Freebies thrown in when buying a bike?

South Tyne Rider

Hello guys

I know this sounds a bit tacky, but I've never spent as much as £1150 on a bike before....

I work in retail management and I hate it when people ask for a cheeky discount here and there, but what does everyone think? If you were to spend £1150 on a bike, would you expect a lock or speedometer thrown in?

arran77

For that much money I'd expect more than a speedo

A shop local to me would give you enough points to get a whole load of accessories....

http://www.pedalon.co.uk/acatalog/

South Tyne Rider

Thanks mate - what percentage of the total would you expect in freebies? Just out of interest? If the bike was £1150, how much would you expect? £100's worth?

arran77

At the shop I gave a link for it would work out a lot more than £100.

For a bike costing about £1,100 you'd get about 21 points, the link below is the selection of stuff you can choose from....

http://www.pedalon.co.uk/acatalog/podium_points.php

Anonymous

I would expect at least 10% of bikes value in accessories if I were paying list price for it.
If it was already discounted or I was getting interest free credit then thats a different story.

I say expect only because I have never paid list price for a bike without a sweetener (unless financed) so would feel reluctant to do it.
If it was a nice enough bike I would though I guess.

kajjal

Carbonator wrote:

I would expect at least 10% of bikes value in accessories if I were paying list price for it.
If it was already discounted or I was getting interest free credit then thats a different story.

I say expect only because I have never paid list price for a bike without a sweetener (unless financed) so would feel reluctant to do it.
If it was a nice enough bike I would though I guess.

This is about what you should expect. If the sale price is due to a manufacturers rather than just the bike shop's discount then expect the 10% of stuff as well as the reduced sale price.

Monty Dog

When I worked in the trade we'd give 10% of the value of the bike in accessories if asked for a discount - from a shop cost point of view it, it's about half the cost of taking it off the price i.e. £100 of accessories only cost the shop £50 whereas knocking £100-off the bike price takes £100 out the turnover.

South Tyne Rider

Good news guys - I slapped down the deposit on the Roubaix today after much deliberation. The lad in the shop said he would chuck in approx £100 worth of accessories, which is what swung it in the end. I need to choose wisely as to what £100 is going to consist of!

Miles253

Bottle cages, bottles, saddle bag maybe, multitool, lights if commuting etc

johngti

Nice one! I'm getting free bottle cages with my new bike but that's because cyclescheme take 10% as a fee so asking for more seems a little too cheeky. Having said that, getting anything out of the bloke was an achievement!