local online vs international online.
arendoog Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 I have ordered from planet X on-one before .Very efficient service, but they did not include the free waterbottle that was part of the deal
'Dale Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 Not talking about online vs LBS. I support my LBS. I'm talking about local online vs international online. That's a whole lot clearer, Maxxis.An all-together different argument.
ThePubSA Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 When CRC was still on form on more then 1 occasion they delivered my order before the local orders arrived.Ordered on a wednesday was here on friday.. locals was the following week monday ,tuesday
NotSoBigBen Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 I only support my LBS. They also have kids to feed . And in my case those are my own grandsons Vetseun 1
ThePubSA Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 I preferred it when customs was incompetent. Clothing and shoes used to slip through without duties. Now those buggers check every damn package, and delay everything quite a bit. got to love our postal and customs system, usually adds 1.5 times the shipping time on any order. #real efficiencyProb cause we have 1 or 2 of the buggers sneaking around on here listening to how much we used to save
marko35s Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 I only support my LBS. They also have kids to feed .With you on that, until it starts to impact on my ability to feed my kids. Captain Fastbastard Mayhem, Tiens Van Zyl, DR ◣◢ and 1 other 4
Eldron Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 With you on that, until it starts to impact on my ability to feed my kids. Ha ha ha - awesome comment. Gets my vote for post of the day. Everything is a balance.
ibruegge Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 I only support my LBS. They also have kids to feed .And great coffee and DSTV to watch the TdF.
RocknRolla Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 (edited) on a similar note, I orered a part for my vehicle from the states, and it is saving me R1000 on the dealer price. Priority shipping for the part costs more than the part itsself. Edit: Terrible two fingered typing Edited October 25, 2013 by RocknRolla
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