Overpricing…

[lechatnoir]

37 minutes ago, 117 said:

 

What do you trade that in for? 

And the upscale in price more than the other one is probably due to OEM rubber 

I'd trade it in if i found out I'd mistakenly bought two of the same colour... 

 

[stephenplumb]

On 8/16/2022 at 8:26 PM, 117 said:

Ahem....  You stuck in 2018 by any chance?  Don't let SARS catch you short changing them by 1%

 

 

Good point. On the negative side, I see the ront is tanking again. On the positive side, I see that Walmart was announcing 90% drop in profits as they are having to dump inventory, so there is a chance that the natural oversupply will lead to a drop in pricing over time as that is just the way the economy works. 
IF the ront can just come back a bit, I would have that things improve in the next year or so?

[117]

My reply isnt bike related, so i'll refrain from replying in fear of getting the thread lock due to profanity

 

 

[bleedToWin]

On 8/11/2022 at 5:50 PM, Sid the Sloth said:

CAB Foods, 105 bucks for 5kg. Lasts me 2 months. Quality

On par with Woolies oats, and cheaper than Woolies on special.
Thanks for the tip. 👍

[Sid the Sloth]

36 minutes ago, bleedToWin said:

On par with Woolies oats, and cheaper than Woolies on special.
Thanks for the tip. 👍

Awesome. Glad I can help! They are really good 😁

[Shebeen]

On 8/11/2022 at 12:08 PM, throttles said:

I die a little everytime I see a woolies bag in my kitchen.. 🥹

 

I had to do a small shop on the way home, milk and bread.

Woollies @ engen

holy crapamoly, i understand it's a 24hr convenience shop but the ring is pulled solid here.

1l milk = R24.

Instead I got a litre of diesel as it's cheaper, still buzzing from my coffee this morning.

[The Ouzo]

As I'm to cheap to buy Steadyracks (which IMHO, as good as they are, are over priced anyway) I went on a hunt for bike storage hooks.

Whilst these are not the same brand name items, all of them were pretty much the same material, same construction method and I'd bet if you removed the packaging you could not tell one brand from the other.

4 different stores, prices ranged from R 130 - R 1000 

 

[Shaheedalex]

Has anyone else noticed that the price of used goods on this platform has increased in price quite abit as of late.

There are a few  used bikes as well as used parts for sale that are a fraction cheaper than what they run for new.This leads me to believe the bubble has poped in the retail space and prices are normalizing while the 2nd hand market still needs to catch up cause most people bought in the bubble.

Also seems that ads are staying on longer than before too.

[BuffsVintageBikes]

18 hours ago, ouzo said:

As I'm to cheap to buy Steadyracks (which IMHO, as good as they are, are over priced anyway) I went on a hunt for bike storage hooks.

Whilst these are not the same brand name items, all of them were pretty much the same material, same construction method and I'd bet if you removed the packaging you could not tell one brand from the other.

4 different stores, prices ranged from R 130 - R 1000 

 

 

Please share where you found them for R130? 🧐

[The Ouzo]

7 minutes ago, BuffsVintageBikes said:

 

Please share where you found them for R130? 🧐

The pic makes it look short, but its the same as the one posted above.

I bought the last 4 at SW Boksburg

[117]

Ive got one of these types to give away for free if anyone wants it. PM me 

18 hours ago, ouzo said:

 

 

 

[dave303e]

19 hours ago, Shebeen said:

I had to do a small shop on the way home, milk and bread.

Woollies @ engen

holy crapamoly, i understand it's a 24hr convenience shop but the ring is pulled solid here.

1l milk = R24.

Instead I got a litre of diesel as it's cheaper, still buzzing from my coffee this morning.

We getting R5,30/litre off the farm.

Before they skim the cream and sell that at R120/l and put the rest in a bottle. 

Find your nearest dairy farmer and buy direct if you are on the urban fringe

[justinafrika]

9 minutes ago, dave303e said:

We getting R5,30/litre off the farm.

Before they skim the cream and sell that at R120/l and put the rest in a bottle. 

Find your nearest dairy farmer and buy direct if you are on the urban fringe

Yessir, solution.  We did this with a few other families, taking a turn every four weeks to collect and deliver to each fam.  Just 8k’s to the farm and most worthwhile with three rapidly growing kids.

[lechatnoir]

16 minutes ago, dave303e said:

We getting R5,30/litre off the farm.

Before they skim the cream and sell that at R120/l and put the rest in a bottle. 

Find your nearest dairy farmer and buy direct if you are on the urban fringe

i get Darling cream @R70/l and have done so for the past 2 years. but R120 @woolies seems cheap

[The Ouzo]

even up here in the big smoke you'll be surprised how close the nearest dairy farm is. 

[Spookie]

So, this morning I was in a well known bike shop in CPT grabbing some bar tape, and up for sale they had a Demo Cannondale Topstone 2.

So: Aluminium bike, 10 speed GRX (but with an FSA crank), and Demo model so lightly used.

R40,000. 

HOW EVEN. The poor sales guy thought I was interested. He did try tell me that it retailed at “R55k new” and was “reserved for a customer”. Shame. Hope he is just making that up or someone’s getting properly shafted 😂