Anyone shopped from Bike24.com?

[EVOBIKES ONLINE STORE]

I'd like to order a Garmin Fenix from them but if it goes through the post office i'll have to reconsider.

Our pricing on Fenix 3's are almost exactly the same once you factor in the 15% Vat and 20 Euro shipping Fee...

 

Garmin SA is also clamping down on imported devices that gives problems. No more swop outs.

[Bizkit031]

I have been looking for Slx or Xt I-spec shifters and looked online and when you convert the price from these shops it works out more expensive then buying it from our own online stores,so I don't see how they are cheaper then here.Maybe I'm working something out wrong?

[rock]

Our pricing on Fenix 3's are almost exactly the same once you factor in the 15% Vat and 20 Euro shipping Fee...

 

Garmin SA is also clamping down on imported devices that gives problems. No more swop outs.

 

HI Naas, Avid road BB7's - can you help?

[rock]

I have been looking for Slx or Xt I-spec shifters and looked online and when you convert the price from these shops it works out more expensive then buying it from our own online stores,so I don't see how they are cheaper then here.Maybe I'm working something out wrong?

 

usually its not prove but rather kit you cant find locally. I understand the market here is small, well it used to be, but the distributors never import the entire brand's catalog, or so it seems.

[EVOBIKES ONLINE STORE]

I have been looking for Slx or Xt I-spec shifters and looked online and when you convert the price from these shops it works out more expensive then buying it from our own online stores,so I don't see how they are cheaper then here.Maybe I'm working something out wrong?

The problem of perceived cheaper is the fact that o-seas shops advertise goods:

 

1. Excl VAT.

2. People take the floating exchange rate instead of purchasing exchnge  rate.

3. Very few people add shipping costs as well.

4. VAT on imported goods are actually 15.4% - not 14%.

[Bizkit031]

usually its not prove but rather kit you cant find locally. I understand the market here is small, well it used to be, but the distributors never import the entire brand's catalog, or so it seems.

Yea that is the way I see it but some guys think it cheaper.

[EVOBIKES ONLINE STORE]

HI Naas, Avid road BB7's - can you help?

Will check and let you know. But if not available locally then you are forced to purchase o-seas which is understandable!

[Bizkit031]

The problem of perceived cheaper is the fact that o-seas shops advertise goods:

 

1. Excl VAT.

2. People take the floating exchange rate instead of purchasing exchnge  rate.

3. Very few people add shipping costs as well.

4. VAT on imported goods are actually 15.4% - not 14%.

Yea Naas this is why I do the Maths first and it never made sense to me,another problem is your warranty on the stuff.

[rock]

Will check and let you know. But if not available locally then you are forced to purchase o-seas which is understandable!

 

 

thanks, would prefer to buy local if possible.

[Capricorn]

I have been looking for Slx or Xt I-spec shifters and looked online and when you convert the price from these shops it works out more expensive then buying it from our own online stores,so I don't see how they are cheaper then here.Maybe I'm working something out wrong?

 

no, you are right, and its been that way for a few years now. hardware price parity has been achieved, and its actually more expensive due to the additional VAT and 'handling' charges to buy hardware from overseas.

there are however still bargains to be had, but you have to do your sums. New forks for isntance are still a winner. i saved R2k landed,at my door, on my pike. everyone here was just heavily into ripping ppl off with a newness tax. swines.

[Fitbull]

Bike24 rock, I use them regularly, great service and awesome specials, just keep an eye out for what your looking for but yes just keep an eye on the "hidden" costs of landing them in ZA.

[Monark]

Yeah everything that I ordered I could not source locally... mostly CX stuff. We just don't have the market here.

[Ryanpmb]

Yeah everything that I ordered I could not source locally... mostly CX stuff. We just don't have the market here.

And some nice tan walls for me

[Frosty]

I've received 3 shipments from them, all delivered via the SAPO inside 14 days (order date to in my hands). One shipment arrived on day 11. All that in Feb/Mar this year.

[Frosty]

Here is the combined values for my 3 shipments - FOB value, Bike24 shipping, local VAT and SAPO handling fees.

 

The two %values are (1) VAT as % of FOB value, and (2) extra costs as % of FOB value.

 

[T-Bob]

I'm about to pull the trigger on an Ultegra 11sp groupset. it's worth R11,500 @ CWC. Overseas with the UK 20% VAT it's worth R8911. Price to RSA without local VAT it's R7429 (shipping to SA is free) then landing costs. 

The reason I'm actually going to get it from OS is because the shop is happy to work with me to get the spec right. Originally I wanted just a shift kit (sti, FD, RD) which they do in all of the group sets from Shimano and Campy at a bundled price. Now after some chatting I'm getting the full groupset without the cranks (I've got a FSA K-Force that I want to keep) and the price they have given me is brilliant, if I order over the phone they will drop another 10% off and they didn't charge me extra for the long cage RD and the 11-32 cassette. 

In contrast to the local shops I called most only said they would sell the full kit, a couple tried to sell me a 105 group set (okay with cranks) for more than what I'm looking at and was told 'it's a steal' even though they didn't have the specs I needed & wrong crank lengths. None even offered to try to get me what I needed and when asked about the 6800 Brakes on their own the biggest shop in the country said "we won't stock them, the only way is to buy the full groupset". 

I'll support the local shops as much as a can but in this case I'm going overseas.