registering a shop with cyclescheme

richara3
richara3 Posts: 153
edited August 2009 in Road buying advice
Does it cost the shop to get itself registered with cyclescheme.. And are there any limitations? The reason I ask is because a friend has started up in the business recently and was going to suggest getting registered as a supplier through cyclescheme. Then he could get me a nice shiney new bicycle... :wink:


Thanks

Andy.

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  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    AFAIK there are no setting up costs for the shop but on each transaction the shop will have to pay 10% of the transaction to Cyclescheme.

    My recommendation for your friend is that he takes the hit for non-sale items. At the end of the day there is always a bit of haggling involved when buying a bike and you are always going to find that you are discounting even further than 10%.
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  • FSR_XC
    FSR_XC Posts: 2,258
    These will be able to tell you everything you need:#

    www.cyclescheme.co.uk
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  • richara3
    richara3 Posts: 153
    FSR_XC wrote:
    These will be able to tell you everything you need:#

    www.cyclescheme.co.uk


    :roll: yep very helpful !


    :wink:
  • richara3
    richara3 Posts: 153
    gabriel959 wrote:
    AFAIK there are no setting up costs for the shop but on each transaction the shop will have to pay 10% of the transaction to Cyclescheme.

    My recommendation for your friend is that he takes the hit for non-sale items. At the end of the day there is always a bit of haggling involved when buying a bike and you are always going to find that you are discounting even further than 10%.


    Cheers for that real answer Gabriel.. that sounds reasonable. Its a little bit of info for him .It may be enough to get him to sign up. I dont want him to have to fork out cash if I will be his only cyclescheme customer...

    Andy
  • Monkeypump
    Monkeypump Posts: 1,528
    I would suggest reading the small print on the T&Cs if he does sign up. I've just done this with the HR guys at my company and some sections (5.2 & 5.3, IIRC) strongly favour Cyclescheme! However, they can be negotiated (we managed to opt-out of the part where CS buy the bike from the company for £1 before they sell it on to the employee).

    Be careful!

    Also (and this is only my personal experience), quite a few of the guys at CS are absolutely useless if you ask any detailed questions, whilst others are pretty helpful/knowledgable. I guess this is par for the course for any call-centre based operation though...
  • richara3
    richara3 Posts: 153
    Cheers for the answer Monkeypump but he isnt doing it for his employees.. He is a one man band at the moment but rather to supply bikes to joe public where they are using the cycle scheme via their own employers...


    Andy

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