Anyone dealt with these please

FATBELLYME
FATBELLYME Posts: 258
edited July 2013 in Road general
Really considering going for one of these, anyone dealt with them good or bad

Appreciate any feedback.

http://www.dhgate.com/product/53cm-in-s ... 2981071750

Comments

  • Grill
    Grill Posts: 5,610
    It's fake. Stay well away if you A) don't want a Chinarello (you don't) and B) don't want a huge dental bill after the fork collapses and gives your grill a makeover.*

    *this assumes you actually receive something which is unlikely
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  • crankycrank
    crankycrank Posts: 1,830
    Don't support the frauds! If someone wants to do their own R&D or pay for using someone else's to produce frames with their own name on them then all power to them. But, if it's like the frame in this ad where clearly it's not a genuine Pinarello it's just thievery plus the market is now saturated with fake new and used Pinarello's, Colnago's, etc., etc., which not every buyer is aware of. Anyone knowingly buying one of these fakes just to say "I've got me a Pinarello" is a pathetic poseur IMO. (Not implying the OP is a pathetic poseur by the way)
  • Gizmodo
    Gizmodo Posts: 1,928
    Even if you decided to go ahead and help these thieves by buying their cheap fakes, when the package arrives in the UK the UK Border Agency could look at the paperwork, decide that a Pinarello frame that cheap is an obvious fake and seize it. It would be up to you to then prove that it isn't. Do you think the seller will give you a refund if it gets seized?

    If it didn't get seized, then HMRC would still send you a bill for 20% VAT for importing goods from outside the EU plus a small admin fee.
  • It sure does look nice.
  • estampida
    estampida Posts: 1,008
    the main concern is that really dodgy connection under the bottom bracket, whats is going on in there.....
  • estampida wrote:
    the main concern is that really dodgy connection under the bottom bracket, whats is going on in there.....

    They will hide a small child in there.
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  • Gazspurs
    Gazspurs Posts: 122
    If you order one let me know how you get on, I fancy a Sky one!