Buying Bikes wholesale from China

powrepa
powrepa Posts: 5
edited July 2012 in Road buying advice
This on-line store based in China started advertising locally in Toronto, Canada's Kijiji listings... that is how I found them.

They have some very nice deals on Colnago & Giant road bikes, which they say, they buy directly from the manufacturer & therefore can offer low prices, and that the bikes are 100% real and without defect.

I have a huge concern about ordering a bike from them as they are in China & are pretty much governed by no laws :? . If I were to buy from them there so no guarantee I will receive the bike, it would be a defect/flaw from manufacturing, etc....

Wondering if anybody has bough bikes from them before or heard of this? http://ibuyccc.com/class.asp?lx=small&anid=99&nid=625

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  • Grill
    Grill Posts: 5,610
    If it looks/sounds too good to be true...
    English Cycles V3 | Cervelo P5 | Cervelo T4 | Trek Domane Koppenberg
  • garynevstasche
    garynevstasche Posts: 99
    I'm pretty much thinking:

    Website for 'too cheap to be true' bikes + Punters looking for a bargain = No bike and a lot of explaining to the missus
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too cheap to be genuine. Steer clear at all costs.
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    If the mods/admin done an IP addy check on th OP would it show as being in Canada or China?
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    No. Just no. yeah come on mods, look out for this stuff please .....
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    redvee wrote:
    If the mods/admin done an IP addy check on th OP would it show as being in Canada or China?
    not china.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    giant man wrote:
    No. Just no. yeah come on mods, look out for this stuff please .....
    and you thought we had not already seen this? :roll:
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    ok in that case good job lol
  • ShutUpLegs
    ShutUpLegs Posts: 3,522
    nicklouse wrote:
    giant man wrote:
    No. Just no. yeah come on mods, look out for this stuff please .....
    and you thought we had not already seen this? :roll:

    Careful replying to spam, you'll have the Noderators on your case...
  • powrepa
    powrepa Posts: 5
    I am not Chinese nor was I spamming - I was just curious if anyone had ever heard or dealt with a similar store that is buying bikes directly from the factories before. I do know Colnago & Giant are made in Taiwan... but my first thought was "to good to be true"

    Wanted to see what others thought to help validate my concerns.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    i would be very wary as some of their images are all so used in other adverts. the Giant for example.
    http://ibuyccc.com/products.asp?id=3419
    and
    http://www.frontierplay.com/GiantTrinityBike
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • crankycrank
    crankycrank Posts: 1,830
    Looks like a complete scam. The prices on these bikes (including free shipping) wouldn't cover the cost of the wheels let alone the frame and groupset.

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