Heel Drop Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 I see some of the popular components have very different pricing on cassettes for instance and wonder why such big differences X01 cassette CWC - R5999Summit bikes - R4400Evobikes - R5795Easybike - R4295Bring it on Cycles - R3409
Davey_Jones Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 Seen the same thing with Assos bibs. Some places online (local) list the same bibs for almost half the price (regular) as other online stores have them listed (on a sale). I don't get it.
Fr33rider Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 Good news, CWC could probably offer the biggest discount on theirs
no calves Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 Good news, CWC could probably offer the biggest discount on theirs if you are sharp enough you will notice the following: Said item retails for R1000Said item goes on SALE for R999 with the new retail price being R1300Said item goes off sale with new Retail being R1300. And you thought you bought a bargain. Last item i saw that on was with the Factor carbon mtb wheels.
Halfdoesyn Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 Yes, Easybike was the cheapest when I was shopping for pedals. Quite a large difference in prices for the exact same equipment.
Shebeen Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 if you are sharp enough you will notice the following: Said item retails for R1000Said item goes on SALE for R999 with the new retail price being R1300Said item goes off sale with new Retail being R1300. And you thought you bought a bargain. Last item i saw that on was with the Factor carbon mtb wheels.but ja, if there are four different stores you can just run a price comparison quickly.
Fr33rider Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 but ja, if there are four different stores you can just run a price comparison quickly. The funny thing is... so can they. I guess some stores just rely on repeat business of the people that trust they are getting the best deal from them.
Skinnyone Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 It may all depend on who is storing the stuff, to give you an example: CWC probably has a warehouse and has stock that they control and pick when orders are placed, thus you have (at least) two factors at play - the warehouse and the staff to pick and pack the orders - both cost... Easybike don't have either, they have 1 person monitoring orders and place the order with the distributor directly, the distributor has the warehouse and staff anyway to pick and dispatch, so easybike actually have little overheads and do little work in the whole deal thus the difference in pricing. Not saying that is exactly how these two mentioned companies are run, I am using their names as pure examples...
Tumbleweed Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 but ja, if there are four different stores you can just run a price comparison quickly. Maybe there's a gap in the bicycle industry for a hippo-type site...?
T-Bob Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 I see some of the popular components have very different pricing on cassettes for instance and wonder why such big differences X01 cassette CWC - R5999Summit bikes - R4400Evobikes - R5795Easybike - R4295Bring it on Cycles - R3409 Overhead and costs would play a part as well as location of store (if there is an actual store, rent, staff etc), need to get a better point of difference over the established players and walk in LBS. How you're buying the stock in the first place matters as well. Don't be fooled, there are good margins in cycling despite what everyone moans about!
Gonduir Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 if you are sharp enough you will notice the following: Said item retails for R1000Said item goes on SALE for R999 with the new retail price being R1300Said item goes off sale with new Retail being R1300. And you thought you bought a bargain. Last item i saw that on was with the Factor carbon mtb wheels.Seen this waaay to many times. List price gets increased by 30% at sale time and then a 20% discount is applied.
T-Bob Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 Maybe there's a gap in the bicycle industry for a hippo-type site...? This one works well for UK shops: http://bikesy.co.uk
Skinnyone Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 Don't be fooled, there are good margins in cycling despite what everyone moans about!I work in the industry and I would LOVE to see these massive margins everyone always talks about...
Tumbleweed Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 This one works well for UK shops: http://bikesy.co.uk Oh my googly, that is a cool site!
Boerklong Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 No matter how you explain it, R2590 is a moerse gap between the high and low price. So what will the gap be on higher end/priced goods if it is so much on a R5999 item?
dirtypot Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 This one works well for UK shops: http://bikesy.co.uk That's really cool!!
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