Frames from Hong Kong

theblarney

Just wondered if anyone has any experience in buying frames from Hong Kong on eBay?

Was interested on what was on offer and found the below but wondered if it was more hastle than its worth..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2013-GIANT-XT ... 1c39cde875

Thanks

Gavin

allthegearnoidea

now chances are it Wont be a Genuine Giant frame, may not have serial numbers etc. often frames from the far east are Extra runs on the line or ones that Didn't pass official quality control, and the staff sell them off,
I used to have a cheapo carbon HT frame i bought second hand, but identical ones came from that way, Great frame, njee raced one i believe, generally came highly regarded, but Branded ones from there are generally hooky/copies, You wont get any warantee through a uk giant dealers etc.
last time i loooekd the carbon unbranded frames were 250-320 range??

The Rookie

That frame looks to heavy to be genuine, a decent small CF frame should be about 1200g max.

theblarney

allthegearnoidea wrote:

now chances are it Wont be a Genuine Giant frame, may not have serial numbers etc. often frames from the far east are Extra runs on the line or ones that Didn't pass official quality control, and the staff sell them off,
I used to have a cheapo carbon HT frame i bought second hand, but identical ones came from that way, Great frame, njee raced one i believe, generally came highly regarded, but Branded ones from there are generally hooky/copies, You wont get any warantee through a uk giant dealers etc.
last time i loooekd the carbon unbranded frames were 250-320 range??

Great thanks for the info.

Is there a better place to get unbranded carbon frames?