top-cycle.com - prices too good to be true...

Mr Plum
Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
edited March 2011 in Commuting chat
...so they probably are(?).

Specifically I'm looking at the Felt F4 2010 for £824. A bike that retails at over £2k but is being sold here at less than half the price. Tell me the catch...

It's a company based in Indonesia but they say they ship all over the world. I just went through the order process using fake details and they give you confirmation that the order is placed and then ask you to contact the store via email to arrange to pay for it. It all seems a bit weird. Does anyone have any experience of them? I can't say I'm not tempted, but I can't find any info on the company. If something seems too good to be true, then it probably is, so I'm not going to be ordering from them. It's too much money to lose on a 'punt'.

Link - http://top-cycles.com/products/Felt-F4-2010-Bike.html
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  • fidbod
    fidbod Posts: 317
    Its a scam - I think similar outfits have been covered in the road section of the forum.
  • mattsaw
    mattsaw Posts: 907
    Indonesia is to bikes as to Nigeria is to international finance
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  • Mr Plum
    Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
    fidbod wrote:
    Its a scam - I think similar outfits have been covered in the road section of the forum.

    This is what I thought. I searched the forum but found nothing.
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  • Mr Plum
    Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
    Mattsaw wrote:
    Indonesia is to bikes as to Nigeria is to international finance

    :lol: good analogy.
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  • nicklouse
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    http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12682474
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  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    I am sure it makes perfect sense to buy a bike from Indonesia. You will no doubt get good customer service, next day return of faulty parts, and a nice bag of Haribo every time you order!! :wink:
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  • sketchley
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  • ndru
    ndru Posts: 382
    The bike is very light though so it might be worth it :lol:
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  • dhope
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    Might try a pricematch :D
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  • mattsaw
    mattsaw Posts: 907
    There are also 18,000 results when you do an exact match query on his address + scam

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&sa ... =&aql=&oq=

    I don't know why so many people fall for these, it's not difficult to do a bit of background checking or ask around.
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