Great Shopping Experiences
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Postby Dave-in-LK » Sat May 16, 2015 1:12 am
Cash converters in vic park had a Giant boulder 29er hard tail with spram running gear. 2014 model. $229....got them to $200.
Not a scratch on it and reckon a woman owned it as it had a rack on it .....oddly it was for wife, she's rapt as she wants to get into mtb
Was too good to pass up. Often most cashies stuff is way over priced. This was unders.
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Postby Widget » Sun May 17, 2015 5:39 am
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Postby Bunged Knee » Sun May 17, 2015 2:12 pm
Check it out in BNA advance search bar.search.php?keywords=bicyclestoreWidget wrote:Has anyone purchased from 'The Bicycle Store' ? http://www.bicyclestore.com.au/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I haven`t bought from them yet. But someone from here did.
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Re: Great Shopping Experiences
Postby carcharias » Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:55 pm
They run on 2xAA's so I use Sanyo Enerloops (now Panasonic) on low beam I get about 12 HRS! I have an old Smart Lunar from the early 90's that still works...
The beam is pretty focused (spot), it is not so bright as to annoy drivers/ others, but still is visible enough. If I am out in the sticks, then the ALDI 500 lumen goes on the bike!
Planet x seems cheap!
Smart bike lights...one of the few things called "smart" that actually is.....
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Re: Great Shopping Experiences
Postby WhingingPom » Sat Jun 20, 2015 9:36 pm
Very good service. Knowledgable/helpful staff. Prices and range of stock are pretty good. Also has a full cafe that I haven't tried yet, but wife and Mr 4 give it the thumbs up.
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Re: Great Shopping Experiences
Postby SuperSix » Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:19 pm
That's pretty local to me. What bikes do they stock?WhingingPom wrote:Bicycle Centre South Morang. Opened a few weeks ago and seems to be doing well. Great location on Plenty Road (in the Masters complex) for going up to/coming back from Whittlesea/Humevale/Kinglake. Have had a few chats with Shannon the owner and they're aiming to be a bike shop for the wider community, not just the top end of the market.
Very good service. Knowledgable/helpful staff. Prices and range of stock are pretty good. Also has a full cafe that I haven't tried yet, but wife and Mr 4 give it the thumbs up.
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Re: Great Shopping Experiences
Postby WhingingPom » Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:23 pm
Merida, Norco and LaPierre from memory.SuperSix wrote:That's pretty local to me. What bikes do they stock?WhingingPom wrote:Bicycle Centre South Morang. Opened a few weeks ago and seems to be doing well. Great location on Plenty Road (in the Masters complex) for going up to/coming back from Whittlesea/Humevale/Kinglake. Have had a few chats with Shannon the owner and they're aiming to be a bike shop for the wider community, not just the top end of the market.
Very good service. Knowledgable/helpful staff. Prices and range of stock are pretty good. Also has a full cafe that I haven't tried yet, but wife and Mr 4 give it the thumbs up.
Definitely Merida as I've been dropping not very subtle hints to SWMBO on the bike I want and have given staff at the shop instructions to only sell her a Ride 7000 disc should she go in there with a credit card.
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Postby fat and old » Sat Jun 27, 2015 6:33 pm
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Re: Great Shopping Experiences
Postby WhingingPom » Sat Jun 27, 2015 9:47 pm
Definitely do so. Service is as good as Cycle House if not slightly better in some ways, plus I don't have to travel a whole 15 minutes over to Greensboroughfat and old wrote:Hey, cool WP. Wonder if they're any connection to the shop that was near the gym that closed? They were all about Spec though. Gonna check them out tomorrow.
I don't believe they're any relation to the place that was in the Axis centre. The owner Shannon wants to be a true LBS, not just aiming for the top end of the market. Both he and his offsider Bret are good for a chat and happy to walk you through anything that you're looking for. They've treated me, my "fine" Reid Osprey and Mr 4 (who likes to make sure that they have 24 helmets out at all times) really well. Tell them I said hi when you stop in.
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Re: Great Shopping Experiences
Postby J Quinton » Fri Jul 10, 2015 9:47 pm
Assistant said they couldn't apply the code since the items were shipped. Fair enough. They asked if I wanted to cancel the remainder of the order so I could apply the code.
I kindly asked if they could send the last item for free since it was worth 10% of the order. They said yes.
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Re: Great Shopping Experiences
Postby jeffturner » Wed Sep 02, 2015 10:14 am
Anybody else had this problem?
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Re: Great Shopping Experiences
Postby Dreams V Reallity » Wed Sep 02, 2015 10:53 am
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Re: Great Shopping Experiences
Postby biker jk » Wed Sep 02, 2015 11:40 am
Some years ago now I used my credit card to order from c r c and then immediately my card was used fraudently for very large sums. I received my money back and have since only used Paypal. Never a problem since. I read that c r c were storing credit card numbers and they were hacked (or illegally accessed by an employee).jeffturner wrote:I ordered a few items from 2 online bike stores in the last few days. Just by coincidence, I've been advised that my card has been used fraudulently. I'm not going to malign these stores by naming them, as they may be completely innocent but their security may not be up to scratch.
Anybody else had this problem?
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Postby jeffturner » Sat Sep 05, 2015 7:56 am
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Postby Trevtassie » Sat Sep 05, 2015 9:12 am
Oh and my credit card was recently stopped, and I use c r c. But I've also bought from a lot of other places too. The CC companies do a bulk stop on cards now days if there is even the hint that a database has been breeched.
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Re: Great Shopping Experiences
Postby slowK » Wed Sep 16, 2015 9:02 pm
No, but they are around the corner from our house. It's a genuine bricks and mortar shop, although I have rarely seen anyone inside every time I go past. Haven't been in myself.Widget wrote:Has anyone purchased from 'The Bicycle Store' ? http://www.bicyclestore.com.au/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Postby IncognitoMosquito » Wed Sep 30, 2015 9:53 pm
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Re: Great Shopping Experiences
Postby ningnangnong » Thu Oct 08, 2015 2:34 pm
Bought a new bike from there and communicated with John via email (I am based in NSW), and he was very helpful and easy to deal with.
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Re: Great Shopping Experiences
Postby WhingingPom » Sat Jan 16, 2016 12:29 pm
Picked it up on my way home with the damage being a whole $38 ($8 for the cable and $30 for cable remnant retrieval).
Service was attentive and came with a smile. As an added bonus, they're 2 minutes walk from work's bike lockup and if I'm feeling really lazy offer a pick up/drop off service.
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Re: Great Shopping Experiences
Postby Elvisidal » Thu Feb 11, 2016 10:21 am
it's rare when someone in retail doesn't try and upsell you on stuff you don't need thinking of their profit margin.
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Re: Great Shopping Experiences
Postby 2rismo » Thu Feb 18, 2016 9:36 am
Tom and Kate at Simple Cycles in Shellharbour were amazing with my little girl and treated her like the customer while dealing with us at the same time. Absolutely rapt with the service and have since bought an Electra cruiser for my wife and a Trek X-Caliber 8 29er for myself.
I'm currently shopping for a road bike and looking at Trek Domane/Giant Defy type stuff. Rather than ride around the carpark to work out if I like the Domane, Dave (owner of both Simple Cycles stores) is bringing his personal Domane 5.9 in for me to borrow for a week to see if I like living with it. No obligation, no stress, just an interest in seeing me on a good bike that I'll get great use out of.
Cannot recommend them highly enough.
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Re: Great Shopping Experiences
Postby Ignoto » Tue Feb 23, 2016 12:11 pm
Anyway, the chains and cassette I order came outside of the standard Shimano packaging, so I'm guessing they're being bought off Shimano to be 'used' on bikes they're 'selling'?
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Re: Great Shopping Experiences
Postby Ballmead » Tue Mar 08, 2016 1:50 pm
Wow, I am truly shocked at the speed of the delivery.
The carrier they used was Skynet Worldwide Express; who when they aren't planning the destruction of the human race; are very fast with shipping
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Re: Great Shopping Experiences
Postby TigerFilly » Sat Apr 02, 2016 11:59 pm
I also want to name Cafe Society on Anzac Highway who fixed a minor thing on my bike completely for free a couple of weeks ago! I would love to go back and buy a bike from them but they don't have what I want so I'll have to settle for getting my services done there and buying other stuff.
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Re: Great Shopping Experiences
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