FowlStArt Posted March 16, 2009 Share cS100 WITH CADENCE' date=' YOU'LL BE PAYING AT LEAST R1800 [/quote'] Whaaaaaaat, dude i paid R950 last year 4my CS100 . . . . . eish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostface Posted March 16, 2009 Share How much did you pay for rice/bread/milk, PnP Noodles last year? How much was Dstv last month? Why the increase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FowlStArt Posted March 16, 2009 Share WWAAAAAAAAIIITTTTT!! Do you go into P'nP or Checker and aask them for a discount? Sorry' date=' could help myself. .[/quote'] Waaaaaaaa hahaha hee hee dude u killing me here hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagwood Posted March 16, 2009 Share Guys I use Vredestein tubes with the long velve I pay R55 at my LBS the other day I went to one of the other LBS and paid R95 for the same tube Cant justify why because they in the same area..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostface Posted March 16, 2009 Share Did the first shop buy bulk and have stock left over from 6 months ago or was the price stickers put on by some casual staff and marked wrong. It's happened many times before. Dont always think you are being ripped off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FowlStArt Posted March 16, 2009 Share Guys I use Vredestein tubes with the long velve I pay R55 at my LBS the other day I went to one of the other LBS and paid R95 for the same tube  Cant justify why because they in the same area..... Whaaaaaaaat cheese and rice, and u actually paid the R95 . . . . . . . . they saw u coming like a contador attack hahaha. Prices are insane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenDL Posted March 16, 2009 Share If you look at: http://www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page99 Rand/Dollar over the past years has moved from R8 to R10, that's 25%. Rand Euro, from R10 to R13 - 30% problem is that there were some spikes & importers could have caught them wrong & bought Euros when it was R15 (November 08) - that would be 50%. But there is also some over reaction...   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuctionLamb Posted March 16, 2009 Share   If you look at:http://www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page99 Rand/Dollar over the past years has moved from R8 to R10' date=' that's 25%. Rand Euro, from R10 to R13 - 30% problem is that there were some spikes & importers could have caught them wrong & bought Euros when it was R15 (November 08) - that would be 50%. But there is also some over reaction...   [/quote'] .AuctionLamb2009-03-16 06:08:48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger cycles Posted March 16, 2009 Share As a small bike shop owner it is very disturbing to see these allogations being made. Because, unfortunately the smaller shops are going to be affected by the actions and greedyness of the bigger shops. What is there to do.....End of the day we are being dictated to as to what prices to sell our wares or lose the agencies for such.....Fair.......I think not..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matchstix Posted March 16, 2009 Share I am sorry if I am going to say something that has been said already. I agree that prices are becoming ridiculous and I fear that cycling is going to become to expensive for me. Now reagarding price increases. I know that the folloeing material prices increased considerably over the last year including Butyl, aluminium. Then there is the fuel price that affects the shipping cost. The second thing that affecs the price of the item is volume. the more you buy the cheper it gets. so to speak. Since South Africa can't really compete with the volumes of america and europe this make a big difference With the volume game comes lower margins and lowerprices, and one of the reasons why CRC can sell stuff so darn cheap. (there warehouse is the size of 4 rugby fields I hear) So bad news is for the SA public, especially those with limited budgets. . . its only going to get worse  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfreekduSoet Posted March 16, 2009 Share CRC isn't that cheap. Had a look at buying some Vision Tech and SRAM equipment and its cheaper locally!Got a new 2009 frameset cheaper from CycleLab than what I could have gotten the 2008 model from overseas (R&A were best priced). Plus now I've got local support.  If your store is ripping you off, then u have 2 choices, confront them or go shop somewhere else (another LBS or internet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Posted March 16, 2009 Share As a small bike shop owner it is very disturbing to see these allogations being made. Because' date=' unfortunately the smaller shops are going to be affected by the actions and greedyness of the bigger shops. What is there to do.....End of the day we are being dictated to as to what prices to sell our wares or lose the agencies for such..... Fair.......I think not..... [/quote']    Are you accusing the wholesalers of forcing you to sell at a particular price? If so, you should phone the Competition Commission.      Here are the details:     Nandi Mokoena, Manager of Strategy and Stakeholder Relations   012 394 3286 / 082 399 1328 / nandisilem@compcom.co.za    Keitumetse Letebele, HOD Communications   012 394 3183 / 082 783 3397 / keitumetsel@compcom.co.za      Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li Mu Bai Posted March 16, 2009 Share Well, I went to get some Formula oro brake pads at Fritz Pienaar. Last october they cost R180, last month they had increased to R320.00Hows that for bizarre mark up, not even 5 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_guy_g Posted March 16, 2009 Share Prices on the whole have gone up... Bare in mind that the international distributors increase their prices AT LEAST annually (manufacture costs and material costs) and at teh same time, the rand has been shot to hell... I agree, the prices are getting REALLY crazy, BUT you can't blame the "price fixing" issue on that !!! Nothing that was discussed was even implemented!!! Take you head out the ground!! Do a little research!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_guy_g Posted March 16, 2009 Share Oh look!!! A cycle lab ad!! ha ha!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Absolute crap. If these increases in bike parts is all above board and justified due to rand/dollar exchange and annual distributor price increases, then why haven't my motorbike parts, and even whole motorbikes increased the same? They are also all imported bits, and imported bikes, and they are pretty much the same. In fact the brake pads I use now on the play bike (Carbone Lorraine) are even cheaper... Big guy q (dunno if it's a q or a g) why don't you get your head out your bum and do some research, instead of these unfounded and frankly antagonistic claims you are currently making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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