Gazza_99

Hi All,

Has anyone ever bought a mountain bike from these :


http://www.bikesarea.com/

I was looking at a Specialized Rockhopper PRO for 499 EURO from this place.
Some of the UK retailers are charging £900 plus for this bike.


Cheers

Gary.

anc-sti

Seriously low prices, almost too good to be true, the Carbon fsr is half the uk price .

Warranty may only be honoured in country of origin, but your never really likely to need to with a S Rockhopper. May be some duty to pay also, but not sure as its within the eu.

Gazza_99

I came across the website at the bottom of the scoobynet advertisers page. So it can't be too dodgy if they advertise on Scoobynet.
I am tempted to buy one. It's not like you are buying a car with a lot to lose if the warrranty goes **** up or you don't have one.

Cheers

Gary.

AudiMan

BigHit 1 is only 899eur !! (£640), know for a fact that bike is about £1050 in any UK dealer. Not sure what the inport duty would be (probably VAT + a little bit), but even with that I doubt it would break the £800 mark.
Would be interested if anyone gets abike from here, what's the service like ? delivery ? etc.. and dare I say are the products geniune ?

Ian

anc-sti

I wouldn't worry about the warranty, those bikes are pretty bomb proof. S don't offer a lifetime warranty without good reason. I've got a s-works epic and haven't had a single problem in 3 years racing and mainly rocky lakes trail riding.

If you go for it let us know how you get on.

Gazza_99

AudiMan,

I agree with you. I was just wondering if they are Genuine as well.
I've looked on the specialized website and they are not an official dealer or supplier. I could be wrong. But you can't be too careful these days !!

Cheers


Gaz

Reality

WHOIS information for bikesarea.com:

[whois.melbourneit.com]

Domain Name.......... bikesarea.com
Creation Date........ 2006-06-04
Registration Date.... 2006-06-04
Expiry Date.......... 2007-06-04
Organisation Name.... Manuel Ravelo
Organisation Address. P O Box 99800
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. EmeryVille
Organisation Address. 94662
Organisation Address. CA
Organisation Address. US

Admin Name........... PrivateRegContact Admin
Admin Address........ P O Box 99800
Admin Address........
Admin Address........ EmeryVille
Admin Address........ 94662
Admin Address........ CA
Admin Address........ US
Admin Email.......... contact@myprivateregistration.com
Admin Phone.......... +1.5105952002
Admin Fax............

Tech Name............ PrivateRegContact TECH
Tech Address......... P O Box 99800
Tech Address.........
Tech Address......... EmeryVille
Tech Address......... 94662
Tech Address......... CA
Tech Address......... US
Tech Email........... contact@myprivateregistration.com
Tech Phone........... +1.5105952002
Tech Fax.............
Name Server.......... yns1.yahoo.com
Name Server.......... yns2.yahoo.com



Set up two weeks ago - Website in Spain - Registered by someone in California.

Gazza_99

sounds a bit dodgy !!! How come it is advertise on Scoobynet ??

Reality

They could be OK - but it does sound a bit suss to me. The fact the name was registered 2 weeks ago and they have a number of orders since January rings alarm bells for me

As for the Ads - I don't think Scoobynet has much of a say in how the Google ads work. Maybe the mods will check it out

AudiMan

E-mail Specialized in the USA and ask them, they are pretty good at replying, spoke to them a few weeks back regarding colours for the 2007 range (wouldn't tell me though !!)

Ian

jameswrx

iTrader: (4)

some of the stuff is very cheap.

One thing that rings alarm bells with me is the yahoo thing, nearly every scam on ebay or scam email is something to do with a yahoo address.


The Trek 9.8 2006 Carbon complete bike on there is £749! The frame alone is £1468 in USA (which has to be cheaper than here)

Something bit dodgy, plus it's free delivery too.

Too good to be true?