The Guy in Pink Posted May 16, 2016 Posted May 16, 2016 I have been buying cycling kit for the whole family from Cobocycling.com for years, even when they were trading as cyclejersey.net before the FBI ceased the website.The Quality is excellent, and as they always mark the weigh bill "Gift" and the value at about $6.00 the import taxes etc. only costs around R40. per parcel. The only negative is that the parcel takes about 8 weeks to arrive, but the always do arrive.My latest order of Long sleeve Thermal 2015 Sky team British flag tops arrived last week. One for each of the 5 cyclists in the family. The pictures below show the sort of savings for the same product, (I am convinced the Chinses supplier Cobo cycling are producing the original products in both pictures. The top is from Cobocycling and from Evans Cycling in the second picture shows the price difference.I got all five tops for the price of one from Evans.
Christian van Zyl Posted May 16, 2016 Posted May 16, 2016 Changing the description i.e GIFT and the product value is kinda.... Against the law... Something the distributors can not get around.
fanievb Posted May 16, 2016 Posted May 16, 2016 Changing the description i.e GIFT and the product value is kinda.... Against the law... Something the distributors can not get around. but it is technically a gift (all online purchases are) a gift from me to me
Fisan Posted May 16, 2016 Posted May 16, 2016 Great. Like purchasing a Chinarello, but instead it's actually branded as a Pinarello (and no spelling "mistakes"). Or Specialized. Or Scott. Or Giant. Or Whatnot.
lechatnoir Posted May 16, 2016 Posted May 16, 2016 SARS are now clamping down on 'gifts' and are asking for the original proof of purchase before releasing the parcels. Well, that's a sample set of 1... me!
Fisan Posted May 16, 2016 Posted May 16, 2016 I'm not saying don't do it - that will be hypocritical of me (insert pirate emoji)., but the Cobo cycling one certainly is not the same as the Evans. And selling them on the hub (not saying that you are ever planning that) will be a permaban offence.
VeloRacer Posted May 16, 2016 Posted May 16, 2016 As far as I know Rapha is regarded as "premium" cycling apparel with a plain black Rapha cycling jersey retailing for R3000 I doubt Cobo is selling the same item
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