DaLoCo Posted April 29, 2009 Share Another factor in paly is the cost of special steel and alloys, which I buy on a daily basis. The cost of raw materials peaked at aroun October last year, and has been on a steady decline. Processed alloys are down by almost 15%, stainless roughly 10%. I would think this factor is very much contributing to the price decrease, which is smart business. Lay people are generally brand loyal, so if it comes time for an upgrade, they will look to the brand they have currently. Raleigh is looking at drawing in new cyclists, especially those looking at commuting in the current economy, and new cyclists without fail will go for the cheapest option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted April 29, 2009 Share I was "told" in the beginning of the year that the 09 prices are high because they have tons of 08 stock that needs to be moved. This will encourage people to settle for an older model and the 09 prices will drop as soon as the 08 stock is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwan Kemp Posted April 29, 2009 Share If you look at this link you will see that the RRP of a number of models has been significantly reduced' date=' which leads the cynic in me to wonder if they were taking the p1ss just a little to begin with... What I'm saying is, if the rand and everything else was to blame to push the price of an RC1000 to R6 800, how is it now possible to sell it at R4 700 without making a loss? [/quote'] They lowered mark up and the Rand has improved quite a bit the last couple of months. But yes, they uped their mark-up quite a bit in 09. Hopefully leason learned. Haven't heared a Raleigh crack in a while so I take it TWO lessons learned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porky Posted April 30, 2009 Share porky is 100 % correct ... they need to sell bikes and do not give a stuff about us the end user Why do they need to care about the end user/customer? They are supplying a solid bike at a price realistic in the current market. Sounds like good business to me. The price was too high for the current economic climate so they dropped the prices. Simple. Get over it and be happy! If they hope to stay in business, they had better "care about the end user" because they are the ones buying the product. Your comment assumes the public buy on price only, and as long as the price is right sales will follow, when in reality this is not always true, a sale is driven by many factors like, sentiment, emotion, locality, a positive buying experience, service, support mental history of the product, percieved quality and of course price. Their fast track "backwards" shows two things (a)They overestimated their dominance in the market and the willingness of consumers to pay their price based on this fact, and / or (b) even worse, they seriously underestimated the severity of the downturn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTfan Posted April 30, 2009 Share Good news' date=' but it just goes to show how we're getting ripped off from the start.Now if only Merida or Silverback would follow suit ...[/quote'] And GT, Specialised, Fuji, Giant etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
American Flyers Posted April 30, 2009 Share It is interesting! In two years ago we can buy top of range bicycles for R25000, but now they are over R40000. I think it is mad! I realised that lots of us rather stay with their bikes than buy new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted April 30, 2009 Share I turned a Raleigh over the other day, to see if it was a boy or a girl, ant the was a "Made in China" sticker on the BB shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTfan Posted April 30, 2009 Share I turned a Raleigh over the other day' date=' to see if it was a boy or a girl, ant the was a "Made in China" sticker on the BB shell. [/quote'] Yeah I have the same on my GT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted April 30, 2009 Share I turned a Raleigh over the other day' date=' to see if it was a boy or a girl, ant the was a "Made in China" sticker on the BB shell. [/quote'] I wonder why they hide it under the BB. GT, Schwinn, Fuji and all the others have it on their head tubes in plain view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASTANA Posted April 30, 2009 Share The Second hand market is going to boom in a few months time as older stock is almost depleted in most shops around SA. All the Vets / older guys (Who can afford expensive stuff) will make more on their older bikes when they upgrade because the new prices is just to crazy for what you get. RC 8000 - 40K and you get Sram Force --- mad I tell you. So I'll post all the prices here and in a month or 2 one can search this again and see if the prices changed or not .... ELITE ROAD ELITE MTB HARDTAIL RC Limited RC8000C RC7000C RC6000C RC6000CW RC3000C RC LTD frameset RC7000A RC6500A RC6000A RC3000A RC3000W RC2000 RC1000 TRI6000 T6000 R 52,399 R 39,299 R 26,199 R 22,299 R 22,299 R 17,099 R 15,699 R 19,699 R 15,699 R 15,699 R 11,199 R 11,199 R 9,099 R 6,599 R 19,699 R 19,699 RM Limited RM X.O RM 9.0 RM 8.0 RM LTD frameset RM 7.0 RM 6.0 RM 5.0 RM 4.0 T 6.0 R 45,799 R 35,399 R 31,399 R 23,599 R 13,099 R 19,699 R 15,699 R 12,499 R 10,199 R 20,999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted April 30, 2009 Share I don't care if the bikes are made from Ti or in the same factory as Ferraris. Just because it has the name "Raleigh" on it suggest it should be 5-10k cheaper then the next cheapest brand with the same specs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted April 30, 2009 Share WTF? a RC 1000 for R6.5k? And what's on there? Sora with a triple chainring, no name brand brakes? That's insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splat Posted April 30, 2009 Share MODEL NAME<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />WASNOW RALEIGH RC LTD CARBON54,299.9539,999.95<?: prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />RALEIGH RC8000 CARBON40,699.9529,999.95RALEIGH RC7000 CARBON32,199.9523,999.95RALEIGH RC7000A20,399.9515,999.95RALEIGH T600020,399.9518,999.95RALEIGH RC6000C WOMEN26,999.9518,499.95RALEIGH RC6000 CARBON22,999.9518,499.95RALEIGH RC6500A16,299.9512,999.95RALEIGH RC6000A16,299.9512,999.95RALEIGH TRI600020,299.9513,999.95RALEIGH RC3000 CARBON17,599.9514,499.95RALEIGH RC3000 WOMEN11,499.957,999.95RALEIGH RC3000 ALLOY11,499.957,999.95RALEIGH RC20009,399.955,999.95RALEIGH RC10006,799.954,699.95splat2009-04-30 02:06:11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest colonel Posted April 30, 2009 Share I dont understand? You all bitch that bikes are to much now you bitching its to cheap? Never able to please the hub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASTANA Posted April 30, 2009 Share MODEL NAMEWASNOW RALEIGH RC LTD CARBON54,299.9539,999.95RALEIGH RC8000 CARBON40,699.9529,999.95RALEIGH RC7000 CARBON32,199.9523,999.95RALEIGH RC7000A20,399.9515,999.95RALEIGH T600020,399.9518,999.95RALEIGH RC6000C WOMEN26,999.9518,499.95RALEIGH RC6000 CARBON22,999.9518,499.95RALEIGH RC6500A16,299.9512,999.95RALEIGH RC6000A16,299.9512,999.95RALEIGH TRI600020,299.9513,999.95RALEIGH RC3000 CARBON17,599.9514,499.95RALEIGH RC3000 WOMEN11,499.957,999.95RALEIGH RC3000 ALLOY11,499.957,999.95RALEIGH RC20009,399.955,999.95RALEIGH RC10006,799.954,699.95 This looks much better!!! Don't mind riding any brand as long as I don't feel ripped off. Spat where did you get these ? When will these prices kick in you recon ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splat Posted April 30, 2009 Share I dont understand? You all bitch that bikes are to much now you bitching its to cheap? Never able to please the hub. Are you bitching about bitching? splat2009-04-30 02:25:11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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